Predictive maintenance based on big data and geospatial data seeks to define the best time to perform work on an asset, so that maintenance frequency is as low as possible and reliability is as high as possible without unnecessary costs.
Maintenance teams are beginning to embrace the use of big data and predictive modeling to improve performance, which helps establish maintenance programs that reduce downtime and save maintenance costs, while extending the life of their equipment, reducing unnecessary tasks and optimizing spare parts inventory.
Transporte Masivo de Panama S.A. tenders the supply of original spare parts and tools for Volvo chassis for Gran Viale B7R and Torino B290R buses that make up the company's fleet.
Panama Government Purchase 2021-2-81-01-08-LP-003129:
"The Contractor shall maintain proper inventory levels in all warehouse facilities and possess the specialized tools that facilitate the work of technicians in order to perform preventive and corrective maintenance in each of the six (6) workshops that make up each Operation and Execution Center (COE) of Transporte Masivo Panama, S.A., for a period of thirty-six (36) months counted from the notification of the order to proceed issued once the respective contract has been countersigned.
As a result of the shortage of tires and the increase in the cost of maritime freight, Costa Rican importers of Chinese tires estimate that prices in the local market have increased about 40% in recent months.
Representatives of Tire Kingdom, a company that imports tires manufactured in China in Costa Rica, foresee that due to the increase in prices, the main advantages of these tires could be reduced or disappear.
After vehicle sellers in Guatemala in 2020 faced a complex panorama as a result of the crisis caused by the pandemic, during the first quarter of the year a 30% y-o-y increase in the number of new imported units was reported.
Statistics from the Superintendence of Tax Administration (SAT) detail that in the first three months of 2021, close to 9,300 new vehicles were imported in the country, a figure that exceeds by 30% what was reported in the same period of 2020.
Accurately calculating the vehicle fleet or estimating the number of specialized machines and tractors used in certain areas is useful information for companies dedicated to the sale of accessories and spare parts to make the right decisions.
In order to minimize the risk of starting to commercialize spare parts and accessories that use specialized machines, tractors or vehicles, or simply to calculate potential sales in certain areas, countries or regions, companies rely on market studies that in some cases are elaborated with Big Data techniques.
Honda Center, a service shop located in Guatemala City's Zone 10, has a potential market of 93 thousand consumers between the ages of 25 and 60 years old, of which 66% are interested in vehicle-related topics, within a 15-minute drive.
Using the Geomarketing solutions we have developed for our clients, CentralAmericaData's Business Intelligence team analyzed the environment of some of the main automotive repair shop locations operating in Central American countries. Below is an excerpt of the study's findings.
Excel Automotriz opened a new branch in El Salvador, located at kilometer 10 of the Pan-American Highway, on the road to Santa Tecla.
The new building, called "Excel Las Ramblas", has a construction area of 2,800 square meters. In this branch the business group has sales rooms for Toyota and Kia vehicles.
The Ministry of Health of El Salvador tenders preventive and corrective maintenance services for vehicles used by the central administration and regional offices.
El Salvador Government Purchase DR-CAFTA LA-ADA-UE-CA 08/2021 GRAL-MINSA:
"The service will consist of Preventive and Corrective Maintenance of vehicles: light and heavy; of various brands, classes and types that includes the Supply of Major, Minor spare parts, distributed in different dependencies of the Ministry of Health.
From January to September 2020, Central American imports of vehicle batteries totaled $155 million, and purchases from Korean companies increased 27% compared to the same period in 2019.
Figures from the Trade Intelligence Unit of CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with the graph"]
On March 19, Metalub began operating a new Filling Station located in Walmart Escazu, an establishment with 285 square meters of floor space.
According to representatives of the company, the recently inaugurated establishment is called MetaCentro, required an investment of $120 thousand and the practices carried out in this establishment are considered to be environmentally friendly.
Corporacion de Industria Automotriz de Beijing, which opened a dealership in La Uruca, San José, expects to sell between 800 and 1,000 vehicles of different types in the next three years.
Company executives informed that the company will offer in the Costa Rican market SUV-type vehicles with prices ranging between $17,900 and $23,900, sedans with a price of $19,200 and the 4x4 segment which will be marketed at $39,900.
In the first half of 2020, imports of vehicle batteries in El Salvador, Nicaragua and Guatemala increased in year-on-year terms, and in Honduras, Costa Rica and Panama there were decreases.
Figures from the Trade Intelligence Unit of CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with the graphic"].
During the last months of 2020 in the region's markets, the number of Internet searches and conversations associated with motorcycles decreased, a decrease that can be explained by the behavior of most countries.
Through a system that monitors in real time changes in consumer interests and preferences in Central American countries, developed by CentralAmericaData, it is possible to project short and long term demand trends for the different products, sectors and markets operating in the region.