WORC NEWS !! 1st SWIM DEAL!!
County of Sacramento, CA, Purchases Pen-Based Computers
IRVINE, Calif., May 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Wordcraft Systems, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: WORC) announced that the County of Sacramento has purchased its first two Pen-Based Computers to "roll out" a pilot program.
The PC's will be used by the "field" maintenance crews for extensive testing in the areas of integrating pen-based computer maps into the maintenance crews' daily activities. Thus virtually eliminating paper copies of work orders/service requests and paper maps. Field crews derive major benefits by having: a) an electronic map display, b) true geographic locations, and c) lists of outstanding service requests with water distribution and wastewater collection facilities. The crews may also perform asset data and electronic map updates; depicting new or modified asset locations. The crews' vehicles can be equipped with Global Positioning System (GPS), so that a vehicle's position can be located relative to new job site locations.
The Public Water Quality Division of Sacramento intends to conduct, during the next several months, a comprehensive performance review of the Pen-Based Computers purchased. Management believes that a conclusive review of the hardware will result in the purchase of over 100 units, including the company's SWIM software for Sacramento's field maintenance vehicles at an aggregate purchase price of over $1 million.
To date, two other Counties in the United States have confirmed their intent to purchase the SWIM software and portable computers for their Water Utilities divisions.
SWIMpen(TM) and SWIMdesk(TM) software have initially been developed for the City of San Diego (Water and Metro Wastewater Departments) at a cost of over $2 million. Since deployment in May 1997, the City has benefited substantially from the system as follows:
-- Elimination of paper maps;
-- Work productivity has increased by as much as 87%;
-- Map accuracy has been enhanced considerably;
-- Erroneous crew dispatches have been reduced;
-- Environmental citations have been avoided;
-- Duplicate data entry has been eliminated;
-- Decision making in the field has been simplified.
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This news release contains forms of forward-looking statements that are based on the company's beliefs as well as assumptions made by information currently available to the company. Such statements are subject to certain risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, which are identified in the company's Rule 15c-11 Information Statement. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results will vary materially from those anticipated, estimated or projected and the variations may be material.
SOURCE Wordcraft Systems, Inc.
CO: Wordcraft Systems, Inc.; County of Sacramento
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