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Survey Information Management System
US Army Corps of Engineers
North Atlantic Division, New York District
Survey Division
Description
Bowne developed a web-based workflow system for the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Operations Division, Survey Section.
The Survey Section is responsible for all types of surveys conducted by the New York District. The Party Chiefs within the Survey
Section track the progress of survey work and provide status information to the Survey Chief. Previously this process was
performed manually, and it was becoming increasingly difficult for the Survey Chief to manage the current workload and forecast
staffing requirements for future work.
Bowne created the Survey Information Management System (SIMS) to provide workflow and workload management information to the
Survey Chief on a real-time basis. Using the Corps’ Intranet, Party Chiefs now enter job status information from the field,
and in-house staff, in turn, reports project status to the Survey Chief. SIMS automates most of the procedures that had been
done manually and provides Corps management with numerous benefits, such as:
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The ability to view the progress of work requests at each stage of the workflow process
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Standardized business processes
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Greatly improved performance in terms of on-time, on-budget delivery of projects
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