The document describes a field management app called SunSight that is designed to help solar providers manage their projects and field operations more efficiently. It discusses the growth of solar energy in the US and challenges such as managing spreadsheets and losing sensitive data. SunSight offers features like project portfolio management, instant notifications, one-tap approvals, and analytics integration to improve productivity, maximize utilization, and save costs and risks compared to using spreadsheets. It also highlights benefits like workforce mobility, improved performance and profit margins.
2. Solar Growth Potential in the USA
Every 2.5 minutes, a Solar system is
installed in the US.
More than 30% of the growth of global
power in 2015 was from Solar Energy!
The US added 7.3 GW to its power
generation in 2015. Expected to hit a
capacity of 14.5 GW - double last year
- by the end of 2016.
Is your business equipped to tap and
manage this potential?
3. Challenges
In Project and Field Management limiting Solar Providers
1. Difficult to manage projects with Spreadsheets
2. Streamlining operations for more efficiency
3. Wasted time in approvals
4. Unable to gain insight on overall business activity
5. Loss of sensitive data due to lost forms or weak data security
6. Operations and logistics costs involved in project management
7. Increase in operations and soft costs due to expensive software
8. Lost time in surveying and gathering information
9. Usage or migration to software requiring little training/onboarding
4. How to Enable
Solar Providers tap into Solar Growth Potential
1. Digital workforce enablement that eliminates logistics costs, risks with lost
or incorrect data and data security.
2. Project portfolio management eliminating the need for spreadsheets.
3. Digital field data collection with instant notifications to all stakeholders for
a full snapshot of business activity as and when it happens.
4. Super fast digital managerial approval process that saves time and money.
5. Analytics to improve operational efficiency, productivity, efficiency and
deliver more value to customers.
6. Simplify workflow and increase productivity on the move. Get the job done
faster and get paid ahead of time.
Get complete control and visibility of all the projects at your fingertips. Increase
efficiency by tracking metrics that actually matter.
SunSight is designed for professionals solving the toughest energy challenges
of today.
FIELD MANAGEMENT APP OPTIMIZED FOR SOLAR
8. Project Portfolio
Management
Never lose track of progress again.
See all projects in your business
portfolio and manage them even while
on the move.
Full project portfolio management is
available on both smartphone and the
web. We’ll handle management - you
make the impact.
9. Instant
Notifications
Get notified instantly via Email or via
the SunSight app on your smartphone
whenever someone in your project
group submits a form.
Get a snapshot of business activity
instantly and stay ahead of planned
activities with instant notifications.
10. One Tap
Approvals
Approve on the move. Don’t lose time
auditing paper forms anymore.
With SunSight, you can now maximize
vendor time utilization and get high
quality jobs done faster and cheaper.
11. Pre-built
Forms
Utilize a large number of pre-designed
forms in the quality, production,
delivery, regulatory and other
categories.
With pre-built forms, onboard
members and get started on your
projects immediately.
12. Custom
Form Builder
Utilize the custom form builder to
create forms and categories that suit
your business and project
requirements.
Publish and new forms to make them
instantly available to anyone in the
project team.
Save costs incurred on Form design,
paper prints, logistics or lost forms.
More importantly, save valuable time.
13. Integration with
Analytics
Get powerful insights to improve
productivity, efficiency and project
management.
Easily connect SunSight to the
analytics platform of your choice and
watch actionable insights transform
operational efficiency.
Supported Analytics tools:
Tableau, Qlik, Splunk, Trillium, Oracle
Business Intelligence, SAP Business
Objects, IBM Cognos
14. 1. Improvement of Efficiency in field processes and field workers
2. Maximize productivity of field workers
3. Maximize vendor time utilization
4. Save time with near real-time communications and business
snapshots
5. Fully eliminate Operations cost that includes logistics and travel
6. Eliminate risk of missing information and risk of gathering
inaccurate data
7. Manage projects better, faster and get paid ahead of time
Solar Providers transform with SunSight
Productivity
Efficiency
Utilization
Costs
Risk
18. No I.T. Infrastructure
Costs
Get massive savings on hardware and
software costs that typically follow
other project management software. All your data is hosted on the cloud managed by SunSight’s award
winning data hosting partner Amazon AWS.
Flare offers two modes of hosting:
1. Hosting for Small and Medium businesses
Shared hosting on the cloud for businesses with the power of an
enterprise at the fraction of the cost
2. Hosting for Enterprises
Hosting for enterprises requiring using their own cloud
infrastructure.
19. Data Security
Amazon AWS features cutting-edge
data security technology that helps
protect data and customer privacy.
Security features include:
1. Infrastructure Security
2. DDoS Mitigation
3. Data Encryption
and more.
Contact our support team for a comprehensive overview on
security
21. Fast
User Interface
Get work done faster without having to
look for buttons or requiring extensive
training like most other project
management software.
SunSight’s User Interface is designed
to be intuitive and resourceful for
project members from all
departments.
22. 24/7 Support
Our customer success team will get
you going when you are stuck.
Email, Phone or Chat, they’re just a tap
away!
24. Utility CIOs can begin closing the gap between
IT potential and organization performance by
focusing in three key areas:
1. Energy provisioning transformation
2. Digital customer engagement
3. Digital workforce enablement
25. A Mobile Workforce is the future
With the widespread growth and adoption of
Mobile, digital devices now form an integral
part of both work and personal lives.
26. Enabling a Digital Workforce
“Best-in-class organizations state that their top
strategy for growth is to invest in mobile tools to
provide service workers with better access to
information.
Access to information in real-time via mobile tools
empowers the service team with the right answers at
the time of service, ultimately providing greater levels
of customer service.”
Source: Evolution of the Field Service Business – Optimizing
the Service Supply Chain (2015), Aberdeen Group
27. Benefits of a Mobile Workforce
1. Improved workforce and vendor time utilization
2. Improved employee satisfaction
3. Improved service contract and renewal rates
28. Streamline Field Ops
with Mobile Software
For every $3.03 earned per installed watt, $0.76 goes towards overheads and profits.
Solar Providers and Solar
Installers using Mobile Apps
have 55% higher margins
than companies that use
only Spreadsheets, Email
and Phone.
29. Make Profit
1. Convert overhead costs to profit with SunSight. Reduce
non-labour soft costs.
2. Enable workforce mobility to get improved performance
from the field, employee satisfaction and better vendor
utilization.
3. Help employees and stakeholders with better access to
information and improve overall quality.