Tablets, Mobile Apps and Farm Inspector ROIs
Quality Consultants of New Zealand (QCONZ) specializes in dairy farm audits, and they recently began using tablet devices to inspect New Zealand farms. They used Motion Computing rugged F5v tablets to equip their inspectors. The ROI result:
- They have gone from 10 days to a 24-hour turnaround on dairy farm audits. This represents significant improvements in customer service and efficiency.
- Inspectors have reduced their one hour per day spent on paperwork to a simple sync and send process that takes only five minutes. This is a significant efficiency gain that allows inspectors time for more productive activities.
- Including handwriting capabilities on the tablets helped with change management and user acceptance, which meant more field workers used the solution.
- Eliminating human error that occurs during data entry and controlling the consistency and parameters of quality testing enhanced their reputation and improved their brand image.
- Accessing existing records and data wirelessly improved efficiency in the field.
- Remote data collection sensors on farms can be read and adjusted using the tablets onsite. This improves efficiency and reduces travel time going back and forth to the office.
Mobile App Improves Construction Site Efficiency and Delivers ROIs
Procore Technologies has developed a mobile app for iPhones and Android devices that is designed specifically for contractors and site managers working on commercial and residential developments. The Procore app allows site managers and supervisors to communicate project data to workers through individual smartphones. The ROI for this app includes:
- The ability for all workers to clearly view work schedules as they are revised and updated improves project quality and efficiency.
- Workers can use their smartphones as mobile time cards, which saves both paper and time when processing paychecks.
- Managers use the mobile app to access and view project documents remotely and in real time. This eliminates project delays and improves efficiency.
- Supervisors can save time by quickly dictating notes into the mobile app rather than using paper that needs to be re-typed into the system later.
Eyewear Retailer Realizes RFID ROIs
Santa Fe Optics installed RFID tracking tags on over 900 merchandise items in their stores. These small electronic tags allow customers to wear the eyeglasses while the RFID tag remained attached to the merchandise. They have expanded the use of RFID to more stores and these stores realized a significant drop in shoplifting. After choosing these small RFID tags their ROI was reported to have come from:
- Reduced shoplifting - The reduction in shoplifting more than paid for the entire RFID system.
- Reduced the time needed to take inventory by automatically reading RFID tags in the store.
- Small RFID tags allow customers to try on eyewear without removing tags which improved the customer’s experience.
Mobile Apps and ROIs In Healthcare
The mobile app entitled DrChrono supports a mobile healthcare services environment. The mobile app provides hospital workers access to information and tools that are necessary for their services. The app allows users to view x-rays and patient records on tablets and smartphones while interacting with patients and moving throughout the office. The reported ROI is:
