Kocoverk International Cuts Energy Cost With Airport Mobile Workforce Solution
International, the worldwide supplier of ground service equipment (GSE) today
announced the integration of an airport mobile workforce solution which will
save 30% on energy consumption and improve billing by 10% for their aircraft
heaters, coolers, ground power units and other ground support equipment (GSE).
In partnership with SITA and Appear, Kocoverk is embedding context-aware
wireless technology into its equipment to enable the SITA Mobile Workforce
Solution, ensuring that ground assets are used more efficiently.
The wireless units communicate the location of each piece of equipment to
a control room where dispatchers can assign equipment to a turnaround.
Simultaneously, data is sent directly to ground staff through rugged
hand-held devices from which they can immediately locate equipment on a map,
monitor its parameters, and remotely activate and deactivate them as
necessary. Efficient usage and real-time information on location also allows
better asset utilization and reduces the need to acquire surplus machines.
Operation logs can be automatically transferred in digital format for billing
purposes which reduces the risk of lost or inaccurate invoice data.
Max Ternheim, CEO Kocoverk International, said: “Saving costs and
lowering carbon emissions are an absolute imperative in the air transport
industry, particularly at this time, but IT costs must also remain under
control. The SITA Mobile Workforce Solution provides immediate savings and
has minimal upfront costs.”
Greg Ouillon, Head of Research, Technology and Innovation, SITA said:
“This solution clearly demonstrates immediate gains to ground handlers
enabling them to manage their GSE more efficiently. In the longer term, the
overall efficiency of asset usage that the solution provides means that the
requirement for investing in machines will be reduced. This is a good example
of the business benefits that SITA wants to bring to the Air Transport
Industry by deploying shared and cost effective mobile services at airports,
removing deployment and management complexity.”
Earlier this year SITA and Appear launched a new workforce mobility
program designed to provide common use mobile middleware infrastructure in
order to support field applications in the air transport industry, such as
maintenance, aircraft turnaround and airport management.
Several pilots are underway incorporating Kocoverk International’s
enhanced equipment.
Visit us this week at stand C94, InterAirport,
http://www.interairport.com or go to http://www.appearnetworks.com and
http://www.sita.aero.
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SOURCE Appear Networks Systems AB