Sciener: Mobile solutions for service of metering devices

Mobile solutions for service of metering devices - the software product intended for expansion of opportunities in management tools and service of metering devices at energy market of the Russian Federation.

Description

In the network energy companies service of metering devices is connected with activity of the linear personnel working "in the field". Concerning this employee category the question of formation of tasks, priority assignment and choice of the tool is always particularly acute. The scale of the works which are carried out by them and separation of types of activity, from setting of tasks before direct performing transactions with the metering device, require application of the different technologies substantially blocking all key requirements of process.

Important factor is need of assessment of extent of participation in process of specific employees, control of execution and, as a result, formation of the objective plans untrue. One of the most effective solutions of the described tasks and also adjacent tasks arising in a work progress is use of modern technologies of use of mobile devices. Mobile devices offer the most flexible and convenient tools, and all this at rather small cost of the device.

The company proposes "Mobile solutions for service of metering devices" on the platform of a product of SAP company - Meter management for SAP Work Manager. Such functionality gives the chance of solving of tasks of process of service of devices at all levels:

• increase in number of the serviced objects;
• optimization of schemes of work of personnel;
• reduction of labor costs;
• increase in reliability of databases;
• identification of violations and many others.

These functions are constructed on the basis of processes of work with metering devices:

• reading of indications of metering devices;
• installation, dismantling, repair and replacement of metering devices.

Simplification of work of the employee is based on automatic detection of provision of a maintenance entity with reflection in cartographic resources, providing up-to-date information on this object, data reading with use a stroke of codes, QR codes, RFID tags and many other opportunities. Important feature of use of the technology based on use of mobile devices - considerable reduction of repeated data entry and paper document flow, increase in efficiency and controllability of process, reduction of repeated departures of personnel and the solution of many other operational tasks.

Advantages

• Proposed solution has a number of technical advantages. The software does not require a binding to the specific device, and is based on use of accounts of users with the distributed powers that provides still big flexibility in access. The convenience of use of this technology consists also in a possibility of use on different platforms - iOS, Android, Windows, Device BlackBerry OS, with an installed software, support work both with Internet access, and in offline mode (at periodic updating of information on the device).

• The mobile client has powerful potential of use of the predetermined functions and expansions of the existing opportunities on both sides of the ERP system and the client on the device. The main restrictions are connected with opportunities of the device and a communication channel. After carrying out expansion of opportunities of the mobile client updating of the version of installed application is not required. The full stroke of implementation of a software package varies from four months to one year depending on effective objectives.

• Using software "Mobile solutions for service of metering devices" solving of tasks of management of the top level considerably becomes simpler, schemes of control of execution become simpler, risks of distortion of information decrease during operational activity of employees, decision making speed increases. All this, in total, allows to increase quality of the provided services in power supply of end consumers, to increase the accuracy of accounting and leads to cost reduction of the enterprise.