How to create a custom form with Field Elite
A common requirement for most Field Service Workers is to complete various forms and paper based inspection checklists when visiting customer sites and remote area locations. Often the data collected is often used in collaboration efforts across multiple teams and organisations. Using paper forms, binders, cameras, and filing cabinets can make this process complicated, frustrating, […]
4 Reasons Why You Might be Missing Out on Energy Savings…
?well your company actually, although for many small-to-medium businesses it boils down to the same thing. Governments usually lag behind in terms of innovation but are beating us hands-down when it comes to going green. I have heard that private sector energy savings average less than 1% per year and I for one would not […]
Monitoring Water Banks with Telemetrics
Longstanding droughts across South Australia are forcing farmers to rethink the moisture in the soil they once regarded as their inalienable right. Trend monitoring is an essential input to applying pesticides and fertilisers in balanced ratios. Soil moisture sensors are transmitting data to central points for onward processing on a cloud, and this is making […]
2015 ESOS Guidelines Chapter 3 to 5 ? The ESOS Assessment
ESOS operates in tandem with the ISO 50001 (Energy Management) system that encourages continual improvement in the efficient use of energy. Any UK enterprise qualifying for ESOS that has current ISO 50001 certification on the compliance date by an approved body (and that covers the entire UK corporate group) may present this as evidence of […]
ENERGY AUDITS AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
A.Introduction An ‘energy audit‘ means a systematic procedure with the purpose of obtaining adequate knowledge of the energy consumption profile of a building or group of buildings, an industrial or commercial operation or installation or a private or public service, identifying and quantifying cost-effective energy saving opportunities, and reporting the findings; (see corresponding definition in […]
How Bouygues manages an Empire-Sized Footprint
Bouygues is into telecoms / media, and building and road construction. It also knows it has to watch its energy footprint closely. Owning 47% of energy giant Alstom keeps it constantly in the media spotlight. Shall we find out more about its facility management policies? The journal Premises and Facilities Management interviewed MD Martin Bouygues […]
A Small External Enterprise Development Team is Cheaper than Your Own
Time is money in the application development business. We have to get to market sooner so someone else does not gazump us, and pip us at the post. We increase the likelihood of this with every delay. Moreover, the longer your in-house team takes to get you through the swamp, the higher the project cost […]
Mobile Workforce Management in a nutshell
It is fairly common for businesses to have staff working across many different locations across the country or even the world. Engaged in various activities like door-to-door sales, delivery and installations, service maintenance, conducting inspections & investigations or even data collection. Managing and co-ordinating tasks, scheduling activities, planning and monitoring activities and communicating can often […]
ecoVaro to tackle water stress
For many people within the UK, water is not really something to worry about. Surely enough of it falls out the sky throughout the year that it does feel highly unlikely that we?ll ever run out of it. There certainly does seem to be an abundance of Branded Water available in plastic bottles on our supermarket shelves. […]
What is work force management?
For organisations to ensure they provide the right service. In order to do they need to assign the right employees with the right skills to the right job at the right time to meet demand. Workforce Management Background Workforce management (WFM) is a strategy used by companies to increase their efficiency and performance. It entails […]
