How a Large Utility Company Decreased One Call Tickets 29% with UtiliSphere™
Executive Summary
A large utility provider had a significant challenge managing their diverse assets across hundreds of miles, and the resulting 2 million one call tickets their 1,000+ field workforce was responsible for annually. They implemented UtiliSphere™, a cloud-based mobile workforce software for ticket management. In the first year, they reduced worked tickets by 29%.
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A large utility company needed a solution to reduce operational costs, while protecting assets, ensuring public safety and improving field productivity.
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They implemented UtiliSphere for ticket management.
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They realized a reduction in worked tickets, operational savings, and less damages the first year, and extended the software to additional use cases.
This case study is based on the experience of a large utility company in the United States.
Challenges
The large utility company has a robust field workforce responsible for managing a diverse set of assets in urban and rural areas, resulting in over 2 million damage prevention tickets per year. Their existing processes were inefficient and required the coordination of hundreds of employees via paper, phone and in-person meetings.
They executed an internal audit and prioritized reducing operational costs and inefficiencies, while preventing damages to their assets, ensuring public safety and improving productivity.
Solution
The utility company implemented UtiliSphere, a cloud-based mobile workforce management software by Irth Solutions, to manage ticket requests. The cloud-based software is secure with 99% uptime and available online and offline, even in the most rural areas. UtiliSphere’s robust functionality addresses several key areas:
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Accurate mapping reduces tickets worked with automatic positive response outside of buffers.
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Automation and routing dictates where, when and who receives tickets in the field.
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Scheduling and dispatch alert capabilities ensure no work is missed.
Results
Moving to UtiliSphere reduced worked one call tickets by 29% annually. Now the same size workforce can conduct more field work faster, increasing productivity and efficiency. The success of UtiliSphere prompted the utility company to extend the software to manage asset inspections and repairs.
Learn More About Our Solutions
Irth's market-leading SaaS platform improves resilience and reduces risk in the sustainable delivery of essential services that millions of people and businesses rely on every day. Energy, utility, and telecom companies across the U.S. and Canada trust Irth for damage prevention, training, asset inspections, and land management solutions. Powered by business intelligence, analytics, and geospatial data, our platform helps deliver the 360-degree situational awareness needed to proactively mitigate and manage risk of critical network infrastructure in a changing environment. Irth has been the top provider for 811 (one call) ticket management and utility locating software since 1995.
