Case Study: Masterton Homes Builds Productivity with a Motion Mobile Solution from Tablet PC

Region: Australia Industry: Home Building

Customer Profile: One of the country’s most awarded builders, Masterton Homes

Challenge
One of the country’s most awarded builders, Masterton Homes has been building homes in Australia for over 50 years. Throughout its history, one of the key factors that has kept Masterton Homes at the top of its game is implementing new ways to streamline processes. Keeping at the forefront of technological advances and solutions is paramount to operating a proficient construction business. To directly and markedly improve the efficient work practices of roving Area Construction Managers, tablet PCs were required which:

Could withstand the rough building environment
Had 3G capability
Featured outdoor viewability
Possessed wireless connectivity

The Tablet PC Solution

As the Motion sales partner to Masterton Homes, Tablet PC’s Rohan Knight said, “Masterton Homes operates in a rugged environment – on building sites, outdoors, amidst the moving of heavy materials with plenty of dust and debris, so a tablet PC integrated into Masterton Homes’ business operations needed to be one able to withstand these rough surroundings. For this reason, we recommended Motion Computing’s F5.”

“All the hardware characteristics of this device are important for use in construction, such as its ruggedness, outdoor viewability, hot-swap battery management and integrated cameras,” said Rohan.

Rohan has been working with IT Manager at Masterton Homes, Graham Downes, since December 2011 to implement the Motion F5 Tablet PC platform. Having initially purchased five units in April 2011, the organisation has since integrated a further 19 units, making Motion Computing, Masterton’s main on-site mobile computing solution.

Benefits and Results