16 EXOR
EXOR 17
If you can't clearly view your financial information
together with your engineering data in a single
place you can't accurately prioritize what needs to
be done or assess the true value of your actions.
If you don't know precisely what you've got or what
condition it's in, you can't maintain it properly. It could
fall into disrepair and contribute to an accident, for
which you could be held liable. If you can't locate your
assets, or can't see where they are in relation to one
another, you could find yourself paying expensive
attention to the wrong site. Just being a few meters
out could put you on the wrong lane of the highway.
You can only achieve this kind of accuracy if you
have a single picture of everything in one place.
On the other hand, too much accuracy can create
unnecessary confusion. You need access to live
information that enables you to act pragmatically,
in a timely way.
This is exactly what Exor technology gives you.
It allows you to think strategically, confidently
and practically, with all the information in front
of you, in exactly the way you want to see it.
Many people want to see a map as part of the
process, and you can have a map interface with
Exor. The difference is that our maps are a visible
outer layer of a database, which contains the
information you need, not simply a pretty picture
that needs to be populated with information.
Exor allows you to reconcile public needs, corporate
objectives, condition data, congestion figures, safety
statistics and budget. So that, at any time, you can
make fact based decisions. It enables you to test
hypotheses and do modeling to predict the result of
trying `x' versus `y' over time. Or schedule projects
more sensibly and allocate resources. It allows you to
take decisions based on location-related information
rather than intuition.
You can demonstrate your duty of care and avoid
or reduce compensation claims. You can justify your
decisions with concrete facts. Present your case
for repairing the road first rather than the bridge
or support an application for additional funding.
The end result will be greater efficiency, minimal
disruption, better use of money and a well-founded
feeling of control.
Absolutely everything you
know affects precisely
everything you do.
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PARTNERSHIP LEADING
TO MORE INFORMED
DECISION-MAKING
DREW DAVIS,
TECHNICAL AND SUPPORT
SERVICES MANAGER,
LARIMER COUNTY
THE PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS
OF ENGINEERING PROJECTS
ALSO NEED TO BE ASSESSED
IN TERMS OF THE INTANGIBLE,
SUCH AS POLITICAL EMPHASIS
AND CITIZEN CONCERNS AND
WANTS. IT SOLUTIONS SUCH
AS EXOR BRING TOGETHER
THE WIDER ENVIRONMENT
LANDSCAPE OF ACTUAL DATA,
SO WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE
INFORMED DECISIONS BASED
ON BOTH THESE OBJECTIVES.
SUCH SYSTEMS HELP US AS
ENGINEERS AND MANAGERS
PRIORITIZE PROJECTS, BASED
ON INFORMED DECISION
MAKING RATHER THAN
EDUCATED GUESSES. EXOR
HELPS US BRING MULTIPLE
DATA ITEMS INTO ONE COMMON
FORMAT AND ALLOWS US TO
COMPARE AND ANALYZE OUR
DATA IN ONE PLACE, AND MAKE
IT AVAILABLE TO ALL.
WE SEE THE BENEFITS OF
THIS IN MANY FORMS. FOR
EXAMPLE, IN AREAS
SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING
WE'RE ABLE TO TRANSPOSE
ACCIDENT DATA TO SEE IF
THERE IS A CORRELATION
BETWEEN THE TWO. AND IF
THERE IS, WE'RE ABLE TO
TAKE PREVENTATIVE MEASURES
TO RECTIFY THE SITUATION.
IN TURN, MAKING INFORMED
DECISIONS AND ENABLING
US TO PRIORITIZE OUR
RESOURCES. WE'RE CAPABLE
OF IDENTIFYING PROBLEMS
BEFORE THEY OCCUR AND
PRESENTING A RESOLUTION
TO OUR STAKEHOLDERS.
IN DOING SO WE'RE CAPABLE
OF JUSTIFYING OUR DECISIONS
BASED ON SOCIAL, TECHNICAL
AND BUDGETARY NEED.
WE MATCH FACTUAL DATA.
THEREFORE OUR DECISIONS
ARE BASED ON REAL NEED
RATHER THAN A PERCEIVED
PROBLEM. SIMPLY PUT, WE
NOW HAVE A GLOBAL VIEW
OF OUR ASSETS AND WHAT'S
GOING ON ON THEM.