AlignOps BusyBusy Connects Equipment, Time Tracking, and Job Costing in One Platform
With AlignOps, BusyBusy’s new GPS Equipment Tracking, contractors know where their equipment is and what it is doing. Adding GPS tracking with telematics into the same trusted BusyBusy time tracking and job costing system eliminates using multiple platforms, simplifies the process, and makes managing complex projects easier and more profitable. Teams can access the information on both web and mobile devices, providing everyone with the same information without switching between platforms.
Rugged GPS devices are designed to hold up in real job-site conditions and provide each piece of equipment with its own GPS signal. Location, usage, and telematics data – like engine on/off status, run time, idle time, engine RPM, and fuel level – come directly from the equipment itself, helping teams better understand machine performance. In addition, users can see what equipment is running, actively being used, or sitting idle, and take corrective action. GPS Equipment tracking eliminates the time spent looking for equipment, and reduces loss and theft, while providing teams with the data they need to make better decisions on how equipment is used across jobsites. It is effective for contractors of all sizes and specialties.
Unlike other GPS platforms that focus only on equipment, BusyBusy connects equipment tracking with time tracking and job costing in one system. Teams can quickly and easily see who was working, what equipment was assigned, where it was located, and how it was used – providing a unified view of the job site.
GPS data reported directly from the equipment into BusyBusy allows users to track where equipment is, where it has been, and how it moves between jobsites. This is especially helpful when investigating unexpected movement, confirming pick-up or delivery, validating jobsite presence.
Telematics information changes the game by giving teams insight into equipment utilization, allocation, and efficiency. Equipment that is running on a job site but not producing value is merely burning fuel and adding wear. Telematics can identify excessive idle to eliminate this overlooked equipment cost.
A Flexible System
Flexibility is built into the GPS Equipment Tracking functionality, as it allows users to choose the right visibility for each asset, scaling tracking capabilities based on operational needs rather than forcing a one-size-fits-all approach.
Optional DashCarms devices are available for companies managing on-road vehicles. These proven devices combine GPS tracking and telematics with video capture for added safety and incident visibility. Video footage is accessed separately through a FleetWatcher portal, while GPS and supported telematics data integrate with BusyBusy.
A top-rated workforce management and timecard app, AlignOps BusyBusy provides simple, mobile-friendly time tracking and GPS-enabled crew management for construction companies and field service companies, helping them improve payroll accuracy and control labore costs. Utilizing Safety Report’ existing in-house knowledge and expertise, BusyBusy fast-tracked the development of a comprehensive safety module. Safety features now available to BusyBusy users include incident reporting, safety observations, and job safety analysis (JSAs). Offered within the time-tracking app, these safety features enhance compliance and ease of use for field team.
For additional information visit www.alignops.com/busybusy.
About the Author
Michael Roth
Editor
Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.
