Every Crew a Sensor: The Connected Field and Fleet
Transforming daily field activity into intelligence for the entire organization.
Event Summary
Public Works employees, vehicles and equipment encounter changing community conditions every day. With connected mobile workflows, each crew can become an active source of operational intelligence.
This session examines how mobile GIS, vehicle telematics, sensors, routing, workforce management and AI can connect the field with the operations center — from snow removal and waste collection to inspections, vegetation management, pothole repair, storm response and utility maintenance.
AI can help prioritize work orders, optimize routes, identify unusual conditions, forecast demand, reduce fuel and material use, and direct crews toward the highest-priority needs.
Key Takeaways
Attendees will learn:
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How to replace disconnected paper and manual field processes.
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How mobile workers can continuously improve the organization's data.
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How to connect vehicle, workforce, asset and work-order information.
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Where AI can support route optimization and dynamic dispatch.
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How to measure productivity without creating unnecessary administrative burdens.
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How to use field observations to identify emerging infrastructure problems.
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How to design mobile workflows that employees will actually use.
Resource Guide
Connected Field & Fleet Guide
Design mobile workflows crews will actually use, and turn every vehicle and inspection into intelligence for the whole organization.
Data you should have on hand
- Mobile field forms and inspection templates in use today
- Vehicle telematics and AVL feeds
- Work order backlog with priority and duration
- Route plans for waste, snow, sweeping and mowing
- Crew, equipment and materials availability
Readiness checklist
- Field apps work offline and sync reliably
- Every field submission updates the authoritative record, not a copy
- Crews see why a task is prioritized, not just the task
- Telematics, workforce and asset data share a common key
- Productivity measures are agreed with crews before deployment
Questions to ask internally
- Which paper process costs us the most rework?
- What do crews notice daily that never reaches the office?
- Where would dynamic dispatch beat a fixed route?
- How do we avoid turning mobile tools into surveillance?
Next 90 days
- Replace one paper form with a mobile workflow, start to finish
- Add a one-tap 'observed condition' report for every crew
- Optimize one recurring route and measure fuel and time
Metrics to track
- % of field work captured digitally
- Miles and fuel per route
- Time from field observation to work order
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