Southern States Cooperative Inc. has been named the winner of the 2012 Information Technology Innovation Award for integrating the use of mobile handheld technology with its existing Benchmate Systems' Computerized Maintenance Management System.
Southern States utilizes mobile devices from Janam Technologies in all eight of its feed mills. Once implemented, employees immediately saw a return on investment by the time saved from manual data entry, which could sometimes take up to three weeks. Those delays and the backlogs they caused became a problem for Southern States.
With the introduction of barcoding and tracking functionality the handhelds afforded, the technology essentially guaranteed efficiency and streamlined processing for the company.
According to Monroe, recorded maintenance activity has increased by 25 percent, while planned activity has increased to more than 80 percent. This in part is due to maintenance supervisors no longer entering data or tracking equipment repairs manually.
