TennaTALK - A Podcast for Contractors
By TennaTALK
TennaTALK - A Podcast for ContractorsJan 19, 2023
Solving 5 Equipment Maintenance Challenges with Technology
By using technology, construction companies can see equipment maintenance improvements that include minimized downtime, lower costs, improved safety, and simplified inventory and labor management.
Tenna Wraps Up 2022 With Multiple Accolades From Capterra
Tenna is on Capterra’s shortlist for best providers of equipment maintenance management software, enterprise asset management software, and easiest to use software providers in the GPS location space.
The Complete Guide to Construction Equipment Management Software
Learn how to find the right solution for your company and the benefits of a construction equipment management system.
Diversity and Inclusion in the Construction Industry
Explore diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the construction industry and how Tenna is leading the way with a focus on DEI programs and policies.
Why Construction Businesses Need to go Beyond Tracking and Embrace Total Equipment Management
Knowing an asset's location can only get you so far. Learn why adopting a comprehensive equipment management solution would simplify your operations.
The Time is Now to Implement a Mobile Strategy in Construction
While it might be tempting to wait to implement a mobile strategy, evidence shows construction companies that leverage tech are outperforming competitors.
Top 5 Reasons to Use GPS Tracking for Equipment
GPS tracking for equipment offers more benefits to the construction industry than you might realize. Here are the top five reasons why.
What You Need to Know About Construction Equipment Maintenance Software
Even a small deficiency in your construction equipment maintenance software will leak money and kill productivity. Here is what you need to know.
Construction Resource Management Just Got Better With Schedule
Construction resource management now has a labor and equipment Schedule functionality so everyone from the field to office can make automated requests.
6 Ways Construction Fleet Management Software Solves Problems
Efficient construction fleet management of your equipment is essential for solving all types of problems. Here are six ways management software can help you.
What is a Construction Telematics System?
Construction telematics systems have many practical applications. Learn how these systems can help contractors and equipment owners increase productivity.
6 Tips to Minimize the Impact of Construction Supply Chain Delays
Learn how construction supply chain delays are affecting your business and what you can do to minimize the impact.
Top Features of the Best Dash Cams for Construction
Dash cameras protect the drivers, company, and vehicles. But protection isn't the dash cam’s only virtue.
The Benefits and Savings of Dash Cameras for Construction Fleet Management
Tenna’s new TennaCAM 2.0 features AI technology and powerfully complements the data Tenna pulls from vehicles, completing the picture for fleet managers about what is happening with assets and drivers.
The Truth About CAN bus: What It Is, What It Can and Can’t Do
“A Controller Area Network is a robust vehicle bus standard designed to allow microcontrollers and devices to communicate with each other's applications without a host computer.” If you Google “CAN bus,” that’s the answer you’ll get from Wikipedia. All clear? We didn’t think so either. But CAN bus is also essential to the daily functionality of Tenna and other data-oriented systems. So let’s take a closer look.
Tenna Simplifies Rental Management
Our new and unique integration with rental management companies allows Tenna customers to manage their equipment rentals and their owned assets in the same system.
A Holistic Approach To Driver Safety
Understanding the technological and systematic resources available to enhance protection for driver safety.
How to Use Advanced Software to Reduce the Total Cost of Ownership of Your Equipment
Find out how you can use modern equipment management software to reduce the total cost of ownership of your most important business assets.
Tenna Partnership Spotlight: Trimble-Viewpoint
Tenna’s partnership with Trimble-Viewpoint allows for deep integrations with ERP products widely used across the industry to simplify equipment data flow and analysis for construction accounting and finance teams.
4 Reasons Your Critical Assets Are Not Performing at Optimal Capacity
Learn why your most important assets are not performing as well as they should, and how asset management software can help you make the most of your key assets.
Benefits Of Automated Construction Resource Management
Learn about Tenna’s new total solution for construction resource management and dispatching for construction businesses.
4 Ways Modern Technology Has Revolutionized Construction Equipment Management
Learn how equipment management systems have evolved in recent years to change the way construction leaders manage their most important equipment.
Reduce Loss with Construction Site Theft Prevention
All you need to know about construction site theft prevention and what construction companies and contractors can do to reduce loss.
3 Ways to Maximize the Utility of Your Equipment Management Systems
Find out how construction businesses can make the most of their expensive equipment using equipment management software.
What 2021 Taught Us About the Importance of Equipment Management
Learn the lessons 2021 taught construction businesses about the importance of protecting your most valuable assets with equipment management software.
How Technologies Can Help Overcome the Effects of Labor Shortages in Construction
As labor shortages in construction continue, developing new, technology-driven solutions to overcome them is now critical.
How to Leverage Telematics for Insurance Incentives
Covering ways that technology companies and insurance providers are partnering to help contractors manage risk.
Construction Technology is Building the Future
The construction technology industry is growing. Within the past ten years, billions of dollars have funneled into innovating and developing the industry.
How Construction Data Analytics for Fleet Management Increase Profits
Real-time data in construction helps avoid spending excess time on the phone playing detective about your own equipment; it also limits time staring at the laptop, wondering what those spreadsheets of numbers actually mean. This is the power of big data in construction. Integrated construction technologies can help predict the future availability of equipment by better understanding the present to permit better preparation for the future. Telematics data, construction data, and GPS fleet analytics can be meaningful terms to you. They all deliver actionable information and can be used as tools in the same way as your equipment to help achieve goals and allow your business to grow. Let’s get into the specifics of how meaningful and properly delivered construction data analytics can be crucial conduits that fuel the growth of your business.
Construction Fleet Maintenance Software Protects Your Heavy Equipment Assets
Construction fleet maintenance software helps companies make the best decisions possible for their assets, saving money and increasing productivity.
2021 Mini Series EP: 5 – A Multitier Approach to Success with Construction Technology from Real Contractors
You'll learn how buy in across the organization can impact your team's success with construction technology
The What, the Why and the Ways Contractors can Leverage Software Integrations for Construction into their Workflows.
Get the what, the why and the ways contractors can leverage software integrations for construction into their daily equipment management workflows.
2021 Mini Series EP: 4 - Improve Every Facet of Your Business with Equipment Management Integrated into your Technology Ecosystem
Learn the value of construction integrations and how a mature and connected technology ecosystem improves the lives of those in the construction industry.
What is GPS Tracking for Heavy Equipment?
Simply put, GPS tracking for heavy equipment is a process by which you to track the location of your heavy equipment using a hardware device that reports GPS position (and in some cases, other telematic data) to a central software platform, typically using cellular technology.
Some Surprising Benefits of GPS Tracking for Construction
GPS tracking for construction equipment not only prevents theft, it gives you a comprehensive view of your entire fleet assets in one place.
Heavy Equipment Fleet Management: What you need to know
Heavy equipment fleet management software.
2021 Mini Series EP: 3 – Successful Construction Tech Adoption Requires Mindset Shift
Cultural shifts are taking place on both sides of the aisle as contractors continue to adopt construction tech.
2021 Mini Series EP: 2 - Best Practices for Telematics Installations
Reasons contractors see failure with telematics adoptions and the right ways to build buy-in from the field to ensure success (from contractors who have done it first-hand).
Asset Tracking Systems for Construction
In this episode we discuss the tracking of physical assets (vs. digital or other types of assets) and are focused specifically on asset tracking for construction.
2021 Mini Series Ep: 1 - Consolidated and Focused Equipment Fleet Management
How consolidated and focused equipment fleet management software allows contractors to adopt with success.
What are tracking devices?
In the construction industry, tracking devices are used to track heavy equipment, mid-sized equipment and fleet vehicles.
Total Cost of Ownership for Construction Equipment
As construction equipment is one of a contractor’s highest cost centers, being cost conscious about your equipment utilization and your owning and operating costs is critical. All contractors calculate the total cost of ownership (TCO) a little bit differently, with various expenses to consider.
Webinar - Fleet Management as a Strategic Advantage: The Opportunity of Operational Intelligence
Fleet management departments have been using technology in some form since the 286 processor and dot matrix were considered new tech. However, companies continue to under-utilize equipment assets, carry more capital equipment than necessary, dispute over maintenance, and wrestle with the own vs. rent debate. This webinar follows FMI’s Fleet in the C-Suite research to improve leveraging equipment assets and FMI’s partnership with Tenna as we engage in a conversation about fleet management best practices and the application of modern technology to optimize the company’s investment in the fleet.
Is there GPS tracking for construction equipment?
Look at any job site, and you will see a lot of construction equipment. If you are a contractor on a job, can you see all your equipment, and know what equipment is on your site? Is it working? Is it being utilized? Can you see what’s available to you on other projects or at the yard that you may be needing next week?
How Equipment Fleet Management Affects the Bottom Line
In construction businesses, the more transparency you have over your assets (people, equipment, tools), the more margin you can earn, more competitive you will be and more profit you will generate.
What is equipment tracking software?
What is equipment tracking software? We get asked this question frequently and wanted to provide information on what equipment tracking software is, how it works, industries that commonly use it and the benefits of using it.
What are the benefits of a GPS tracker for equipment?
“What are the benefits of a GPS tracker for equipment?” This is one of the most asked questions we get. Not surprising as you weigh your options against other tracking technologies and want to understand the benefits of GPS.
Contractor Challenges During COVID-19; the Potential for Opportunity and Looking Ahead
Based on conversations with our partners at FMI and our customers, we know that contractors are looking for guidance for businesses reopening, resources and ways to navigate COVID-19 while remaining profitable and continuing projects.
Preparing for Post COVID-19
While many states in the US are still in the throes of COVID-19, some are reopening and many more are making plans in preparation of reopening. Contractors are also looking at what they will need to do to return to work and what the new “normal” will be.
How to Leverage Driver Scorecards to Improve your Safety Culture
Safety has a major impact on a contractor’s ability to win work. Without a safety record strong enough to meet the requirements in your customer’s RFPs, contractors are inhibited from winning new work, expanding into new territories and generating overall business growth.