Bechtel Adopts Mobile Tool Tracking Solution

Engineering and construction firm Bechtel plans to improve the automation of tool tracking at construction job sites through its use of an enterprise asset management solution. This mobile solution will be designed to reduce labor downtime, increase inventory accuracy and improve the efficiencies of manual processes such as tool & equipment check in/check-out, physical inventories, transfers and location inquiry.

As inventory transactions typically affect inventory quantities, most mobile inventory solutions require online, real-time access to their back-end inventory management systems. Occasionally, an organization might need an offline, batch-style solution that stores inventory transactions over a period of time and then submits them at the end of a shift or when a device can connect to the network.

Bechtel required a mobile inventory management solution that supports both scenarios: online, real-time access whenever a reliable network connection is available and reliable offline, store-and-forward capabilities whenever a reliable network connection isn't available. Furthermore, Bechtel wanted its field workers to be able to switch between modes when possible.

Bechtel plans to implement Blue Dot's Advanced Mobile Platform and the Advanced Mobile for Infor EAM Inventory Management module. Through these services and tools, Bechtel will soon deploy a tailored mobile solution that meets its specific requirements and that allows its field workers to intuitively switch between online and offline functionality as needed on the fly.

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