Dispatch it, track it, field it – integrate it!
Kevin North
Severn Trent Systems
Alexander House, Fleming Way
Swindon, Wiltshire SN1 2NG
United Kingdom
Introduction
The benefits of implementing a work and asset management system coupled with
constraint based scheduling for resource optimisation are well understood and
documented.
In addition the added benefits realised from the implementation of a mobile system
have been the subject of many conference papers over recent years.
This paper explores the significant improvements in productivity and optimisation
that are achieved when the above systems are fully integrated into a seamless solution.
Technology, particularly in the mobile arena, is advancing at an incredible rate and
the choices available to the customer may seem bewildering to some. It is all too easy
to wait and see what technological developments will be launched next week, month,
year.
Therefore, this paper also outlines the authors view on a recommended buying
strategy that will insulate the customer from risky leading edge technology and ‘out of
date’ poor benefit solutions.
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