Jason Dunn
12-09-2003, 05:54 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/articles.php?action=expand,20511' target='_blank'>http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/art...on=expand,20511</a><br /><br /></div>"Are those inventory records accurate? Are all workers accounted for? Handheld PCs with built-in scanners help construction firms keep track of what’s really happening out in the yard.<br /><br />Williams Service Group (a division of Williams Group International, Stone Mountain, GA) is using mobile attendance tracking – the equivalent of a time clock in your pocket - during construction of a large power plant in Dresden Ohio, and at many other similar locations throughout the United States where fixed scanning stations are not feasible or available. The Dresden plant has a number of entrances to accommodate different types of equipment. Using the handheld devices to scan employee badges eliminates the possibility of people slipping through undetected.<br /><br />The attendance data integrates with the company’s payroll and security systems, and also helps address safety concerns regulated by OSHA. “If there is an accident, I can give an accurate count of who is on the job site, when they arrived, and where they entered,” notes Ed Hayes, systems analyst for the Dresden site and responsible for managing the new system..."<br /><br />Discuss <a href="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=183165">in this thread</a> if you have any comments.