With tightening margins and customers demanding better service, utilities are looking for ways to make their technicians more efficient in the field by automating manual processes such as data collection.
Armed with a mobile computer, technicians collect consumption, tamper and diagnostic information from a meter via touch, optical proves or wirelessly, automatically capturing the required data and validating the correct meter is being read. This automated process eliminates the multitude of paperwork and the human errors associated with manual data collection. Technician productivity is increased and the accuracy and availability of information across operations is dramatically improved.