Rosendin
Electric Recognized for Harnessing Mobile Computing Technology to
Automate Material and Tool Management from the Job Site.
San
Jose, CA, USA (October 15, 2014) -- Rosendin
Electric, the nation's largest private electrical
contractor and an employee-owned company, today announced the company
has received the Gold Constructech Vision Award in the Specialty
Contractor: Electrical Work category. The award was recently
announced in Redwood City, California, following Constructech
magazine's Technology Day.
The
Constructech Vision Awards acknowledge companies that have stayed
up-to-date on the latest trends and products in order to make
decisions that have helped their businesses succeed and thrive.
Rosendin Electric was selected for a Gold Vision Award for developing
a new mobile app that works with the Autodesk® BIM 360™ Field
platform to streamline material and tool management for field
personnel.
Rather
than manually listing materials or equipment and generating paper or
email requisitions, the Material and Tool Management App allows the
field team to use mobile devices to order conduit, wire, fixtures,
and other materials. The requisition is automatically routed for
approval and fulfillment by purchasing, the equipment yard, Tool
Manager, or other departments. The App is designed to check inventory
before generating a purchase order and every order has a QR code that
tracks the materials from shipping to the final installation
location. The App has even been extended to support Rosendin
Electric's pre-fabrication unit where assemblies are built, coded for
tracking, and shipped to the job site.
With
the deployment of the Material and Tool Management App, Rosendin
Electric has been able to dramatically reduce the time required to
process materials and equipment orders. It has also reduced shipping
and receiving errors and provides excellent materials tracking.
Furthermore, the App has been designed to integrate with the existing
document repository software and mobile technology already in use so
no additional software or training were required.
"We
have found that using handheld devices on the job site has
revolutionized the way we work, and receipt of a Gold Vision Award is
validation of the company's innovation and technological
achievements," said Sam Lamonica, Vice President and CIO for
Rosendin Electric. "We decided to create this app in-house since
we better understood our requirements, and our team was able to
acquire the skills needed for mobile app design and development so we
didn't have to restructure our IT Development Group. Now that we have
the knowledge, we can continue to untether our field personnel,
building apps for other business applications so users can access
them from the job site."
Rosendin
Electric also received a Gold Constructech Vision Award in the
category of Specialty Contractor: Electrical Work in 2011 and 2012.
About
Rosendin Electric
Rosendin
Electric, Inc., headquartered in San Jose, California, is an
employee-owned electrical engineering, power and communications
provider and is the largest privately held electrical contractor in
the United States. With over 5,000 employees and experience
worldwide, Rosendin Electric has built upon a 95-year reputation for
quality design and installations. For additional information, visit
http://www.rosendin.com.
Contact:
Shelly
Sever
Marketing
Manager
Rosendin
Electric
(408)
534-2819
