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# Keynote: Volvo / Mack Trucks, Dallas, Texas – Uptime: The Acceleration of Prognostic, Diagnostic, Self-Aware Trucking Technology

It’s said that the typical truck today contains more technology than a Cessna airplane. Certainly when it comes to onboard diagnostic technology, that much is true. Organizations like Volvo / Mack Trucks know that the ability to utilize this onboard technology to diagnose and predict future maintenance issues can change the value proposition of what they sell – and they brought me in for a keynote talk to their top dealer team to discuss that nature of the opportunity this world of hyper-connectivity presents.

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