SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 24, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Trimble
(NASDAQ:TRMB) announced today that Sutton and East Surrey Water (SESW) in the
U.K. has implemented the Trimble® Unity™ 3.0 software suite of
GIS-centric cloud and mobile applications. Developed to support
smart water management, Trimble Unity focuses on workflow and
business process improvement with the added benefit of better
information for decision making and regulatory compliance. The
software provides a single-platform solution for mobile workforce
and smart water management.
With a service area that includes multiple local jurisdictions,
SESW must comply with strict local authority permitting
requirements. For example, when working on a highway or footpath to
perform emergency water system repairs, SESW must inform the
authority within strict time constraints to receive a permit
number. Failure to meet authority deadlines results in a financial
penalty. Faced with the imminent end of life of Google Maps
Coordinate, the product that provided an existing automation
solution for SESW field crews, SESW selected Trimble Unity software
and rapidly configured and implemented the software to provide a
modern solution for field crews. By deploying cloud-based
information management with embedded Esri ArcGIS mapping
technology, Trimble Unity provides increased transparency and
efficiency in job control and field data collection. In addition to
helping streamline the field operations, Trimble Unity also
supports SESW collection of site specific information to document
compliance.
Trimble Unity has automated many of the forms previously used by
SESW for job control and data collection in the field. The
solution's toolset includes an application builder that enables
SESW to implement customized forms and workflows to meet their
exact business needs. The utility can instantly publish forms to
field users to quickly and efficiently adapt to changes in its
operational environment.
"The immediate need was to replace our Google Maps
Coordinate-based system quickly so we could continue to fulfill
compliance responsibilities during routine work and in the event of
an emergency," said Jeremy Heath,
Innovation Manager for SESW. "We realized that replacing Google
Maps Coordinate would also give us the opportunity to improve our
field team operations which included our mobile work management
capabilities. We chose Trimble Unity because it could be
implemented very quickly and it allowed us to adopt a
single-platform approach. We can now build customized workflow apps
that not only help us address issues quickly and efficiently but
also in a way that satisfies compliance requirements."
In adopting Trimble Unity's single-platform approach, SESW
determined that the solution could solve their immediate need for
improving field team operations and mobile work management. Another
significant influencing factor was that the solution can be easily
extended to enable smart water management techniques and provide a
single view of network operations in line with future plans.
Trimble Unity provides SESW with the ability to send work to its
mobile workforce and to receive information—including photographs
and accurate GPS-based location data—collected by on-site field
teams using Android-based mobile devices. The system also allows
managers to view the locations of field teams and enables the
company's inspectors to create work orders while on the
jobsite.
Working in collaboration with Trimble, SESW achieved a rapid
implementation of the new Trimble Unity solution, moving from start
to "go-live" in less than 14 working days.
"We are pleased that SESW is seeing the benefits of Trimble
Unity and that they were able to quickly deploy the software as a
replacement for their existing system," said Marcus McCarthy, general manager of Trimble Water. "As a cloud solution, Trimble
Unity was designed for exactly this purpose, namely enabling
utilities to rapidly configure and deploy mobile GIS and work
management software to solve real problems in the field. It's
exciting to see another success story."
Trimble Unity is available from Trimble's Water Division and its
authorized distribution partners. For additional information on
Trimble Unity, visit: www.trimblewater.com/unity.html.
About Sutton and East Surrey
Water
Serving 835 square kilometers (322 square miles) in East Surrey and parts of West Sussex, west Kent and South
London, Sutton and East
Surrey Water provides drinking water to approximately 685,000
people. With a history of innovative service dating to 1862, the
company has roughly 250 employees and delivers 160 million liters
(35 million gallons) of treated water each day. The utility's major
assets include one surface reservoir, eight treatment works, 23
pumping stations and 31 service reservoirs and water towers.
For more information visit: www.waterplc.com.
About Trimble's Water Division
Trimble's Water Division specializes in field and office
solutions for GIS mapping and work management, field data
collection, design and inspection, and wireless infrastructure
monitoring and management for water, wastewater and stormwater
utilities, manufacturers and service providers around the world.
Trimble's solutions integrate advanced positioning, sensors and
mapping technologies with software and hardware to automate utility
mapping, design, construction and operations, enabling increased
productivity, enhanced regulatory compliance and improved customer
service and response.
For more information about Trimble's Water solutions,
visit: www.TrimbleWater.com.
About Trimble
Trimble is transforming the way the world works by delivering
products and services that connect the physical and digital worlds.
Core technologies in positioning, modeling, connectivity and data
analytics enable customers to improve productivity, quality, safety
and sustainability. From purpose built products to enterprise
lifecycle solutions, Trimble software, hardware and services are
transforming a broad range of industries such as agriculture,
construction, geospatial and transportation and logistics. For more
information about Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB), visit:
www.trimble.com.
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