• DocumentCode
    2774758
  • Title

    Improving Customer Service, The Paperless Utility Advantage

  • Author

    Hovland, Lance ; Bambenek, Mandy

  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-8 May 2007
  • Abstract
    This paper describes how Wright-Hennepin Cooperative Electric Association (W-H) was able to extend their existing electronic staking (design) tool into a mobile work management system. The end result was to both improve customer service and manage more than double the workload without adding staff by increasing productivity through technology. To support moving to mobile work management, W-H´s IT (information technologies) group provided additional communication and hardware options by investing in wireless connectivity in their warehouse
  • Keywords
    customer services; electricity supply industry; mobile radio; Wright-Hennepin Cooperative Electric Association; customer service; electronic staking tool; information technology; mobile work management system; paperless utility; wireless communication; Computational Intelligence Society; Customer service; Data engineering; Energy management; Engineering management; Hardware; Management training; Mobile communication; Personnel; Technology management;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Rural Electric Power Conference, 2007 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Rapid City, SD
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-1002-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1-4244-1003-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/REPCON.2007.369545
  • Filename
    4225375