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1/6/2009
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| August 21
Pre-conference - 1 PM - Early Investigation & Education
How do you justify the technology? How does it actually work in
roll-out? This session is for those with little practical experience in
the application of hand-held and mobile technology in field automation.
The format will consist of lectures, Q&A, and detailed system and
product discussion. |
| Customers
* Project, IT and operations managers responsible for reviewing
and implementing Hand-Held / PDA and mobile technology in
public saftey, healthcare, utilitities, finance,
transportation etc.
* Technology strategists from Fortune 500 companies
* Senior executives who need to know why field automation and
mobile strategies have to be included in their planning
process
this year
* Corporate individuals purchasing PDAs for personal business
use (i.e. personal information management, sales automation,
data collection) who want hands-on experience with the
various technologies |
| August 23
Break-out Sessions - 9 AM
These sessions will deal with topics identified as critical to
successful implementation of field automation projects.
* Enterprise Strategy With Field Automation - Cost savings of
greater than 25% are occurring with field automation. Can
hand-helds leverage workers, get the company closer to the
customer and lead to greater savings in re-engineering?
Discussion will also cover the role of field automation in new
Utility business opportunities.
* Field Service Applications - Customer Service. Case reviews in
order management, dispatch, field sales, hand-held based
meter reading and more.
* Work Order Management Applications - Distribution and
Generation. Case reviews in field inspections, pole
maintenance, asset management, line extensions, corrosion
control, meter maintenance and more. |
| BACKGROUND:
Over the past three years our Forums have successfully
demonstrated that the vendor and customer communities can share
the risks and rewards of market development to reduce either their
cost of sale or purchase. Many of you have asked us to expand our
Forum concept to add technology and functional areas. We listened
and have created the Hand-Held and PDA EXPO. |
| ENTERPRISE STRATEGY FOR HAND-HELDS - Customers are saving 25%
of costs on field form automation. Can hand-helds leverage workers,
get the company closer to the customer and lead to greater savings
through business improvement processes?
PILOTS TO ROLL-OUTS - A failed hand-held pilot project still leaves
the problem. Hear about successful pilot strategies.
UTILITY APPLICATIONS - (Specific) Dispatch, field inspections, time
and materials, gas line extensions, corrosion control, leak detection,
fiber installations, substation management, pole maintenance and
more. (General) Email, mapping, GPS, data collection
MIDDLEWARE - New software systems used to cost millions. Is
middleware a cost saving solution to new technology adoption in
hand-held projects?
WIRELESS - What are the right Utility applications for wireless?
Wireless solutions today and tomorrow.
DATA CONNECTIVITY - Practical options for connectivity to back-end
databases. Wireline batch, information on demand and agent. |
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