How eVMS differs from tree inventories?

This is not just another tree or vegetation inventory. While a valuable by-product of this technology is indeed a complete tree/vegetation inventory, the real benefits are far more reaching. eVMS combines the benefits of having an actual inventory with the benefits associated with having a robust set of planning and management tools.

This combined system allows utilities to manage a UVM program at a level not currently seen in the industry. To illustrate this point, ask yourself if you can accurately answer the following questions:

1. What should your budget be in order to meet your pre-defined goals or cycles?
2. How would a budget reduction/increase actually impact your efforts?
3. How would your workload be influenced by a drought?
4. Which trees should be removed that would cost effectively improve electric service reliability?
5. Are your pre-inspectors identifying the right work?
6. Are your crews doing the right work?
7. Are your field employees effectively scheduling, routing, and performing required work?

eVMS was designed to answer these, and many more critical questions. Here is a short list of some of the uses and benefits associated with implementing the system:

• Long-Term Planning and Scheduling: Allows a utility company to develop and modify long-term plans based on actual knowledge of conditions.
• Outage Mitigation: Includes a module for performing post-analysis of actual tree related outages. Armed with this information the utility can take specific actions that will improve future electric service reliability.
• Contractor productivity: Provides the utility with the ability to track productivity at various levels.
• Unit Cost Management: Provides the ability to track costs on a configurable per unit basis. Based on utility preferences, eVMS can provide valuable information based on any variety of units (per tree, per mile, per acre, etc). This information allows the utility to focus efforts on reducing costs.
• Contract Management: Provides contract management tools designed to help create and manage UVM contracts.
• Predictive Modeling: Provides objective information that can be used to predict and prepare for future problems.
• Site Specific Problems: Provides information that is site and/or customer specific. The system tracks a myriad of information such as customer refusals, historic problems or issues, and permitting requirements.
• Complete Inventories: In addition to providing a comprehensive computerized inventory of vegetation, eVMS affords the utility company with the ability to perform a concurrent pole and equipment inventory.