The expansion of an Australian based company into New Zealand after winning a large contract meant that it was a near green fields opportunity to set up new business processes and systems. The goal was to support Landscape Solutions manage their high-volume job scheduling requirements.

The team at Landscape Solutions are managing a high volume of jobs – requiring different tasks such as mowing, grounds maintenance, cricket wicket preparation, playground management – and all associated with a large number of fixed assets. Each employee is part of a team – the team size can either be an individual or up to 4 people. With complexities like this and strict service level contractual terms to fulfil, Landscape Solutions sought a solution that could simplify job scheduling and make sure that each employees time was fully utilized.

vWork (Enterprise edition) was rolled out for its ability to:

• Assign jobs so that all teams work a full day.
• Easily record evidence of job completion and feed this information through to Landscape Solutions’ customers where required as proof of service.
• Optimize the work route to improve productivity and reduce fuel consumption.
• Automate reporting and operational analysis.