3 GoFormz Features Vestas Uses to Save $100K Annually
How a wind energy leader drives transformative savings via digital data capture
Vestas, a global wind energy business with over 29,000 employees operating across 87 countries, relies on GoFormz to complete daily inspection forms, preventative maintenance forms, and other critical documents.
Digitization rapidly produced transformative results for the Vestas team, which reports an annual savings of over $100,000 due to improved process efficiency. “It was time savings the day I started using it,” reports Tony Tharp, a Senior Technical Support Technician at Vestas’ Brighton, Colorado manufacturing branch. Three key features play a critical role in the operation’s digital success: the GoFormz Template Editor, offline data capture, and barcode scanning capabilities.
The GoFormz Template Editor
Not all digital form builders are created equal. Many require coding, present extensive implementation demands, or are unable to accommodate mandated formatting requirements. When Vestas first sought out a digital form solution, they found these alternative solutions to be frustrating, cumbersome, and largely unreliable. Fortunately, the GoFormz Template Editor (our online form builder) requires no code, can be easily adopted at any technical comfort level, and can preserve the look and feel of any original document. “The Template Editor was really easy to use. GoFormz cut the time in half for building forms and populating the fields that we needed.”
Offline data capture
Vestas field teams often work on job sites with no network connectivity, making offline data capture essential. Using GoFormz, Vestas teams no longer need to worry about access to a signal or WiFi. Using the GoFormz mobile app, digital forms, like Vestas’ critical inspection forms, can be easily accessed, filled out, and completed from any location – even offline. These offline forms ensure work is never disrupted by a lost signal. “What’s nice is that when users are filling inspection forms out, they’ll be in and out of network access. So, with GoFormz, managers can keep a live record of if their guys are filling out the right ones, if they're filling them out correctly, and then they can immediately spot check.”
Barcode scanning
Previously, when Vestas personnel encountered equipment problems, they followed a cumbersome process: manually writing a report, photographing the issue, transcribing the handwritten report, uploading and attaching the photo, and finally distributing the report to the necessary departments. GoFormz has revolutionized this process, accelerating the entry of equipment information and ensuring the accuracy of submitted forms. “With GoFormz, we can take a picture on the spot, scan barcodes for serial numbers, fill in the issues, and send it to the department that needs to investigate the issue… within minutes.”
To learn more about how Vestas utilizes GoFormz to simplify job site work, read the full customer spotlight case study here. Or, check out our customer spotlight stories to learn more about how GoFormz users are improving the efficiency and accuracy of their daily work.