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More Companies Going Mobile

Admin — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:41:50 +0000

Facilities Management companies are continuing to embrace mobile working solutions in order to improve the efficiency of inspections and data collection. Following the Facilities Show exhibition in May many more FM organisations, particularly those focused on environmental testing, are adopting the eSquiggles Mobile Working solution.

One such client, a provider of specialist advice around Legionella control and water testing quickly recognised the fit eSquiggles would have in increasing the speed and accuracy of data collection. They are now using eSquiggles to electronically collect data during Cold Water Tank Inspections. eSquiggles data collection improves on their existing paper based process as photo and signature capture allows site reports to be generated instantly, with no need for retyping or formatting of data.

The next release of eSquiggles will see clients using Asset Tracking functionality. Through the use of barcoding, assets are assigned a Unique Asset Number which enable assets to be identified more easily by field service workers. Assets can be tracked, asset registers maintained and jobs can be associated with an asset, meaning service or inspection history on a particular asset is much easier to review. Integration between the Asset Tracking and Job Scheduling modules enables efficiency improvements of Pre-Planned Maintenance activities.

To find out more visit www.esquiggles.com

eSquiggles driving efficiencies in FM company

Admin — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 08:45:51 +0000

This month has seen the implementation of the first phase of a mobile working project which is set to make huge cost savings. The client, one of Scotland’s largest Facilities Management providers, has already witnessed the cost and productivity benefits that usingmobile working software can bring to bear.

Many of the organisation’s business processes were inefficient and created duplication of effort. Planned Preventative Maintenance jobs (PPM) were being created in an existing IT system, which generated paper-based inspection jobs. These were completed by field workers by hand, passed back for retyping into a formal report and retyping into the existing IT system.

With the introduction of eSquiggles mobile working, the whole process is now carried out electronically. This includes the management and allocation of jobs, collection of data onsite, sending data back directly into the IT system and automatically generating the final report, with no need for retyping.

Benefits already recognised include reduction in costs and paperwork, increase in productivity levels, improvements in quality of data and tighter control of management reporting against KPIs and SLAs. The feedback from the client has been fantastic and they are now considering other operational functions which could be carried out via eSquiggles for future phases.

The full case study can be downloaded by clicking here.