windows tablet based timesheet management system for labours

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Case Study

Tablet Based Time Management System


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A Liquid Waste is a company that provides drilling and completion (D&C) tanker services to a

number of drilling companies in the Surat Basin region. Typically this involves locating a prime

mover (truck) and an operator with possibly other equipment such as a tanker trailer unit, a flock

tank(s) and a loader on site during the well drilling assignment. The key services provided by the

client include:

Sucking up the excess mud and water arising from the drilling process.

Disposing of this waste off-site.

Trucking non-potable water on-site for use by the drilling rig.

Providing flock tanks.

Provision of and operation of a loader.

Provision and operation of a tipper.

Provision of a second on-site operator to cover for an extended shift for one client that

only normally contracts JJR D&C for one 12 hour shift during a 24 hour period.

During the working shift, the workers are required to record on an hourly breakdown basis the

services provided or whether they were on standby or stood down. The details are currently

captured on paper in a Daily Well Report (DWR) and are signed off by the D&C tanker operator

and usually countersigned by a company representative at the end of the shift.

The client demanded a tablet based mobile application that can automate its paper based system

to an electronic system and help transmit the details of the DWRs to the central SharePoint

repository. This will enable better tracking and auditing of the work provided for each drill site.

The application will also track the actual hours worked by each operator by using the tablet to

record their detailed information. Also, the tablet will capture details regarding the vehicle

number, vehicle check list, equipments, daily starting odometer, engine hours, hubometer

readings of the prime mover (truck) and the trailer units.

The mobile application will help the client in various ways by:

Replicating paperwork to an automated system

Capture signatures

Capture images of the drilling company forms as necessary

Capture employee payroll hours for exact billing purpose

Reporting capability

Client Requirement

Project Challenges

Team faced the following challenges:

Design and develop a mobile application specific to Windows Motion F5te Tablet with

optimized resolution.

Signature SDK integration came as a major challenge to the team with respect to the

Windows Motion F5te Tablet.

Implemented photos feature for submitting documents

Implemented PDF based reports generation& printing PDF reports

The web services were built by the client using SharePoint and this was integrated by

the team in the applicationso that reports can be run against this information by the

client.


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Technologies Used

Manpower

Operating System &

Server Management

Windows8.1Operating System, Multi-Server Architecture with Staging

& Production Environment through Version Controlling releases,

Server Optimization, Security & SSL Implementation, Scheduler for

Back-ups, Alert Monitoring System Integration, Server Performance

Tuning at regular intervals, Software Firewall Configuration &

Maintenance

Development Tools &

Environments

Windows Motion F5te Tablet, C#, .NET, XAML, WPF, Visual Studio

2013 etc.

Database SQLite Database for Local storage in Tablet , SharePoint for SYNC data

with Database

Project Leader

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Developers

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Designers

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Quality Assurance Testers

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Implementing stringent security measures to safely handle the vast transfer of data

to the client’s central repository.

Developing and implementing seamless data synchronization with the server.

Integration of Document capturing functionality with the application by using the

tablet’s rear facing camera related to the project that will be automatically stored as

an attachment for that project.


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Planning

The following development approach was adopted to equip the application with

numerous features and functionality mentioned below:

The thorough research and analysis were done at every project level to effectively manage the

development process.

Development – High Level Coding Standards were followed for managing backup data volume.

Designing the application interaction and flow for user-friendliness and interactivity.

Architecture

Development Highlights

The tablet based time management mobile application effectively manages the tracking and

auditing of the work provided for each drill site. This automated system with a simple to use

interface will remove all the paper-based processes with an electronic system involving the use of

tablets to transmit data to the client’s central repository. This mobile app is designed keeping in

mind the need of the individual to increase their productivity at work.

windows tablet based timesheet management system for labours

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