Going Mobile with the DNR Extend the Enterprise and Improve Efficiency with Handhelds

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Going Mobile with the DNRExtend the Enterprise
and Improve Efficiency with Handhelds

• Presented by AURA Consulting
• Dino Lack, President

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the reality of m

• Bottom-line goals
• Benefits
• Faster and more accurate
• Automate the mundane
• Minimize operational costs
• Get all the data in the hands of the decision
  makers
• Support the eGovernment initiative
• Criteria
• Risk Low
• TCO Less than 500
• ROI Average realization in six months
• Security High

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going mobile with the DNR

• DNR inspects animal feed lots, dividing the
  responsibilities into regions
• Inspections are performed with a paper form,
  guiding the inspector
• These forms are changed due to new legislation
  and interpretation
• Inspections are then entered into a database for
  analysis and record-keeping

Animal Feed Lot Facility inspection
Inspection recorded on paper form
Facility owner receives paper copy
Information is keyed into a database
Follow-up from the inspection is noted
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the dilemma

• Communicating changes to the forms was
  ineffective, creating inconsistency, which could
  create noncompliance in regions
• Writing the information onto the form and then
  into the database duplicated much of the work and
  was error-prone
• The inspectors carried multiple forms and devices
  (such as GPS) to complete an inspection

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the solution

• The forms were reproduced in a database powered
  application, using Pocket PC and an integrated
  GPS
• Forms can be automatically populated with content
  and resolutions based on the inspectors
  observations
• These forms were integrated with the DNRs
  existing database
• An administrative function was created for making
  changes to forms, and propagating to inspectors

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the result

• Information is captured and handled once
• Inspection entry into the database has minimized
  delay and error
• Completion of forms is faster, eliminating the
  need to write address information and lengthy
  explanations
• Updates to the forms are communicated instantly
  and consistently

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m goals

• Faster and more accurate
• Automate the mundane
• Minimize operational costs
• Get all the data into the hands of decision
  makers
• Support the eGovernment initiative

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the bottom line of m

• Risk Low
• TCO Less than 500
• ROI Average realization in six months
• Security High

Source The Gartner Group, LLC
Source Aberdeen Group