Telematics: Remote 2-Way Communication

Ideation Workshop I

March 31, 2016
Sheraton Detroit Novi Hotel (Novi, MI, US)

ASAM Members and Non-Members primarily from the North American On-Road/Off-Road Commercial Vehicle Market met to discuss the need and requirements for standardization in the area broadly described as Telematics.  The goal for the workshop was to determine interest in gathering, aligning, and prioritizing use cases from an End User viewpoint (Equipment or Vehicle Manufacturer / Tier 1 perspective).  Significant discussion and participation demonstrated the need for standards and the willingness for cooperation.  The group decided the next workshop should include the Telematics Service Providers and the Tool Suppliers. The next workshop will be held in North America in late May or early June 2016. Please contact ideation(at)asam.net if you are interested to attend.

Participants: 

Other global organizations expressed interest in participating, but were unable to attend this workshop

Importance of Standards (Presentation)

Cummins kicked off the discussion by highlighting the importance of standards. The stated benefits include:

• Investment efficiency – reduce time, manpower, or costs
• Faster cycle time – initial and ongoing
• Enable the best OEM and Tier 1&2 capabilities
• Consistent UX
• Foundation for the future of SaaS
• Customer confidence in system-level security
• Protect proprietary data and intellectual property
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Goals of the Workshop and Further Proceedings (Goals / ASAM Processes)

ASAM and Cummins then stated the goals for the initial workshop:

1. Evaluate if OEMs and Tier 1 providers are interested in standardization in the telematics space
2. Explore the role/expectations of the telematics box in the field
3. Gather, align, and prioritize use cases from the end user perspective
4. Develop “Champion” charter

Why ASAM? (Presentation)

Cummins explained that working in the ASAM community is beneficial. The primary reasons stated were:

• Leveraging knowledge and know-how from current membership in the topics of data gathering and data exchange
• ASAM has a proven track record of developing useful standards
• ASAM is the right size community with a focused group of industry experts
• ASAM has international support and infrastructure

Results and Next Steps (Presentation)

The group is interested in proceeding to standardize aspects of the “telematics” 2-way communication. Several use cases were initially identified (see below) during the meeting. The group aligned and prioritized the top use cases to be:

• Standard format for exchange of telematics data to enable efficient integration of backend systems and analytics
• Standardized method for authenticating and authorizing a telematics box to communicate with a controller
• Remote Programming

There is a recognition and acknowledgement that these uses cases need to be broken into smaller topics for more analysis.

The group decided on the next steps:

• Participation of Telematics Service Providers is critical to future development.
• Each participating OEM and Tier 1 should prepare a presentation to present use cases where standards would reduce time, manpower, or costs.
• ASAM will prepare a presentation of how to consolidate these ideas and opportunities into a streamlined process.  

ASAM will host a meeting in North America at the end of May or June in either the Seattle, Minneapolis, or Dallas region for ASAM members and non-members to present their use cases. At this meeting, a central group must be established and agreed with a group charter who will align, steer, and promote efforts leading towards standardization.

ASAM asks you to suggest other OEMs, Tier 1s, TSPs, and Tool Suppliers for invitation to the next meeting.  

Download: Meeting Minutes