DTE Energy, a leading energy and utilities provider, has selected @hand for a Mobile Asset Management solution to support the company’s maintenance and facilities management operations. Leveraging @hand’s Field Mobility System, DTE plans to deploy mobile applications to rugged handheld devices from Motorola. The solution will allow mobile technicians to track work activities and to exchange data with enterprise systems with an always-available and secure mobile application.

The initial mobile solution deployment will address corporate facilities management, and future solutions are planned to support a variety of asset management operations, including power generation and revenue-generating assets. @hand software will interface with DTE’s IBM Maximo® enterprise asset management system, with additional plans to integrate with the company’s SAP-based ERP system.

@hand customers like DTE embrace high-value, low-risk mobile technologies to improve asset uptime, increase labor productivity, and improve the ratio of preventive to corrective maintenance. Since maintenance costs can account for 5-15% of total plant production costs, incremental improvements in maintenance operations can lead to a significant financial impact.