Lacak Cipta Aktual, an Indonesian IoT start-up, is supporting the government’s 100 Smart Cities Movement by making it easy and cost-effective for Indonesian cities to adopt IoT across various sectors.

The firm aims to accelerate Industry 4.0 by providing IoT applications to deliver increased productivity and efficiency in services such as mining, citizen engagement and food security, albeit at lower costs and with faster onboarding processes.

“IoT and other Industry 4.0 technologies must augment human work that is the lifeblood of cities, such as responsive emergency services and up-to-date communication with communities and businesses,” said Fariz Iskandar, CEO of Lacak.io. “At Lacak.oi, both our fleet and field service management are easily translatable to industries where transportation and worker resource allocations are key, such as mining, plantations and the public sector.”

Land access to rural areas has been the most critical issues in the mining sector. Connectivity issues as well as mining maps that are not up-to-date hinder effectiveness in operations.

Lacak.io’s fleet management system helps map optimal routes for deliveries with the aid of GPS-enabled sensors and geofencing. Fuel usage and loads are optimised with fuel and axle load sensors that immediately send fleet information to headquarters.

“Data collected are automatically managed using big data, blockchain and cloud technologies towards improving scheduling and loading,” said Iskandar. “Soon, we will no longer see long queues of overloaded mining trucks at ports or plants.”

Meaningful digitisation initiatives are also applied to the government officials and public sector, such as using Lacak.io’s smart technology to help schedule public transport resources, while decreasing fuel usage.

“We apply field service management to encourage accountability and transparency in government, ensuring local government workers respond efficiently to citizen complaints, complete needful repairs or escalate issues to relevant agencies in line with client charters,” added Iskandar.

With field service management, Lacak.io also validates data using blockchain in multi finance sectors, while offering companies an on-premise method to keep customer data onsite. Besides protecting data, it also reduces the risk of human error in inputting data, while freeing up workers to do more productive efforts such as case management.

The second largest contributor to Indonesia’s economy is agriculture, yet its labour-intensive nature and dependence on millions of smallholder farmers require IoT that improves farming and harvesting efficiency.

Backed by big data, Lacak.io’s smart farming technology improves productivity by digitising the plantation process from fertilisation to harvest time while monitoring crop and yields using dedicated sensors that measure light, humidity, temperature and soil moisture.

For deliveries, GPS vehicle tracking helps farmers manage fleets and monitor cold storage trucks to ensure that their produce remains fresh at all times.

“Lacak.io is ready to aid these transformations, backed by our fleet and field service management that make IoT onboarding a breeze while saving costs and gleaning meaningful data that influence organisational decision-making,” Iskandar said.

Founded in 2016, Lacak.io is an Indonesian-based tech start-up. It helps various business fields with an enterprise-ready IoT platform focusing on real-time tracking, IoT and field worker management.