BROOMFIELD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--America’s army of field service technicians will for the first time be able to utilize the Internet of Things (IoT) on a large scale to automate a range of functions thanks to job management technology group simPRO.
simPRO, one of the world’s leading software as a service businesses for the trade services industry, unveiled its new IoT solution this week in London. The technology will be rolled out to the company’s 100,000+ users in the United States, the UK, Australia and New Zealand over coming months.
simPRO IoT takes hardware, software and data from businesses in the trade and field service industries and integrates them into one platform, allowing previously separate programs and machines to talk to each other and provide automated solutions ordinarily requiring extensive manual effort and significant cost.
simPRO Chief Technology Officer Jonathan Eastgate said the company’s approach to the IoT was the first step toward a new future of facilities management.
“The concept of IoT, that anything that can be connected will be connected, is exciting for businesses who are looking to integrate their technology to find the straight line to efficiency and success,” he said.
“In the US there is a need for a range of integration and software development to achieve a complete working solution, and that’s what we’ve built.
“By integrating operations with simPRO a business can increase its own crisis reaction times, reduce reactive maintenance, automate data entry and archiving and even help secure new business,” he said.
simPRO IoT is handled through one vendor – simPRO – and can be retrofitted at minimal cost to any existing equipment and be up and running in minutes. The simPRO platform is also open to allow for integration with any other IoT devices or protocols from third parties or existing installations.
CASE STUDY 1 - SMASHING FATBERGS, SAVING MILLIONS
simPRO is already providing its leading edge IoT solution to help tackle one of the UK’s most disgusting problems; the buildup of Fat, Oil and Grease (FOG) in sewer pipes that leads to the formation of ‘fatbergs’ that block drains and sewers and cause tens of millions of pounds of damage every year.
simPRO has teamed with hospitality facilities management specialists Three Nations to develop the technology to help eradicate the scourge of fatbergs with a fully integrated and automated solution called FOGCheck.
FOGCheck utilizes a new biological treatment for the removal and prevention of build-up and blockages caused by fat, oil and grease in commercial kitchens, drains and sewers called Stopblox. This bio-treatment is combined with hardware that remotely monitors automated dosing to prevent blockages.
simPRO IoT is used for monitoring the dosage system and is dynamically linked to automated waste water sampling and the management of the equipment that dispenses the agent.
CASE STUDY 2 - KEEPING LUTON AIRPORT LOUNGE RUNNING
Using low-cost plug and play sensors integrated with simPRO’s job management platform, facilities management group Thermacell is able to monitor the performance of air conditioners at lounges in Luton airport remotely in near real time and automatically receive alerts in response to anomalies. This allows Thermacell to identify and diagnose many issues prior to complete failure and without the need for time consuming and expensive site visits, often constrained by airport security measures.
About simPRO
simPRO provides business management cloud solutions for the trade and specialty contracting industries; including security professionals, plumbers, electricians, HVAC, solar, data networking, and others. simPRO eliminates the hassle of field service management, reduces paperwork, refines office processes, streamlines field operations, increases profit, maximises your workforce, and enables more business growth.
With customers in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, simPRO provides global leadership for trade and specialty contractors worldwide.
At the end of 2017, simPRO had more than 4,000 clients and 100,000 users globally, with clients ranging from small contracting operations through to corporate enterprises with thousands of staff.
