TaskCaddy and a Wireless World of Construction Sub-Contracting

 

Scenario…

Your company has just been awarded a sub-contract from a major prime and you know that if this project is completed efficiently significant follow-on projects will come your way.

 

Constraints?

You are stretched thin at the management level, plus your skilled experts will have to work double overtime thus reducing the already slim profit even more.

 

What to do?

Among the many choices you have are: (1) pull one of your best people off of an existing project and send him/her as a subject matter expert, (2) hire unskilled workers and hope for the best, (3) walk away from the deal.

 

Another Alternative?

What if there been a common and reportable task reporting system that was instantly usable and was independent of expert users? That is why TaskCaddy was developed. Common tasks are defined once in your data base. Actuated job standards are computed and placed in the database at the task level.

All daily work activities are planned and task based. And you have real-time visibility over the feedback your management team is receiving from the field. Not filtered by local management, not copied and massaged by intermediaries, but taken directly from that last-mile of activity, as it is entered into the PDA. You see the feedback directly, over a secure web-based server, wherever you are in the world! From this you can then do reliable data analysis.

 

How can TaskCaddy assist you?

	Description of Activity/Event	TaskCaddy Function
	You build a model of tasks for all common events and activities related to the project	Task Master Data Base
	You know what parts inventory is required for each task	Inventory by Task
	Based on the Master Construction model, you already know how long certain activities will take	Project Standards
	Based on the actual from the previous visit you are able to update your setup standards to reflect today’s costs	Project Costs
	You already know the best FT(Field Technician) to assign to certain tasks, and you know his industry certifications	Project Performance and Skills Matrix Data Base
	You also know who is your customer representative at each location	Customer Location Contact Person
	You also know of other ongoing projects, the length of time required; the FTs assigned and the projected costs	Current Project by Location
	You could reassign the FTs to other projects, dynamically	FT Assignment

Using TaskCaddy, the Project Manager (PM)…

1. Selects Project Bill of Task from previous visit
2. Copies previous project into New
3. Reviews inventory status
4. Reserves inventory
5. Issues inventory
6. Assigns scheduled start dates and scheduled end dates
7. Selects FT for project

 

TaskCaddy outcomes?

• New project is created
• Automatically sends project tasks to selected FTs mobile PDAs
• Inventory is pulled and staged
• Setup and task steps instruction are already predefined in the device
• You receive instant feedback on problems
• Instant feedback on task completion via the PDA

All the above is done without having to modify a single piece of software!

 

Benefits of using TaskCaddy, the Work-Smarter solution…

-Frees up Construction Management to focus on planning

-Provides metrics for activity based costing

-Makes projects more predictable

-Optimizes utilization of personnel during project execution

-Seamlessly transacts inventory management activities

-Gives operational visibility for each location, real time

-Compare activities between selected properties

-Identify under utilized workers immediately

-Invoice the customer faster