Industrial vehicle fleet recommender

A process to determine when to schedule an industrial vehicle for maintenance, the process comprising:

• constructing a warehouse model in a digital computer device, based upon received input variables related to a warehouse configuration, so as to define an environment that is dimensionally constrained, wherein virtual industrial vehicles operate within the defined environment;
• constructing a workflow model in the digital computer device that defines tasks of the virtual industrial vehicles within the defined environment characterized by the warehouse model;
• constructing a kinematic model in the digital computer device based upon received data characterizing vehicle specifications for the virtual industrial vehicles, kinematic functions of the virtual industrial vehicles, constraints of the defined environment in which the virtual industrial vehicles operate based on the constructed warehouse model, and a cutback curve computed for a parameter of a select one of the kinematic functions of the virtual industrial vehicles;
• applying the kinematic model to the workflow model based upon travel paths of the workflow model to evaluate virtual industrial vehicle performance and determine ideal results;
• collecting data of the industrial vehicle during the industrial vehicle operation, wherein the collected data is actual use data;
• comparing the ideal results to the actual use data of the industrial vehicle;
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• scheduling, based on the comparing of the ideal results to the actual use data of the industrial vehicle, the industrial vehicle for maintenance.