Insights
Notes from the yard.
How rental companies and contractors find, count and keep track of equipment. Written by the team that builds Hirro.
Rental yards · 3 min read
How to find attachments on a rental yard.
Buckets, breakers and forks go missing on every rental yard. How to find them fast, and keep each one billed with the machine it left with.
Rental yards · 4 min read
The EU Data Act for rental companies: who gets the machine data?
The EU Data Act gives owners and renters of connected machines a right to their data. What it means for a rental fleet, your customers and your contracts.
Choosing a system · 3 min read
Why AirTags fall short for construction equipment.
AirTags are cheap and easy, so contractors try them on tools and attachments. Where they work, where they fall short for a fleet, and what to use instead.
Choosing a system · 3 min read
Bluetooth tags or GPS trackers for construction equipment.
GPS trackers follow machines on the road. Bluetooth tags cover the attachments and tools around them. When to use which, and why most fleets need both.
Theft and loss · 2 min read
Construction equipment theft: what tracking can and cannot do.
An honest look at tracking against equipment theft. Where GPS trackers help with recovery, where yard tags help you notice losses sooner, and what neither one replaces.
Inventory · 3 min read
How to count equipment without a stock count.
Annual stock counts take days and are out of date the week after. How a rolling count from tagged assets keeps your equipment register true all year.
Tracking · 3 min read
Can you track equipment with employees' phones under GDPR?
Using staff phones as tag readers raises a fair question about privacy. What GDPR asks of you, and how to set up phone-based equipment tracking that respects it.
Rental yards · 3 min read
Rental turnaround: from returned to ready.
Every day a machine waits between return and the next rental is lost revenue. How to see where turnaround time goes, from the gate to the wash bay to the workshop.
Tracking · 3 min read
Can you track equipment without gateways?
Yes. Staff phones can read Bluetooth tags as people walk the yard. How phone walk-by tracking works, what it does well, and when gateways still pay off.
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