The ability to forecast what lies ahead is invaluable in business. Examining trends and data to predict likely outcomes is a critical component in most business strategies. But what if the world is no longer predictable? Enter climate change, then layer on a global pandemic—and suddenly, all we can do is react. This has become […]
Read MoreAcquisition of Clevest a key milestone in 2020 IFS has announced its financial results for the full year ended December 31, 2020, which saw widespread market disruption due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This has heightened the need for companies to build resilience into their business and adopt digital business models. With this backdrop IFS has […]
Read MoreOne of the biggest challenges with asset inspection has been the inability to synchronize the operational back-office view with activities occurring in the field. Even today, many utilities use paper-based workflows, relying solely on field workers and their supervisors to keep things up to date. This often consists of crews manually marking up maps and […]
Read MoreAsset inspection can make or break a utility. In recent years, we’ve seen some very devastating outcomes due to the increased burden on utilities to ensure safety and compliance with ever increasing demand and expectations. Consider PG&E, where malfunctioning equipment and the contact of vegetation with transmission lines caused multiple wildfires. The result has been […]
Read MoreOne of the first utilities in the world was founded in Baltimore in 1816. Established to light the streets of the city, it took the organization over seventy years to achieve this result. You’d think with the advances in technology—especially with the transition to cloud-based solutions, that much has changed—and it has. Yet today there […]
Read MoreExtends dominance in industry-focused service solutions The industry’s most complete FSM solution becomes even more powerful IFS announces it has completed the acquisition of Clevest Solutions Inc., the leading provider of mobile workforce management and advanced network deployment solutions in the utilities vertical. This acquisition extends IFS’s leadership in service management solutions as it intensifies […]
Read MoreThe utility will substantially reduce customer costs while improving efficiencies and the safety of its field workers A large investor-owned utility in midwestern USA has selected Clevest technology to modernize and consolidate its workforce operations across its operating divisions. The utility will deploy the Clevest Mobile Workforce Management solution and field-specific applications from Clevest including […]
Read MoreClevest announces partnership with Darwin Labs and the integration of its Clear360 solution with Clevest Mobile Workforce Management Clear360 is an enterprise health management solution, designed to protect utility workers and members of the public from the spread of viral infection. Clevest selected the technology to help safeguard employees at a time when location monitoring […]
Read MoreWhen the pandemic struck, no one anticipated the impact it would have on all aspects of our lives – from work to school to play. The simplest activities and pleasures were no longer so simple. Coffee with a friend, strategy meetings with coworkers, school days – everything changed. For the utility industry, charged with providing […]
Read MoreThe Clevest Add-on Component (AOC) 3.0 has been certified for deployment on SAP NetWeaver 7.50 via the SAP integration scenario ABAP Add-On Deployment for SAP ECC 6 EHP8. The AOC is also HANA-ready. Clevest technology is configured for utilities to optimize their field operations by automating activities and processes to save money, increase safety, and […]
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