Comet Tracker Product Presentation_ActSoft

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Mobile Management Solution
San Bernardino County EHS Terri Williams,
REHS Program Manager
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Introduction

• Big Brother vs. Better Business

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Background

• History
• Implementation
• Cost

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Program Enhancement

• Productivity
• Accountability
• Safety

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Productivity

• Increase in number of inspections per day
• Routing efficiency
• Increase in productivity

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Compare field inspections
Data entered into Envision
Data captured via Comet Tracker
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View all employee route for a given day
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Accountability

• Clock in/out of shifts breaks
• Flexible work schedules
• Allows employees to end shift in district
• Home dispatch and overtime
• Verification of employee location
• Verify accuracy of information submitted
• Mileage claims
• Inspection Start and Stop times
• Tool for establishing budget projections

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Record of Log in Breaks
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View all Employees in a specific group (e.g.
Supervisor Region)
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Safety

• Excessive speed report
• Employee location

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Exceeded Speed Limit Report
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View all Employees in a specific group (e.g.
Supervisor Region)
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Benefits

• Ensure arrival times
• Enhance customer service
• Reduce overtime hours
• Increase jobs per day
• Increase productivity
• Maximize efficiency
• Validate documentation
• Increase efficiency
• Improve workforce management
• Ensure vehicle worker safety
• Reduce operating costs

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What does this mean to us?

• Decrease in Inspection Time
• Increase in Inspection Activities
• Savings of 1 FTE

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Background Information

• Staff had phones for field contact.
• Third party application offered by Nextel with
  Direct Billing
• Deployed in 2004
• Assigned to all field staff
• Per user cost is 42.00 including the actual
  phone cost
• Supervisor run reports on various parameters
  mileage, time in/out, meal period and break
  length, etc.

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Program Basics

• Phone is configured with the application
• User is assigned to phone and added to Comet
  Tracker database
• User is added to Supervisors Group
• User receives program instructions and policy
  information
• User carries phone when on duty
• User logs in and out at beginning and end of
  shift
• User breaks in and out for meal and break
  periods.

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Specific Requirements

• GPS receiver (phone or vehicle mounted
  transceiver)
• Phone must be JAVA capable
• Must add phone data plan
• IT staff must learn to configure phones
  (installs,GPS and Security PIN settings), Install
  Client applications and maintain SQL database.
• Must purchase Map point licenses (our
  configuration) or use CT maps. Users can use Map
  point independently for other uses.
• Updates can be downloaded individually or pushed
  by Actsoft.
• May have issues with Client access needs (must be
  power user or greater).
• Actsoft stores 2 weeks of data, your data needs
  vary on how much is gathered with phone (task
  entry, GPS ping settings, other data threshold
  settings)
• Can Geo-code your facilities to upload into CT
  but separation of distinct values can be
  difficult due to phone GPS accuracy levels (strip
  malls).
• Reports may be customized by CT, or custom
  reports may be written with various 3rd party
  reporting products.
• For more info, see CT handouts