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Reduce overall costs by 5 - 10% with a
payback on the system being made in the
first year via capital spend.
Skip Delivery and Waste Disposal
 The delivery of skips to users plus their collection and emptying of them using
tracking minimises administration time.
Tracking of all actions can be
supplied if required and analytics for
input to other systems.
Tracking in this regard is used to
improve productivity in terms of administration costs and the ability to define
the next job based on driver availability during a busy day.
Council Applications: Gully Cleaning
 The
Radicom-i system allows a database to be attached to each "asset" in a council
such as gullies or other assets, which need to be maintained.
The
Radicom-i
Vehicle Tracking system can track a Gully cleaning unit to the asset location,
monitoring and providing 'current action'
information on both cleaning arm and the
water washer as well.
All the records of cleaning can be generated by the vehicle against the asset
database and reports can be generated from the asset database.
Administration functions of Gully cleaning can be reduced dramatically, no paper
records are required plus it is simpler to reschedule visits to deal with
obstructed gullies.
Other Applications
Vehicle Tracking can be considered in a number of ways some are the obvious ways
of locating vehicles and providing management information on their efficient
use. Other use of the tracking data can be of considerable benefit to users of
the system based on the timing and distance information gathered by the
tracking system.
Sub Contractor Monitoring
 If we consider an electrician out on site to fix a fault, the one part of the
costs, which is simple to manage is the cost of spare parts. The second part,
which is not simple to manage or to prove is time, how do you ensure the time
billed was reasonable. The first portion of the time cost is getting to and
from site. Using a tracking system the time monitoring become simple, as does
the travelling distance. With Tracking fitted to the electrician's vehicle it
is possible to show the time taken to and from the site plus the distance
travelled.
The second stage is the time on site. The tracking unit can define the time
spent on site performing the tasks electronically. Thus it is possible to
define the time a contractor is spending performing the tasks required. These
measurements then allow you to produce information to verify Invoice values in
the case of Sub-contractors.
 Alternatively in the case of internal staff the tracking measurements can be
linked to internal software systems to provide a low cost administration
mechanism. The tracking system will show the location visited the times
associated with the job and can then have a status recorded against the job.
The key benefit of such a facility is the ability to log the time and results
of a job by the person carrying out the task. Paper based system require
information to be written down, paper must then be passed to be processed all
added costs.
The job can be measured based on an automated system with minimum paperwork
required for job complete. Only when follow up action is required will action
be required in administration to ensure the job is completed with a second
visit.
Summary
Small changes in operating methods provide considerable financial benefit. A
small improvement in time management of a remote workforce can generate
considerable improvements in productivity. The Tracking system provides the
"eyes and ears" for managers to see how the remote workforce operates and thus
they can provide the guidance to improve productivity. This is just as
applicable to sales staff as it is to a plumber or an electrician working
remote from a company base.
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