Comet Mobile Worker | Actsoft Inc.

Overview

Automate your workflow processes with the ultimate mobile resource management powerhouse. Comet Mobile Worker includes everything Comet Tracker offers, plus complete wireless inventory management, work order sequencing, calendars, worker profiles, and so much more!

Comet Mobile Worker’s robust software package is a client-based solution (with web access) that is customizable to enable your company to run at peak performance. Show immediate return on investment with full-blown operational efficiency using a completely wireless workforce management system.

Instantly decrease response times with wireless work order creation, “Drag-n-Drop” dispatching, and “Closest-to” features. Combine live GPS tracking with work order sequencing and routes will be optimized by sequencing new work orders and pre-scheduled recurring orders. Know who to send to the job.

Our inventory management tool and worker profile features include vehicle assignments, inventory carried, skill sets, and special licenses. Complete the business process with wireless invoicing by instantly creating the invoice once a job is finished and capture a signature on-the-spot. Speeding up the accounts receivable process increases cash flow.

Location Based

Employee accountability is vital to any successful business. Using Comet Mobile Worker’s maps, you can instantly see where your employees are traveling for best routing and improved fuel efficiency. GPS tracking allows you to be in the driver’s seat without being on the road.

Tracking

Monitor one employee or your entire mobile workforce with detailed history at your fingertips.

  • Locate your employees instantly on easy-to-read maps
  • View speed and “stop times” of all workers
  • Easily assign “closest-to” worker to an incoming job
  • Monitor planned vs. actual routes traveled
  • Integrates with a variety of routing software to improve efficiency and lower fuel consumption

Polygon Geofencing

Save on productivity, fuel, and equipment maintenance using polygon geofencing. Avoid “side jobs” using your equipment by monitoring assets as they enter and leave specific zones or locations. Comet Mobile Worker customers typically see a significant reduction in fuel costs and enjoy less wear and tear on equipment.

  • Pinpoint and create up to 30 individual geofence points
  • Works with both standard and satellite maps
  • Know how long employees stay at a specific location
  • Set up “stay out” or “keep in” geofences and be alerted when breached
  • All activity is validated through GPS time/date/location stamp

Alerts & Notifications

Take customer service to the next level with Comet Mobile Worker’s notifications and alerts.

Alerts

It is the duty and responsibility of every driver to obey traffic laws while on the road. Traveling at unsafe speeds can cost your company money and increases your liability. Cover your assets with an email or text alert when your employee is traveling at excess speeds or wanders out of an assigned territory. Alerts allow you to manage and monitor employees without the constraint of sitting at a computer.

  • Receive customized alerts to include: excessive speed, idle time, and geo-fence violations
  • Panic button on your employee’s mobile phone immediately sends an alert back to the office when activated –quickly dispatch assistance with GPS accuracy

Email Notifications

Developing and maintaining strong relationships with your customers is one of the keys to driving a successful business. Comet Tracker allows you to increase customer communication without adding extra steps to your daily process.

  • Increase your company’s credibility by sending a customer an email notification upon worker’s arrival or departure of specified landmark such as work site or office
  • Email notifications are sent to your customers to confirm work completed and confirm overall satisfaction of the job

Time Keeping

Manual time keeping can be a daunting task. Data entry errors and uncontrolled overtime can cost a company thousands of dollars per year. Take control and receive accurate time records from the field. Comet Mobile Worker provides the option of having your employee clock in/out right from their handset - or allows the job Supervisor to clock the entire team in/out at one time. Not only will this instantly improve your bottom line, it will also assist in staying within the parameters of job bids, provide accurate timeline estimates and improve overall project management.

Time Clock

Get an immediate return on investment by implementing wireless time keeping!

  • Collect accurate time records from your employees
  • Employees clock in and out using their wireless device
  • Track the duration of tasks or jobs
  • Control overtime
  • Eliminate errors and payroll hassles
  • Integrates with numerous payroll systems
  • Eliminate paying for travel time – employees clock in at the job site instead of going to main office

Supervisor Time Entry

Keep your payroll costs down and increase productivity with Supervisor time entry.

  • Changing employee data (add or remove) is easily done at the handset
  • View status of all employees at one time – no guess work
  • Eliminate the extra step of employee time verification from Supervisor or Management
  • Clock multiple workers in/out for breaks, lunches, or shifts from single wireless device
  • No need to wait on paper time sheets – Supervisor sends WIRELESS time sheets to payroll for accurate processing each day

Data Collections

Maintaining the integrity of company data is important regardless the size of your business. Translating, reporting, analyzing, and communicating data can be overwhelming. Reports in Comet Mobile Worker turn a tedious task into a fast and simple step in your business process. Easy-to-read reporting allows you to evaluate your business practices without becoming overwhelmed.

Reports

Scheduled or On-Demand reports provide you data you can save as an excel spreadsheet or PDF. Comet Insight gives the option of having that data displayed in easy to view charts and graphs.

  • Generate historical driving reports for speed, stops, locations, and total mileage
  • Exception reports show when a worker has exceeded a defined speed, stop duration, or has made an unauthorized detour
  • View comprehensive time sheet reports
  • Instantly generate “Order Status” summary reports
  • Easily set-up your most run reports to send automatically (daily, weekly, monthly, or annually)

Make better business decisions with custom reports in Comet Mobile Worker. Click here for more information.

Wireless Forms

Save money instantly by going wireless! Customize a basic form to fit your company’s needs and send it instantly for faster invoicing. Improve time management of employees with fast and easy form completion.

Completing forms reduces data entry error and improves productivity by eliminating double entry and wasteful trips back to the office.

  • Capture accurate data from the field
  • Provide factual data for regulatory and compliance purposes
  • Reduce paper and cumbersome manual processes

Assets

Instantly locate your equipment and insure its proper use with Comet Mobile Worker.

  • Keep track of high dollar equipment with GPS accuracy
  • Barcode Scanning and Signature capture provide “Chain of Custody” validation
  • Find lost or stolen equipment quickly

Wireless Invoices

Instantly generating invoices at time of service increases your cash flow.

  • Invoice “on-the-spot” when job is completed
  • Speed up accounts receivable process
  • Reduce paperwork
  • Reduce trips to the office
  • Eliminate duplicate data entry and the associated errors

Management

Make smarter decisions and be more prepared when dealing with your mobile resources. Understanding how your company moves and performs is critical to success. Whether you review reports daily or monthly, Comet Mobile Worker provides all of the information you need to make those hard business decisions.

Comet Insight

Unleash the power of your mobile resources - Comet Insight is a business intelligence tool designed to retrieve, analyze, and report data in a fast and easy-to-view format.

  • Take raw data and generate a clear visual representation without exporting to another program
  • Quickly and easily discover trends and interesting relationships in your business
  • Visually analyze sales vs. service alongside of employee productivity to maximize operational efficiency

Take your data to the next level with custom designed graphs. Click here to find out more information.

Worker Status

Comet Tracker allows you to manage the communication of workflow processes wirelessly and instantly.

  • Employees easily update current status directly from their wireless phone
  • Easy-to-read icons clearly indicate availability
  • Eliminate verbal communications that result in misunderstandings that could cost you money

Scheduling

Organizing your employees, work orders, and productivity has never been easier.

  • Create orders that occur on a scheduled basis
  • Color change alerts update status
  • Increase customer satisfaction with detailed schedule status updates

Calendars & Profiles

Enhance scheduling with instant visibility and availability and separate calendars for:

  • Workers (Set up profiles to include certifications, restrictions, skill sets)
  • Assets
  • Vehicles

Work Orders

Take your business to a new level of wireless automation. Increase productivity, operational efficiency, and customer service by creating wireless work orders in Comet Mobile Worker. Send out new jobs to your employees in seconds and prioritize your incoming orders easily and efficiently. Wirelessly dispatching an order to the “closest-to” employee eliminates lengthy business practices and allows you to send the right person to the job resulting in improved customer response times.

Job Dispatching

Comet Mobile Worker’s “Job Dispatching” feature enables your employees to receive and respond to customer work orders instantly.

  • Easily dispatch work orders in seconds
  • Track job progress from acceptance through completion
  • Replace manual data entry with wireless automation
  • Optimize route by sequencing work orders

Pricing

Don’t lose your customers to competitors over pricing. Provide the best customer pricing available.

  • Set up multiple pricing structures for your clients
  • Implement discounts and promotions
  • Transfer all pricing information directly to backend accounting software

Worker Compensation

Know the people who get the job done right the first time.

  • Know the exact amount of time spent on specific jobs
  • Ensure that the correct values are connected to each job
  • Keep commissions consistent with job costing