Daisy by MSE Camsoft GmbH

DAISY is a mandate-capable scheduling and billing system for automated mobile concrete pump deployment in the construction industry.

Should you happen to notice an automated concrete pump operating under difficult construction site conditions, chances are that the pump is being controlled by our ERP system: DAISY. The pump delivery rate is precisely measured by us and the job and machine data are transmitted via radio (GSM, GPRS, UMTS) to a central location, where just-in-time invoicing and deployment planning are then carried out.

Numerous additional modules are available to make such systems into comprehensive solutions for concrete pump service providers.

DAISY DAISY enables operating data to be captured and analysed, job orders scheduled, invoices prepared and machine inspection intervals monitored. At the highest vehicle connection configuration level, all data is transferred by radio in a matter of seconds: that means from the vehicle to a central location (or to the workshops) and back.

Job orders are captured immediately on receipt of the initial call of the customer by the DAISY job order and scheduling module. These jobs, which are supported by a secure map planning module based on Google Maps, can then be allocated and the relevant pump automatically controlled via the radio communications system.

Daisy modules

The construction site is easily found by the driver using the HGV-Navigation system integrated into the DAISY mobile application using Tablet-PC at the built-in DAISY on-board application. Once on site, the driver simply updates the job order data and obtains the signature of the site foreman on the Tablet-PC display as confirmation. The resulting delivery receipt may be printed out using the vehicle's mobile printer or sent to the site/customer's head office either by email or fax.

The data is received by the computerised order processing system at the concrete pump provider's central control point and job order processing can then begin with a print out of the customer's invoice. The company's statistics are also updated to take account of any special conditions or agreements relating to the various customer construction sites. It is, of course, also possible to issue the more traditional commercial invoices and credit notes if required.

Modules for tender preparation und incentive wage acquisition in addition to warehouse management with linked workshop and consumables management and a host of ancillary functions are also provided by the DAISY system.

Construction projects planned for the future can be managed in DAISY using the integrated object management facility. The directly related tender management option allows individual tenders to be quickly prepared using freely-definable text fragments. Using the prices and conditions agreed with the customer, DAISY is able to generate price lists and customer- and/or construction site-related terms and conditions to assist all subsequent automatic job order billing procedures. Order backlog analyses can then be used to provide a complete overview of project business.

Creation of the final tender is simplified using the formatted text fragment facility
All standard formatting options are available.
Tenders created from existing price lists with performance discounts
Tenders created using new prices for the services offered
Automatic generation of new price lists and conditions based on prices contained in offers and tenders
Automatic allocation of construction site price lists enabling precise billing of all operations

Graphic scheduling enables vehicle and personnel (driver) deployments to be displayed on a time-sequenced Gantt diagram. Vehicle downtimes, due for example to workshop repairs, can also be shown. The system allows the actual working times of all personnel, including leave of absence for holidays or illness, to be displayed.

Additional functions:

Rapid Gantt diagram job order capture (click-point determination of pump and machinery start-up times)
Direct access to the job order and to all associated data
Simplified vehicle scheduling
Operation by drag & drop function
Job order slip and schedule list print out
Electronic dispatch of job order slips to the driver (by email or fax)
Warning signal display for non-compliance of planning or IST data with "night-time noise" provisions

By deployment of the DAISY on-board computer in vehicle and data transfer

Automatic transmission of released job orders to the relevant machines
Depiction of site conditions transmitted from vehicles with job order progress reports (pumping already started)
Sending and receiving of messages to individual vehicles or fleets
Automatic dispatch of delivery receipts by email or fax to the customer and/or construction site on completion of job

Daisy-Scheduling is complemented by the Daisy-Map mapping module. This incorporates a link to the Google Maps-based digital map display. GPS vehicle tracking and depiction of the vehicle and operational location on the map is a useful aid in the planning process (an on-board computer is the prerequisite). The route to be taken can also be retrospectively displayed on the map.

Functions:

Depiction of plans generated and current drive times
Depiction of machinery and operating locations on the map
Route planning
Retrospective route display (depiction of route taken by the vehicle/machine)

Advantages:

The scheduler is kept permanently informed as to the operating condition of the pump and progress at the site.
Any changes in timing or order reservation can be determined at a glance.
Follow-up operations can be organised without the need for continuous telephone contact between scheduler and driver.
The scheduler is central to the customer at all times.
Increased machinery deployment efficiency

The DAISY OnBoard components manage the necessary machine settings for on-board computer deployment, control all communication between the mobile unit and the central control point, including the mobile application present in the vehicle.

The vehicle is fitted with an in-built BC3 on-board computer linked to the electronics of the vehicle, a printer and a Tablet PC for the capture and visualisation of data.

Funktionen und Vorteile:

Automatic data exchange
The software recognises changes in both master and order data and transfers these (automatically and with no user intervention) to the relevant machines
Detailled, qualified job order transmission fom the central control point to the machine. All necessary data is available to the driver
An integrated navigation system automatically leads the driver to the construction site: no address input is required
The scheduler is kept informed of all conditions relevant to the machine and the construction site
The machinery performance data and the signatures of both driver and site foreman are captured on the screen of the Tablet PC.
An electronically-captured delivery receipt with all necessary signatures can be printed out on the vehicle printer (cable, Bluetooth)
Automatic dispatch of the delivery receipt by email or fax to the customer and/or construction site on completion of the job ensures receipts are not lost and removes the need for any subsequent dispatch by email or fax from the central control point
Capture of the deployment times of the driver and any ancilllary personnel
Automated capture of breaks in deployment and standy deployment
Message exchange with the central control point
Capture of refueling receipts
Automatic program updating
Optional remote support for on-board computers
Optional electronic transmission of delivery receipt data to the central control point for immediate invoicing. No recapturing of performance data is necessary
Savings in both cost and time
Accelerated invoicing procedures

This module includes delivery receipt management and complete customer / construction site price setting options; it creates and prints out invoices and credit notes and is able to transmit the data to a range of Fibu systems.

By deploying the DAISY on-board computer, delivery receipts are automatically generated, complete with dates and signatures, and are presented ready for further processing.
Delivery receipts can be automatically generated from previously-captured order data without BC intervention and can if necessary be updated with the new performance data.
Delivery receipts can be printed out and issued in original on-board computer format or in an office-generated format (A4).
Both delivery receipt formats can be sent by the application directly to the customer / construction site by email or fax.
All prices and discounts are defined in price lists and statements of company terms and conditions.
Company policy is used to determine when and how the various services are invoiced. Specially designed for the deployment of concrete pumps.
All settings can be defined in terms of the company, the client or the construction site.
These settings are checked prior to the generation of any invoices based on delivery receipts.
Deploying the "PDFMailer Gotomaxx" or "iPaper PDF" products allows invoices and credit notes to be printed out on letter-headed paper and dispatched either by email or fax.
Data can be exported to a range of Fibu systems (e.g. SAP).

DAISY contains countless analyses, and evaluations of deployments, sales and pumped volumes at range of company, branch, customer, construction site, machine, personnel and mast sizes.

Evaluations of:

companies, branches (with yearly comparisons), job order status and mast sizes
customers / construction sites (client groups, regions, job order status, yearly comparisons, mast sizes)
Concrete pumps (utilisation rates, yearly comparisons, mast sizes)
Services/service groups
Concrete producers/concrete producer groups (own, external)
Waiting times (customers and concrete producers)
Cleaning sites
Refuelling receipts

Export of all statistics (e.g. into Excel)

DAISY Market generates geographically-orientated market evaluations. These gives a clear and immediate picture of deployment and sales by geographical region. They also show the mast size needed for each region.

DAISY Bonus helps the user manage personnel deployment times. The goal is to register the services provided by personnel and their corresponding deployment times, and to evaluate this data and make it available at an external interface for further processing. Services, deployment times and personnel break times can either be automatically or manually recorded in the DAISY on-board computer.

Management of special non-deployment times such as staff holidays, illness, etc...
Breaks in deployment and standy deployment times
Monitoring of night-time deployment
Analysis of average weekly deployment over any given period
(legal requirements: weekly averages over 26 or 52 weeks must be < 48 hours)
Operation of deployment time accounts
automatic calculation of personnel bonus payments (e.g. hose payment)
Cost centre-related personnel evaluations
Holiday statistics

DAISY Service is a combination of the warehouse management and monitoring of consumables options. Parts and services are managed at the warehouse and feature the storage location and its associated suppliers. Warehouse access is allocated using an inbound booking system. The necessary parts and services for individual items of machinery are registered and summarised in the relevant machinery life-cycle data sheet. Workshop delivery receipts and invoices can be generated for external items of machinery.

The consumables management option provides current evaluations and prospective simulations of parts and target dates, enables proactive workshop planning and thereby guarantees the optimal availability of the vehicle fleet.

Parts, services
Warehouses, storage locations
Booking of parts and services for internal machinery units
Machinery life-cycle data sheets
Invoicing of workshop services for external machinery units
Statistics relating to warehouse stocks, stock value and stock taking
Management of consumables, including time- and volume-related parts and target date monitoring

DAISY gives concrete pump service providers the opportunity to process their entire business from the bidding phase, through planning, implementation and invoicing to final Fibu handover. It also allows deployment times to be determined, managed and forwarded to the payroll program. Warehouse and consumables management round the system off.

The deployment of DAISY provides numerous advantages:

The scheduler is kept permanently informed as to the operating condition of the pump and progress at the site.
Any changes in timing or order reservation can be determined at a glance.
Follow-up operations can be organised without the need for continuous telephone contact between scheduler and driver.
The scheduler remains key to the customer at all times.
At the pump provider's central control point, invoices, analyses, commission settlements and statistics can be generated using order-specific data in a matter of seconds and at little or no expense.
The pump provider has an overview at all times of his entire business, including the utilisation rate of each and every vehicle.
The payback for service providers is greater efficiency and increased competitiveness.
Comprehensive project management, from tendering, through orders and delivery receipts to the final issuing of invoices and/or credit notes.
Increased vehicle fleet utilisation rate
Delivery date adherence
Management savings at the central control point - all billing-related data and personnel deployment times are already available
Cost savings
Accelerated invoicing procedures
Reductions in paper and printing costs
Increased customer satisfaction