A Plant, Impressed by PDA’s capabilities

ipesearch.com

Click to visit http://motordemo.eriks.co.uk/control_main_form/control_main_form.php


	What next? Request further Information visit web site Send to friend A Plant company's profile

Click to visit www.maintenanceuk-expo.com

Click to visit sponsors web site

Click to visit sponsors web site

Impressed by PDA’s capabilities
January 1st 2005

A-Plant has successfully completed an 18-month trial using Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) that could see each of its drivers, sales team and depot managers armed with a handheld computer to enhance efficiency.

The PDAs have been trialled by drivers and depot manager at A-Plant’s Trenchless Technology depot in Staines.

By communicating with A-Plant’s existing MCS rental management system, that connects each of the firm’s depots and its head office, PDAs are able to record vital information, such as availability of stock and delivery times, as well as reserving plant and tool items while drivers and sales staff are on site, calling up invoices onscreen or e-mailing and faxing directly from a PDA.

Andy Wortley, director of operational applications, says “We have invited some major account customers to see the PDAs in action and they have been highly impressed by their capabilities and the enhanced efficiency they can deliver.”

More articles from A Plant:

Environment Agency awards two contracts to A-Plant (1st July 2009)

Non-operated equipment rental company, A-Plant, has been awarded two prestigious four-year framework agreements with the Environment Agency, covering both the hire of tools and equipment and the maintenance and servicing of the Agency's existing fleet of equipment.

From Efficient Maintenance

Training for all (1st July 2009)

A-Plant has launched a Customer Training Solutions Brochure, detailing available courses. The company offers a wide range of training, including courses in connection with manual handling, working at height, safety

From Health safety welfare

Tool HAV advice (1st July 2009)

Complementing its health and safety and training literature – including the Site Safety Pack – A-Plant has published a new Hand-Arm Vibration (HAV) Product Selector, providing a guide to the vibration levels of, and adv

From Health safety welfare

Free-of-charge site safety pack (1st May 2009)

Non-operated plant and tool hire company, A-Plant, has launched a new enhanced 3rd edition of its Site Safety Pack, incorporating the latest updates to health and safety legislation, particularly Noise at Work, and featu

From Health safety welfare

A-Plant achieves second gold (1st May 2009)

For the second year running, APlant, one of the UK's leading nonoperated plant and tool hire companies, has won a prestigious Gold Occupational Health and Safety Award from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accide

From Premises management maintenance

Award-winners (1st May 2009)

The investment in and development of Work at Height safety training at A-Plant has won the company the Access Industry Training Award at the International Awards for Powered Access held in Dublin in April 2009.

From Health safety welfare

Tight access overcome (1st March 2009)

A-Plant Powered Access supplied narrow electric scissor lifts to Media Structures for television coverage of a Blue Square Premier League football match between Mansfield Town and Oxford United. The units helped overcom

From Premises management maintenance

Free booklet (1st January 2009)

Plant and tool hire company, APlant, will be launching new customer training and health and safety initiatives at Health & Safety 09.

From Health safety welfare

Reduce generator emissions (25th September 2008)

A-Plant and Genset have developed the Lo-Carbon Module, an energy saving systems for use in sit accommodation and other tenmporary buildings which cuts CO₂ emissions by up to 75%...

From Newsletter Stories

Ready to train (1st September 2008)

To complement its equipment rental service, A-Plant has opened a new National Customer & Technical Training Centre in Nottingham to deliver a wide range of training courses to meet the needs of its customers.

From Health safety welfare

Competency is the key to safe working at height (1st May 2008)

In support of the Health and Safety Executive's (HSE) 'Shattered Lives' campaign, APlant has introduced a new initiative, 'Be Safe, Be Competent, Choose A-Plant'. It aims to raise awareness of risks involved in working

From Health safety welfare

Striving for accreditation (1st January 2008)

Hire company, A-Plant is working towards ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 accreditation to enhance the company's safety and environmental procedures.

From Energy management

Free safety pack (1st January 2008)

A-Plant's new Setting the Safety Standard campaign aims to provide information and solutions to meet current and future safety legislation and will be featured for the first time at Health & Safety 08.

From Health safety welfare

Site safety pack (1st January 2008)

Distributed free-of-charge to customers, a new Site Safety Pack from A-Plant is part of the company's Setting the Safety Standard campaign to further raise health and safety standards in the construction industry.

From Health safety welfare

Fleet expanded (1st November 2007)

With deployment of the company's hire equipment at an all-time high, A-Plant is looking to further enhance use with £13m+ worth of new fleet orders placed with JCB, Terex and Ingersoll Rand.

From News

Meeting dust exposure limits (1st July 2007)

A-Plant has added new tools, dust extraction/suppression products and other equipment to the company's hire fleet to help construction companies meet new dust exposure limits introduced in October 2006 by the Health &

From Health safety welfare

Keeps track (1st July 2007)

A-Plant's A-trak tracking system allows customers to monitor the equipment they hire from A-Plant via a satellite tracking system.

From Production engineering

Easy-to-use tool hire guide (1st May 2007)

A-Plant has launched an updated version of its Tool Hire Guide.

From Plant process control

Climbing the training league (1st May 2007)

A-Plant claims its Access Safety Training business has been so successful in less than three years trading that it has leapt to fifth in the rankings for training centres accredited by the International Powered Access F

From Premises management maintenance

Back support (1st May 2007)

A new initiative in support of the HSE's 'Better Backs' campaign was launched at Safety & Health Expo by A-Plant.

From Health safety welfare

Update to Extranet (1st March 2007)

After a 12-month development programme, A-Plant has launched the third generation of its real-time Extranet system that can be accessed via the company's website – www.aplant.com.

From Plant process control

Major order lights the way (1st November 2006)

To meet temporary lighting requirements, A-Plant has geared up with a large order for 100 new VT1 Superlight lighting towers from portable power generation and lighting equipment specialist GenSet.

The VT1's 9 metre mast can

From Premises management maintenance

Centres for height training (1st September 2006)

A-Plant has expanded its height safety training business, part of its powered access division, with the opening of two new training centres at Gatwick and at Staines.

From Health safety welfare

5.5m fleet expansion (1st September 2006)

A-Plant has expanded its powered access fleet with an order worth more than 5.5m for new products from JLG.

From Premises management maintenance

Portable office space proof against vandals (1st March 2006)

A-Plant has delivered nearly half a million pounds' worth of fire-rated anti-vandal accommodation units to form a new 'Contractors Village' of temporary site office accommodation for the Manchester Joint Hospitals Project, one of the most prestigious

From Handling storing

Vacuum lifts (1st November 2005)

A-Plant has enhanced its hire fleet of equipment by taking delivery of more than 150 vacuum lifting machines by Al-Vac UK. The new order has been placed as part of A-Plant's ongoing efforts to assist the construction industry in reducing manual handl

From Health safety welfare

£1M OF ACCESS EQUIPMENT (1st May 2005)

A-Plant Powered Access has taken delivery of a range of products from Genie Industries in an order worth more than £1m.

From Premises management maintenance

Lighting up (1st November 2004)

A-Plant has placed an order worth in excess of £2m with GenSet for more than 300 state-of-the-art VT-1 Superlight lighting towers.

From News

Access training takes off (1st November 2004)

A-Plant says that since it opened its Access Safety Training Centre in February 2004, it has awarded more than 500 operator’s certificates for courses recognised and approved by IPAF.

From Premises management maintenance

A safe way to work at height (1st May 2004)

A-Plant Powered Access comments on the current trends in the face of an increased focus on health and safetyDue to the continued occurrence of fatalities and injuries caused by falls from height, legislation regarding working at height is becoming mo

From Premises management maintenance

No worries (1st March 2004)

The powered access division of A-Plant Specialist Products has introduced a scheme to protect customers from expensive repair charges in the event of its equipment being damaged while it is on hire.

From Premises management maintenance