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FIELD
TRACKING
Field Progress Tracking & Daily Logs
Field progress tracking is crucial to understanding whether your jobs are
making or losing money. The data captured during this process includes
daily logs, time sheets, work completed, issues discovered and more. The
right mobile solution is key to field-centric cost management because
it provides all stake holders with visibility into project performance and
helps the field drive project efficiency and control. Key capabilities of a
mobile field tracking solutions include the following…
• Easy, immediate capture and communication of field progress,
including productivity, labor, materials and equipment data
• Central system to structure enterprise data and standardize
processes for data capture
• Customizable electronic field logs
• Tablet functionality for job reports, timecards, electronic sign-off
and dashboards
• Unified with estimating, equipment maintenance & scheduling solutions
The following outlines the specific value added to each function that one
contractor is realizing…
• Administration/Payroll - No translation and re-entry from paper
timecards to accounting system
• Project Managers - Real-time, up-to-date information for
financial projections
• Superintendents - Daily job cost reports for better decision making
• Engineers – No longer have to maintain a library of paper and
spreadsheet files
• Foremen - Less time filling out paper time cards and reports,
more time supervising work
