IMS – Now with GPSTrack

IMS now has a solution to fill the gap between efficient job management and the benefits of GPS tracking by integrating GPS capabilities into the job management system. Using the latest technology, IMS is now able to capture a users coordinates and record them with job information.

The information can be used to verify when and where information was recorded and assist in locating personnel for scheduling purposes. This also improves the speed of creating efficient job runs by scheduling jobs nearest to each other or to a field workers last known position, helping to minimise travel and optimising time spent on productive work.

The need for scheduling can further be reduced as field staff can find the nearest un-assigned job to their current position from their PDA, without calling the office or being scheduled to a job.

The system can be used with most PDA / Smart phones on the market but is more accurate with devices that have a built in GPS chip, no other hardware is required.

Initial implementation of GPS capabilities into IMS has focused on the job management functions but will in the future incorporate other areas like locating suppliers and recording when and where compliance forms were completed.

IMS GPSTrack provides a cost effective solution that integrates into the existing job management system, providing the ability to verify when and where forms have been completed and locating field staff. This will assist in improving visibility without a costly GPS system that some employees may feel intrusive.

New Features To Save More Time?

Automatic conversion of email into IMS jobs!
If you have customers who send you jobs via email you now have the option to have them automatically converted into IMS tasks saving you time re-keying data. The function requires a standard email format so that text can be mapped to the correct fields in IMS. It can convert directly from email content or from work orders attached to an email. IMS support staff will assist setting up 1 email format for each of our customers, standard rates apply for setting up additional formats.

In other development news, work is progressing steadily on the new estimating/quotation module and we should have a release date within the next month. The new module has been designed with significant input from our customer base and will provide more flexibility in formatting quotes and speed up the estimating process.