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The Top 5 Things You Need to Know about Mobile Workplace Solutions
2013 International ARCHIBUS Users’ Conference - Session A21
© 2013 Horizant Inc. & FieldFLEX Inc.
IntroductionAbout us• Parent company (Horizant) well established ARCHIBUS Partner headquartered in Canada,
offices throughout Canada and US since 2001.• 200+ collective years experience with ARCHIBUS and other IWMS technologies• Expertise in mobile and database applications• Experience in multiple FM disciplines and sectors• Dedicated, full-time product development team
Company/Product History
2003
First custom Blackberry mobile
solution for ARCHIBUS
Blackberry solution developed & released as NOMAD Mobile V5.0, 1st
application: NOMAD Work
NOMAD Mobile releases V6.1, adds Asset Management &
Condition Assessment, rebrands NOMAD Work to Field
Services
NOMAD Mobile rebranded to
FieldFLEX Mobile
Research & development begins on cross-platform
mobile application framework
FieldFLEX Mobile launches cross-mobile-platform software for IWMS with new & updated
applications
2006
2009
2010
2011
2012
FieldFLEX Mobile introduces self service portal along with BB10
support
2013
© 2013 Horizant Inc. & FieldFLEX Inc.
The Top 5
This session is filled with lessons-learned about mobile app design and deployment, from the creation of the Horizant's own FieldFLEX mobile application through to all the things you should know before you implement your mobile solution
1. Key capabilities: what your mobile solution needs to do2. Drawings: what to expect from your drawings when you put them on a mobile
device3. Self Service: how to engage the employees in your organization4. Infrastructure: what your IT department is going to say or allow5. Workflow: do more in fewer steps with mobility
© 2013 Horizant Inc. & FieldFLEX Inc.
Key capabilities: what your mobile solution needs to doIntuitive and consistent user interface – forms use common tap and swipe navigation and the same across all platforms
Multi-field searching in grid forms using type ahead search techniques
Data Persistence - the ability to continue to work while out of wireless coverage by downloading and storing data on the device
Device personalization – data filtering by device and language localization
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Drawings: what to expect from your drawings when you put them on a mobile device
The two main discussion points:
• How clean are your drawings?
• What do you need from the mobile drawings?
• Things to consider:
• Keeping the layer list small and suitably granular • Standardizing the layer set across all drawings• Knowing how are objects drawn or inserted • Do you have 3D objects or blocks• Are properties assigned by layer and not by block or
object• Do you have nested blocks• Complexity and detail of predefined blocks
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Drawings: what to expect from your drawings when you put them on a mobile device
There is an app for that….
FieldFLEX Mobile Floor Map Publisher contains powerful drawing publishing tools to produce intelligent, mobile ready floor maps from existing ARCHIBUS Asset AutoCAD drawings.
•Thematic highlighting,
•Contextual location data
The publisher contains key element auditing to check for potential problem areas with the drawing.
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Self Service: how to engage the employees in your organization
Expanding the use of ARCHIBUS
Expanding the ability to collect information
Corporate Services Mobile Applications
• Allow employees to search for a hoteling space
• Allow employees, anywhere and anytime, to submit work requests
• Locate amenities on a floor (printer, rooms, ….)
• Allow employees to update their location
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Infrastructure: what your IT department is going to say or allow
What do you ask them• Can I use a tablet?• Be specific
What to expect• Major pushback• Nothing at all
How and when to engage them• Now!• Ask about policies• Explain the business benefits
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Infrastructure: what your IT department is going to say or allow
What they should care about (and so should you…)
Security• HTTPS• Supports device encryption
• Secure• Device authentication during registration
• BYOD• Server side rules and mapping
• Control• Login
• Device sharing• Active Directory
• Supports Support Mobile Device Management software
© 2013 Horizant Inc. & FieldFLEX Inc.
Workflow: do more in fewer steps with mobility
Eliminate paper with instant walkthroughs
Capture inspections electronically
Automatically generate work orders from inspections
Perform assessments on the fly
Keep your supervisors mobile
© 2013 Horizant Inc. & FieldFLEX Inc.
Questions
Steve Lisle [email protected] Liko [email protected]
Visit www.fieldflex.ca for:• Demo• Product Information• Whitepapers
Download the latest whitepaperMobile Drawings: The Art of Turning CAD Plans into Interactive Maps
and be entered to win a mini iPad
Thank You