Ctrl2GO Global

19/04/2022

Real opportunities to improve productivity are often hidden in various, even smallest work details. One of our clients that monitors personnel at a construction site using SmartTeam system really has an eye for these little things:
1. Controls workers’ presence at the site
2. Tracks time spent in a working zone
3. Detects activity and inactivity during the working hours

All this data can show how a person works, assess productivity, and find out how to improve it.
For instance, in April 13th report we see that one of the light current systems technicians was at the site all day long, but spent 4 hours in the rest area (while for other workers in his team this figure would be 1.5 hours at the max). Seems like we have spotted some idle time, and that’s where we should take some disciplinary action, isn’t it?
Nonetheless, SmartTeam shows that wireman’s activity was 95% this day, one of the top rates on the site — and that would have been impossible had he really been skiving off half a day.

The answer is simple: the thing is that the wireman was working on an electrical box in a rest area. So our protagonist deserves a pay raise, not a penalty. While there might be some questions to his colleagues having 1.5 hour lunch breaks😊

Daily losses of 30 minutes per person might turn into missed deadlines and significant expenses for a company. To detect most of violations it’s crucial to use a correct set of criteria to monitor – often it’s not enough to just track working time or personnel movements. Pick the right indicators and SmartTeam will help you measure and assess work productivity.

11/04/2022

Measure To Improve

is key for any construction project. With one third of the time at spent on rearrangements, downtimes, the search for materials, and 90% of mega projects delayed or over budget, it’s the human factor that can make difference.

But there’s a certain problem that might be holding back most of the efforts to improve workers’ productivity. To make it grow you first need to measure it, which is not that easy at the construction site, where workers:

• move around a lot
• mostly perform manual labor tasks
• work in teams

make measuring and assessing individual productivity possible via location and activity monitoring. In SmartTeam case, equipping workers with or and connecting them to an AI-module allows to control various aspects of employees’ or contractors’ work, including:

• presence in the working zone
• workload
• tasks completion
• worktime efficiency

Having objective data of this kind might open many opportunities to improve labor productivity. A construction company we work with used it to assess workers’ idle time and adjust bonus payments accordingly, which helped them boast a 14% productivity growth the very next month.

05/04/2022

On March 31 Elina Idrisova was a speaker at Technology Talks, a part of conference, with a presentation on that ensure safe and more efficient construction. Most industry leaders that attended were involved in discussion, and questions from the audience showed they were focused on details:

- How can help reduce project delays?
- How they can help track employees’ movement indoors?
- How they can measure for different kinds of activities?

We were glad to meet so many great people at this wonderful event, we’re looking forward to seeing you again at personal meetings and are always open to any questions and requests regarding digitization of construction industry!

Feel free to contact us!

15/03/2022

From planning automation and to construction companies are using a full scope of modern technologies that change the way this industry works. But there is one key element that mainly remains the same – the worker. And this is where construction is lacking technology.

On March 31st at conference Elina Idrisova, Head of International Market Business Unit at Ctrl2GO will give some insights on how new technologies can make work at construction sites safe and effective:
- How AI helps prevent accidents and minimize injury on construction sites
- How to assess productivity and monitor contractor’s personnel workload with digital tools
- What it takes to construction workers and how they can be more effective

We’re looking forward to participating in and seeing you at this wonderful event! Please drop us a line if you’d like to meet and talk at the conference.

04/03/2022

in industry is somewhat slower than in other sectors. While is one of the most frequently adopted technologies, our experience shows that most industrial companies are not taking advantage of all business development opportunities offered by data.

What’s the reason for this? Why collecting and analyzing data is more difficult for than for other enterprises? And what can be done to get over these difficulties and benefit from the data?

We wrote an article that helps understand why industrial enterprises need data, what information can be collected and how, what to do with it and, of course, what competitive advantages and benefits it brings.

Only 14-16% of industrial enterprises use data to optimize production. Why is this happening, and how do you learn to make use of the data?

15/02/2022

Workers’ monitoring is literally vital in construction, both for safety and efficiency reasons. There are several methods that companies use to work and strict adherence to safety rules, but workers can actually cheat most of them.

How to make sure your contractor’s workforce is at the site or provide necessary level of safety for employees working in danger zones? What instruments help better to increase performance and prevent accidents?

We analyzed weak and strong points of various control methods and wrote an article that can help construction companies build a better to improve personnel safety and efficiency.

Construction and emergencies are firmly linked terms. The security issue is very acute here: if it is violated, companies incur billion dollar losses or even face criminal liability. To reduce risks, businesses monitor workers in construction. However, these systems are not always effective. Let’s...

10/02/2022

As worldwide IT spending continues to grow in 2022 (5,1% according to Gartner), it is interesting to know what is priority in company spendings?

Let’s hear opinions on digital transformation from IT leaders in and other Gulf Cooperation Council countries.

In a recent IT buyer sentiment survey, 505 and working in oil and gas, manufacturing, telecoms, financial services and retail, named their priorities for 2022:

• 72% of participants said investments are key to their success
• 52% expect to see return-on-investment in one to two years

As for the role that innovations play, in Saudi Arabia 22% of respondents said is their number one priority compared to other corporate expenses (while across the region it’s about 15%).

03/02/2022

Equipment and process automation are very important for industrial enterprises, but in terms of it’s not enough. The missing link is what most types of production plants are still centered about – the worker.

Personnel is probably the hardest to monitor in comparison to equipment and processes, yet there are that make the task of staff safety and easy and allow for further analysis and optimization.

We wrote an article on how solutions work and can help in real-life cases – and why they are to become essential for any industrial enterprise in the coming years.

Be it occupational safety, work efficiency or workers’ health monitoring – all related tasks can be handled with digital solutions. To name this stack of technologies we use a term “Digital Worker” or “Worker Digital Twin”. Here’s what we mean by that and how this approach proves effec...

28/01/2022

was named the “Top Digital Riser” among the G20 nations in The Digital Riser Report 2021. The report shows which countries has advanced most in its relative digital competitiveness between 2018 and 2020.

Based on data from the , the World Bank and the International Telecommunication Union, The Digital Riser research defines a country’s digital competitiveness in two main dimensions -- its ecosystem and its mindset. These dimensions include:

Ecosystem
· Venture capital availability
· Cost to start a business
· Time to start a business
· Ease of hiring foreign labour
· Skillset of graduates

Mindset
· among active population
· Attitudes towards entrepreneurial risk
· Diversity of workforce
· Mobile-broadband subscriptions
· Companies embracing disruptive ideas

When breaking down the results, improved most in the mindset dimensions, and that’s another proof of how important the government support of is. It would be hard to advance faster than the US and European countries without the government leading the continuous movement towards of the Kingdom.

24/01/2022

is often believed to be a threat for making some jobs and skills obsolete and leading to drop in employment. But here’s the thing: digitization is actually creating more jobs than there are now. According to the , by 2025 automation and digitalization will disrupt 85 million jobs globally, but 97 million new roles will emerge.

This holds true for each country, especially the ones that, like , have been stepping up their digitization programs. His Excellency Abdullah Al-Sawaha, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, has recently revealed the Kingdom’s goals of digital transformation for 2022, which is to go from national digital construction and empowerment to a digital economy. The aim is to make the Kingdom one of the top 10 digital economies worldwide, which requires a 6% increase in telecommunications and a 12% growth in the technology market with a 25,000-job boost.

with its continuous efforts to digitize economy is a wonderful example of how the more is put into the more it pays off – in terms of education, technologies implementation or development, and even employment.

17/01/2022

It’s been a year since our office in Riyadh has opened its doors to all companies in Saudi Arabia. We at Ctrl2GO have always considered the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia a key region for our business and this day means a lot to us.

Looking back at the milestones of this year we remember with gratitude all our partners in the region, spectacular industry events we have attended, but most of all – wonderful people we met. It’s true that the biggest treasure of each country is its people, and we’d love to express our admiration to all Saudi people – businessmen, experts, and professionals in every industry – we got to work and collaborate with.

It’s been a fruitful collaboration. Currently we have 20 ongoing projects in Saudi Arabia with clients from Oil & Gas, Metal & Mining and Construction. We were blessed to get support from and . We are lucky to work with Government entities and Research institutions like . We are looking forward to new partnerships and projects.

We’d like to thank all our Saudi partners and clients for helping and making us feel welcome in this beautiful country. We hope this year has been a start of our fruitful collaboration and friendship that will last for many, many years to come.

12/01/2022

There’s more to digital tools in terms of than just making sure the worker is at the site.

Instead of simply tracking employees’ location Digital Track can also match it to workers’ job assignments and control staff health condition at the same time.

Digital Track uses complex analytics to match the worker's tasks to his actual activities. If an employee is having a break instead of working on the required task, the system can notify the supervisor and the worker himself.

Digital Track can also be used to check workers performing inspections. The digital tool not only helps to control if a worker is following the route, but also analyzes whether the inspection is being performed in the correct sequence.