Northpower Enhances Infrastructure Inspection with Fulcrum
公司规模
Large Corporate
地区
- Pacific
国家
- New Zealand
- Australia
产品
- Fulcrum
- ArcGIS
- iPads
技术栈
- GIS
- Mobile Technology
实施规模
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
影响指标
- Productivity Improvements
- Cost Savings
技术
- 应用基础设施与中间件 - 数据交换与集成
- 传感器 - 全球定位系统
适用行业
- 公用事业
适用功能
- 维护
用例
- 远程资产管理
- 实时定位系统 (RTLS)
服务
- 系统集成
关于客户
Northpower is a Northland-owned and operated electricity distribution network that has grown to become one of the largest multi-utility contractors in New Zealand. The company was established in 1920 and has a reputation for excellence and innovation. Northpower has two distinct divisions — Northpower Network, which provides electricity and fibre infrastructure to Whangarei and Kaipara, and Northpower Contracting, which operates throughout the North Island of New Zealand and in Perth and Melbourne in Australia. The company performs 85,000 pillar inspections over a cycle of 3 years.
挑战
Northpower, a multi-utility contractor in New Zealand, was facing challenges with their pillar inspection process. They were using Windows Mobile-based phones with an ArcGIS forms solution to capture inspection results, and paper-based maps to log and navigate to each pillar. This process was inefficient and had several issues. The form created by a third party couldn't be easily updated or maintained, and Windows Mobile was no longer a widely-supported platform. The system wasn't trusted enough to maintain data integrity, forcing inspectors to hand-write inspection results before entering data. Without electronic maps to pinpoint pillar locations, 10% or more could be missed on a patrol. The interface with the back-end systems lacked validation & automation capability.
解决方案
Northpower implemented Fulcrum on iPads to improve their pillar inspection process. Fulcrum allowed the company to increase the rate of inspections from 45 per day to 60 per day, and eliminated the need for an additional contractor. The use of iPads by pillar inspectors improved the overall efficiency and accuracy of data collected in the field. Inspectors could plan their routes better with a map representation of all pillars to be inspected. They were now able to visit all pillars in a patrol, and missed pillars became a thing of the past. Fulcrum also allowed inspectors to add newly discovered pillars dynamically and on-the-fly, avoiding the need for a separate team to visit the site to locate the pillar in the GIS system.
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