SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Trimble
(NASDAQ:TRMB) announced today that Loudoun
Water has selected the Trimble® Unity™
software suite of GIS and GPS-based cloud and mobile applications
for its utility field operations.
Located in Northern Virginia
near Washington, D.C.,
Loudoun Water provides drinking
water and wastewater services to more than 70,000 households in one
of the nation's fastest-growing counties. Loudoun Water
maintains over 1,200 miles of water distribution pipelines, over
900 miles of wastewater collection system pipelines and a growing
reclaimed non-potable water system. To keep pace with growing
demands, Loudoun Water decided to
improve its process for handling asset maintenance and field
service work orders.
Loudoun Water determined that
Trimble Unity's multi-platform approach was the right solution to
solve its immediate need for improving field team operations and
mobile work management. "Trimble Unity met our requirements for an
offline, paperless work order management solution that can tie
directly to our existing SAP ERP and Esri systems," said
Tom Frederick, deputy general
manager of Loudoun Water. "By
combining multiple paper operations into one fully digital process,
Trimble Unity eliminates duplicate data entry and reduces the
potential for errors in data management while leveraging the
investment in our GIS."
Loudoun Water field workers can
use Trimble Unity's GIS-centric approach to efficiently locate and
navigate to assets, reducing drive time and improving field
efficiency.
"Trimble Unity enables utilities to quickly configure and deploy
mobile GIS and work management software to solve real problems in
the field while preserving investment in existing assets and
workflows. We look forward to supporting Loudoun Water and its continued success," said
Marcus McCarthy, general manager of
Trimble's Water Division.
Trimble worked with Vesta Partners, a consultant in
SAP® enterprise asset management solutions, to design
and build interfaces between SAP ERP and Trimble Unity's software,
which will provide the necessary flow of information to
Loudoun Water. This will enable the
utility to: create and complete SAP ERP work orders in the
field; view live asset inventory and maintenance records on a
geospatially-accurate moving map; receive GPS assisted routing of
work orders, driving directions and asset navigation; and work
offline in no-cell-service areas and sync automatically when back
online. These easy-to-use tools are designed to improve efficiency,
reduce windshield time and enable field crews to complete work with
one trip to the job site.
Trimble Unity software 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 Loudoun Water
Headquartered in Ashburn,
Virginia, Loudoun Water is a
public utility that provides water and wastewater services to
residents of the unincorporated areas of Loudoun County. Loudoun Water's mission is to provide
sustainable water services to protect health, the environment and
quality of life. For more information about Loudoun Water, visit: www.loudounwater.org.
About Trimble's Water Division
Trimble's water division provides technology solutions to the
global water, wastewater, storm water and environmental water
industries. By combining software, hardware, wireless
communications and sensors, Trimble's industry-leading Internet of
Things (IoT) monitoring and analytics, mapping and asset management
and field solutions help customers optimize asset performance,
field productivity, and compliance while enhancing safety,
sustainability and service. Trimble's comprehensive solution set
enables customers in the water industry to address a wide range of
challenges from asset monitoring, pressure and leakage management,
sewer overflows and flooding to water quality, meter data
collection and field operations, helping transform the global water
industry. 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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