Automating and streamlining mission-critical data
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council (HBRC) scientists are the first line of defense when it comes to public safety in the open waterways of Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand. Their diligence ensures that waterways remain safe.
HBRC scientists gather up to 50 samples in a single day for testing. In the past, information gathered in the field would be captured on paper forms by scientists with clipboards. Those data would be manually entered into internal systems at the lab, then re-checked against the paper forms for accuracy. This time-consuming, manual data-gathering process was prone to challenges. Forms were often damaged, and data had to be checked and double-checked for accuracy.
HBRC sought massive efficiency gains. When they decided to update from clipboards to mobile tablets, they turned to Nintex for help.
The Nintex Platform empowers field scientists to improve processes, reduce data errors, enhance public safety
The automated mobile solutions created using Nintex Advanced Workflow and Modern Forms eliminated the need for double data entry. Using the Nintex Modern Apps on their mobile devices, field scientists also discovered opportunities to correct outdated questions as they went. All this saved days of processing and data verification time.
Over the five-month testing period, the new system saved the council 200-300 hours of work. Anthony Gouder, business improvement analyst, explains, “Having these systems in place reduces the time it takes to get information out to the public. It’s about public safety.”
Since adopting the Nintex Platform, the department has taken on a lot of extra projects—notably freshwater projects and climate change. Modern Apps let scientists accurately feed data back into the climate change models. “We can have scientists take on more important things than just data entry,” adds Gouder.
