Turn every installed unit into a recurring customer asset

Built for air compressor service providers and dealers. An IoT foundation and industry SaaS connect your scattered, offline installed base to the cloud and turn it into a service network you can run remotely and bill by results — revenue shifts from a one-off sale to service fees that come in every month.

  • Sell equipment → sell connected serviceEvery install online and visible
  • Inspection rounds → managed careRemote prediction replaces site visits
  • Quotes → outcome-based billingSavings share / pay per use
Smart Service Business solution: customer sites, operations platform, and service team working together
Ⅰ
Turning point

Selling equipment alone is getting harder for service providers

Air compressors are a mature, saturated market: new-unit price wars grind on year after year and hardware margins keep thinning. A one-off sale effectively ends at commissioning — you cannot see the customer's operation, energy use, or faults, so repeat orders and value-added services never get off the ground. Value is migrating from building and selling machines to connectivity, data, and services.

~2%
Annual growth, mechanical hardware

A saturating market — selling machines alone brings little new growth

~20%
Annual growth, smart sensors

Sensing and connectivity are growing ten times faster than hardware

14–16%
Annual growth, cloud and connectivity

Software and subscriptions are the industry's fastest-growing segment

33%
Revenue from smart products

Smart products already make up a third of leading OEMs' revenue

Sources: McKinsey industrial automation value pool research, Microsoft IoT Manufacturing Spotlight, and other public studies, cited to illustrate industry direction; not a commitment by any specific company.

No visibility · installs go dark

Once delivered, equipment drops out of sight — how it runs, when it needs maintenance, whether it has faults, you only learn when the customer calls. Without data, there is no handle for follow-on business.

↓ Solved by 01 · Connect

Firefighting · reactive maintenance

Scheduled visits plus emergency repairs keep engineers on the road — slow response, high cost. Small issues grow into major downtime, draining reputation and profit together.

↓ Solved by 02 · Operate

One-off · revenue never compounds

Revenue peaks at the moment of sale, then drops to zero; the next order means winning a customer from scratch. Results swing with the market, and stable cash flow never forms.

↓ Solved by 03 · Monetize
Industry trend

The center of the business is shifting from products to services

From selling products to selling outcomes

More and more equipment makers no longer just sell machines — they deliver uptime itself. Kaeser bills by air consumed, Atlas Copco by compressed air usage; the industry giants are all on this path.

Your installed base is yours — no one can take it

The connected fleet you have built over the years is a business entry point competitors cannot take away; getting it online is the starting point for ongoing service and added value.

Smaller service providers can join too

Servitization used to be a game only the giants could afford. With mature IoT, cloud, and AI, small and mid-sized providers can now land it at low cost, at their own pace.

Trend analysis draws on public material from McKinsey, the Aston servitization research center, and published industry cases, cited to illustrate direction; not a commitment for any specific project.

Ⅱ
Transformation

Climb the service maturity ladder, one step at a time

Servitization is not a single leap but a path you climb step by step. RIYI packages every capability from connect to monetize as platform tools, so you can upgrade your installed base into service revenue at your own pace. Each step up brings a higher share of recurring revenue and higher margins.

Service maturity ladder diagram Recurring revenue · margin → Service maturity → L1 Install and deliver L2 Online monitoring L3 Predictive service L4 Outcomes · on demand One-off revenue + Subscription monitoring + Maintenance contracts + Savings share / pay per use
01 · CONNECTSolves · installs going dark

Bring your whole installed base to the cloud, whatever the brand

  • ·Multi-brand, no retrofit — MGate Gateway works with mainstream brand controllers, reading CAN / Modbus directly, so existing units get online with zero production downtime.
  • ·One code per cabinet, plug and manage — every gateway ships with a unique ID; scan to bind it to CompView and new installs are online out of the box.
  • ·OEMs can build IoT in — the AIRKore Controller lets manufacturers embed connectivity before units leave the factory, so every install is connected from day one.
  • ·Clear data ownership — site data can go to the cloud or stay on premises; ownership and boundaries remain in your hands.
Multi-brand
Direct CAN / Modbus acquisition
No retrofit
Existing units keep running
One code each
Scan to get online
Multiple sites connected to CompView Cloud Platform through data acquisition gateways Multi-site · one network Customer A station3 air compressors Customer B stationCentrifugal + screw Customer C stationMixed brands MGate Data gateway CAN·Modbus CompView Cloud platform Full fleet overview
Compressor fleet health and predictive maintenance overview Fleet health overview 48 units online Predictive alert · Customer A unit #2 Main bearing vibration rising; service expected within 5 weeks → schedule ahead One-click dispatch · parts flagged SeeReal-time status PredictDegradation trends AdviseWhat to fix, and when
02 · OPERATESolves · reactive maintenance

Manage your whole fleet from one screen — swap firefighting visits for remote prediction

The multi-tenant CompView Cloud Platform rolls every site under your name into one operations view — real-time status, alarm push, and efficiency rankings at a glance. Service capability advances step by step through see → predict → advise: first see how units run, then predict degradation, and finally get told what to fix and when — down to the spare parts required.

One person, whole fleet
Remote centralized operations
4–6 weeks
Typical degradation lead time*
Mobile
Check anytime in the mini-app

* Lead time reflects published predictive maintenance research ranges for typical components such as bearings on comparable industrial equipment; actual results depend on measured data and models.

02 · OPERATE · OPERATIONS HUB

Four tools that turn visibility into service you can deliver

From monitoring to dispatch, the operations hub covers the full service delivery chain. Data does not stop at dashboards — it converts directly into deliverable, billable service actions.

CompView multi-tenant service operations hub

Remote monitoring and alarms

Real-time dashboards across all sites; anomalies are pushed straight to the right person, so you know each unit's status and alarms the moment they happen.

Predictive maintenance

CompAI scores equipment health and predicts degradation early, turning emergency repairs into a managed service you can schedule ahead and bill for.

Parts and consumables forecasting

Replacement cycles estimated from running hours and operating conditions — stock ahead and deliver in batches, cutting stockout downtime and repeat trips.

Work orders and dispatch

Turn an alert into a work order and dispatch the nearest engineer in one click; process and outcome are fully logged, making service traceable and measurable.

03 · MONETIZESolves · one-off revenue

Four sustainable billing models that turn service into recurring revenue

Connect makes it visible, operate makes it deliverable, monetize makes it billable. The operating data accumulated on the platform lets every service tier be priced, delivered, and verified — start with the lightest subscription and move toward outcome-based billing as your customers are ready.

MODEL 01
Monthly / annual subscription

Subscription monitoring

Layer a connectivity-plus-dashboard monthly fee on top of hardware; remote monitoring, alarms, and reports on a recurring subscription.

Billing basis · per unit / month
MODEL 02
Annual managed maintenance

Predictive maintenance contract

Sign annual managed contracts backed by health scores and early warnings, turning irregular repairs into predictable service revenue.

Billing basis · annual contract
Recommended
MODEL 03
Energy saved Shared upside

Energy performance contracting (EMC)

Deliver measured energy savings with the MS master controller + CompAI and split the saved electricity cost with your customer — you invest, both sides share the upside. RIYI engineers run the savings assessment with you first, so the numbers are clear before you commit.

Billing basis · share of verified savings
MODEL 04
Billed per m³ of air

Compressed air as a service (CAaaS)

Customers buy no equipment and pay only for the air they use; you own the equipment, operations, and energy, and revenue scales with consumption.

Billing basis · per m³ consumed

These are common servitization billing models (CapEx → OpEx) and can be combined based on customer readiness; specific revenue splits and commercial terms are agreed between you and your customer. Published industry examples: Rolls-Royce bills by flying hour, Kaeser Sigma Air Utility and Atlas Copco AIRPlan by air consumed.

Ⅲ
Growth

From one-off sales to compounding recurring revenue

When connect, operate, and monetize close the loop, the shape of the business changes: revenue is no longer a pulse at the moment of sale but a base that builds month after month. Service margins beat hardware resale, and data plus service become switching costs — customers stay longer and per-customer value keeps compounding.

Revenue structure comparison: one-off sales vs recurring service revenue Before · one-off sales Revenue peaks at the sale, drops to zero, then starts over with the next deal Unit sale A Unit sale B Now · equipment + recurring Subscriptions, maintenance, and savings share stack on hardware, building month by month Recurring ↑ Hardware Recurring service revenue
Illustrative diagram showing the shift in revenue structure; not actual business data.
HOW RIYI WORKS AS YOUR FOUNDATION

We build the foundation — we never compete with our partners

RIYI supplies the technology and tools that make service work; customer relationships and billing always stay with you. The platform natively supports multi-tenancy and white-labeling — your brand, your domain, and your customers always see you.

Multi-tenant · white-label portal

Run the platform under your brand and domain; customers see your service interface, not a third party's.

Tiered permissions

Three account tiers — headquarters, branch, and customer — each sees only its own data, keeping management clean and boundaries clear.

Flexible deployment

Choose cloud, in-cabinet embedded, or standalone server deployment — workable even when customers have data compliance requirements.

Customer relationships stay yours

RIYI provides tools and technical support and never touches your customers or your billing — servitization should not come at the channel's expense.

Training and co-building

From product selection and solution design to energy savings assessment, our engineers support you one on one to win and deliver projects.

Continuous upgrades

Platform features and AI capabilities iterate remotely, with no repeat investment.

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