We worked with an independent cementing service, located in Greeley, Colorado, that plugs abandoned oil, gas, and water wells. They offer their services throughout Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming. Clients would contact them when a well was done. Environmental requirements are such that when a well is done, the pipe must be surrounded by cement, and then the top must be sealed off with cement as well. This naturally requires a lot of cement and some complicated formulas to estimate how much to charge the client for the cement.
Before contacting us at HighPower Data, they operated by paper. Their guys would go out in the field, and meet with the client. All calculations were done on paper, the contract would be signed an taken back to the home office for approval. It was time-consuming, slow, and prone to errors.
They contacted us in the hopes of automating the system and saving some time and money, as well as providing their customers with a better estimation and approval process.
Now we have built out their SYSTEM, as we call it, because it Saves You Stress Time Energy & Money.
This solution allows the employees out in the field to use their iPad version of our solution to compute the necessary calculations. The invoice can then be signed on the spot on the iPad, printed with a portable printer in the truck and handed to the Customer. At the end of the day, the field workers sync their iPads with the office system, importing all invoices made throughout the day and updating the settings and customer information on the iPads. This saves a significant amount of time for both the office and field employees.
The versatility of FileMaker continues to amaze. Now the Colorado mountains are now accessible to the right technology to get the job done, and keep America clean and green. Thank you FileMaker!