Many utility companies commonly employ labor-intensive, paper-based manual systems to inventory, monitor, inspect and/or repair their key high-value assets, both in the yard and in the field. This can result in the inefficient use of working capital, ineffective workflow systems, and user errors and gaps in critical information. Additionally, companies have the need to accurately track and recoup joint-use revenue from third-party cable and telephone providers that attach their communication hardware to a utility’s pole network. Learn how RFID is being used to create a closed-loop asset-management system that successfully manages high-value assets from the point of manufacture through their entire useful lifecycle, while streamlining many steps that have traditionally been part of the field-inspection and maintenance processes. Hear how one utility company saw a 72 percent improvement in the average time its workers spent inspecting and repairing assets.
Speaker:
Barry Breede, President, Sustainable Management Systems