For the machines considered in the cluster – concrete pumps, truck mixers, etc. – there is currently no standard that OEMs can rely on to make machine operator-relevant machine data available uniformly across manufacturers.

For this reason, OEMs today offer isolated solutions for providing machine data, which are difficult or impossible for operators of mixed fleets to manage uniformly, for example, within fleet management systems, or to integrate into overarching systems for efficient process mapping.

The overarching goal of the cluster is to significantly improve this situation by creating a practical standard for manufacturers and operators based on ISO 15143. The results must be developed jointly with all stakeholders, from manufacturers and service providers to end-users, in order to create real added value for the industry.

However, the machine status data defined in ISO 15143 is not universally applicable to the machines considered in the cluster. Furthermore, the defined data is partly not regulated concretely enough and leaves room for interpretation, which hinders uniform data provision. Additionally, the dataset described in ISO 15143 only covers a portion of the machine status data relevant to machine operators for the machines considered in the cluster. This means that specific processes on the construction site or in overarching logistics cannot be mapped.

In the first step, the definitions of ISO 15143 were applied to the machines under consideration within the cluster. This determined which of the defined data fields are applicable and how they are to be interpreted uniformly.

As previously explained, the machine status data defined in ISO 15143-3 covers only a portion of the relevant machine status and process data required for machine management or for the efficient design of overarching processes. Therefore, in the next step, further required machine status, quality, and process data for the machines considered in the cluster are to be identified and defined in detail. This is already part of the current activities in the cluster.