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NEW! Location-Sensitive, Data Capture

Mobile Data Capture

Elf Productivity's solution is aimed at any company, large or small, that needs to collect real-time information regarding the current location and activities of its field-workers. It may be as simple as recording the fact that the worker visited a location at a certain time, or more complex such as recording their In and Out times, Job Number working on, tasks completed, distance travelled, and any other relevant data.

Mobile RFID Technology

RFID Tags

An RFID tag is attached to each location the field-worker visits. Several tags could be placed inside or outside one building if needed. Tags can be the self-adhesive label type (for internal use) or more robust external ones. When the worker visits the location they simply touch the tag with their mobile phone to read it. This identifies where they are and what type of location they are at, allowing the phone to present them with a set of context-sensitive options.

GPS Position

The field-worker visits a location and activates the GPS positioning option of their mobile phone. The latitude/longitude is identified by the Elf system and matched to a known location, thereby identifying the customer. The worker is presented with a standard set of options on their phone for recording their activities. A GPS-based solution is particularly useful when the worker visits 'floating' locations - i.e. one-off's that are not pre-defined in the system. In this case, the recorded GPS position is confirmation of their actual presence at the location.

Location-Sensitive, Mobile Phone Solutions

Mobile field-force solutions are not new. So what makes Elf Productivity's different?

  • It is based on a standard mobile phone, not a complicated and expensive device like a PDA or a smart phone. Why waste time and money equipping your field-workers with an additional device when they already have one in their pocket that they know how to use and will take good care of?
  • Easy-to-use interface. SIMPLICITY is Elf's guiding principle when it comes to the field-worker. Time spent trying to connect to systems and navigate around a mobile application is less time spent on the job! With Elf's solution the user is permanently connected to the system and they have a few simple options displayed on their phone that can be quickly activated by a couple of key clicks.
  • Location-sensitivity makes the users life even easier. When the user visits their work location, the system automatically recognises where they are. This means the customer is already identified and only relevant tasks and information is shown to the user.

Mobile barcodeTechnology

Barcodes

Similar in concept to RFID Tags but instead of a tag, a Barcode is placed at the location. The main operational advantage to using barcodes is that they may already be present at the location. However, they are not as robust or secure as RFID tags and an additional barcode scanner is required that communicates with the mobile phone via a Bluetooth connection. Also, unlike RFID tags, a barcode cannot identify its 'type' meaning the phone must present a standard set of options rather than context-sensitive ones.

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