Contributing to the Effective Use of Resources through Remote Tire Pressure Monitoring Services

Members, their roles, and reason for cooperation

■Roles of each company

- Bridgestone / Bridgestone Tire Solution Japan Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Bridgestone"): Planning, development, and provision of tire related solution services which consist of tire supply, tire maintenance, remote tire pressure monitoring, etc.

- TRANSTRON Inc. and Yazaki Energy System Corporation: Development of functions for some of the above services which includes construction of data transmission system through its digital tachographs

■ Key points of collaboration

- Realize a service that enables effective use of resources (tires) by leveraging strengths of each company which includes Bridgestone’s tire expertise and data communication expertise of each digital tachograph provider.

Time started

September 2022

Technology and business model

Bridgestone contributes to solving pain points of transportation companies by providing a "Total Package Plan (TPP)" that combines several tire related menus such as tire supply and its maintenance.

"Tirematics Real-Time Monitoring" which is an option menu of TPP, is a remote tire monitoring service by adding functions to digital tachographs of either TRANSTRON or Yazaki Energy System, and storing tire pressure data from sensors installed inside tires by Bridgestone to its cloud via a digital tachograph. This provides each company with additional values, including prompt tire maintenance by timely notification of tire conditions to drivers and fleet managers.

Incorporating this real-time monitoring into TPP supports optimal tire pressure management, customers’ safe operation and downtime reduction, while preventing rapid worn-out of a tire and extending its wear life. In addition, TPP enables us to contribute to reducing environmental impact by increasing the opportunity to reuse tires as retreaded tires, using up tires efficiently, improving fuel efficiency, and reducing CO2 emissions.

TPP offers a subscription-based comprehensive plan that combines optimal products and services depending on customers’ vehicle usage condition, which not only improves the efficiency of customers' operations, but also makes it easier to manage budgets by leveling tire-related costs.

Achievements and goals

TPP Implementation Results: 66,000 vehicles in 2023

TPP implementation Target: 80,000 vehicles in 2024 / 110,000 vehicles in 2026

Reference URL

https://tire.bridgestone.co.jp/tb/truck_bus/solution/digitalconnectivity/

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