Utilities often find challenges knowing where inventory is currently located. We have seen lost product from intake through field implementation back to restocking. Additionally, there is often paper based manual process required to bridge the gap between what is coming in and what is going out. When it comes to field inspections, there are additional challenges with mapping what is being inspected to what the back end system show as being installed. Knomatic bridges the gaps between the ERP, Warehouse, Inventory and Work Order systems to ensure that communications are seamless, consistent and accurate.
Utilities
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Inventory Receiving
Organizations have experienced difficulty in driving further improvements in efficiency and quality of their inventory receiving process resulting in continued loses. This is caused by disparate silos of information beginning with an order and concluding with submission to inventory.
Inventory Fulfillment
Any company that distributes product, executes work or uses rental equipment experiences challenges with the process. There are multiple hand offs between responsible groups/departments that can confuse the accountability and creates inefficiency and lack of traceability.
Inspections
Inspection programs may vary between facilities and industries. There is no debating they are a critical part of keeping the business running. The structure and content of the inspections at the facility often have overlap between departments. This overlap creates duplication of effort and in some cases inconsistency of inspection results.
Observations
Organizations implement observation programs to increase the safety of the workers. Many times this leads to having goals related to the number of observations executed. This leads to catch up towards the end of the reporting period as the employee/contractor wants to remain in compliance with the company’s objectives.
Electronic Permitting
The desire for organizations to improve the efficiency and measurability of the work processes within a facility becomes visible through the permitting process. Facilitating the sharing of lessons learned and encouraging the drive for consistency will have upstream and downstream effects that result in true value for the facility.
Time Keeper
Contractors and employees can capture time at a frequency that increases accuracy through technology that is transportable (any device, anywhere). Capturing electronically and connecting the time to the right work orders will streamline approvals and periodic audits.
Consolidated Action Items
Actions are a vital component of every business process. Managing the many sources and systems is a cumbersome and unproductive effort for the workforce. Operations and site personnel invest many hours daily, compiling and managing the disparate action items.
Onboarding
Onboarding of personnel and 3rd party entities is often a disjointed process involving multiple stakeholders. There are safety briefings, HR training, basic employment documentation and many other requirements. Compliance based roles need to have recertification and identifying personnel is cumbersome and challenging.
Create Your Own Solution
Companies and facilities have many paper based processes that don’t necessarily fit into a box. Some of these paper processes are put in place to augment existing legacy systems or corporate requirements while others are there to help keep the facility running.