Abstract
The increasing spread of Web 2.0 technologies and broad availability of powerful mobile terminal devices today opens up new options to measurement laboratories for use when performing grid inspections. To use these opportunities a powerful web service has been developed, which supports measurement laboratories when performing grid inspections, from the initial planning steps through to delivering results to customers. Apart from many years of own grid inspection experience, the feedback from pilot customers also flowed into the development. The early involvement of lead users in the development process provided to be a valuable measure to tailor the system to practical requirements in the best possible way.
By using a central online platform, in interaction with a mobile application for smart phones, a large number of processes can be automated and optimized by using the OFIM service.
As a result, a large part of the time-consuming and work-intensive manual tasks required to date are no longer necessary, which not only leads to a noticeable efficiency increase but also to higher data quality and data integrity. This is achieved by providing extensive tools for the planning, implementation and evaluation of grid inspection projects. Apart from the responsible measurement laboratory, plant owners, the approving authorities and local residents can benefit from this. The possibility of flexibly adapting the system creates the basis by which future requirements can be taken into account and the scope of functions steadily extended.
