INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Cabling
NKT releases digital cable drum
tracking solution
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ith a new IoT-based platform,
NKT is now ready to meet
customer demands for smart
tracking of cable drums and improved
project management processes. This will
annually save utilities, energy providers and
installations companies thousands of euros,
improve the utilisation of cable drums and
minimise the risk of cable theft.
NKT is ready to revolutionise asset and
project management in the power
cable industry with the digital platform,
TrackMyDrum, which enables smart
handling of cable drums. TrackMyDrum is
developed by NKT’s digital hub, THINKT
Digital, in close collaboration with German
companies in the energy and installation
industry to meet their demand for smarter
asset management. Each year, these
companies have large costs related to fees
for delayed drum return, for drums left on
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or stolen from construction sites, as well as
inventory management. has been a key element in the development
of NKT’s new drum tracking platform.
“We see a great demand in the market
for smarter asset management. With
TrackMyDrum, we can ensure an improved
utilisation of cables, less waste and scrap,
smooth drum journey and accelerated
operations of our customers. We simply
track, digitise, document and notify the users
of the tool of the entire drum and cable
journey from delivery to return,” said Oliver
Schlodder, Executive Vice President and
Head of Service and Accessories at NKT, with
responsibility for the digital hub. “It has been an amazing journey to
experience and enhance the level of
collaboration across the industry. We
started with the simple drum tracking
idea that grew into a fully-fledged project
management tool to empower our
customers. Now, they can easily get a full
picture of the cable usage and the entire
drum journey. All the features are based
on the feedback and input provided by the
professionals handling power cables and
drums every day,” said Veaceslav Driglov,
Head of THINKT Digital.
Created by the industry
TrackMyDrum is a combination of a digital
platform, smartphone app and connected
IoT sensors collecting the data needed for the
smart asset management. Customer input
TrackMyDrum is already in use at utilities,
installation companies and cable vendors in
Germany and NKT is now working to bring
the digital tool to even more customers in
Germany and across Europe. n
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