What is bluebee® cloud?
bluebee® cloud is Siveco’s cloud computing platform for large multisite facility owners and service companies. A full Risk Prevention / Facilities Management / Maintenance management solution in its own rights, bluebee® cloud also acts as the synchronization platform for the mobile solution bluebee® “for the worker of tomorrow”.
bluebee® cloud is a standard off-the-shelf software platform offering an entirely web-based user interface, a “portal” similar to Yahoo or iGoogle, enabling easy access to all necessary data from the central database and external systems. The portal is accessible from any browser on large touch-screen display, desktop or tablet PC, using a secure login.
bluebee® cloud provides built-in Risk Prevention and Facilities Management functionality and is designed to integrate with other sub-systems (GIS, SCADA, CMMS/EAM, CRM, etc.) and web services (weather reports, live video surveillance streams). It can accommodate future extensions and custom-made plug-ins, thanks to the use of open technologies.
Finally, bluebee® cloud acts as the mobile devices management and synchronization platform for bluebee®.
Features
Thanks to its variety of functional components, bluebee® cloud is able to act as the main management solution (typically for large multisite projects) or to complement existing systems (it is often the case in industrial plants).
bluebee® cloud provides powerful functional supports in the areas below:
• Centralized web portal
– Fully customizable role-based portal
– Content management
– All the features of a website (forum, announcements etc.)
– Content management
– All the features of a website (forum, announcements etc.)
• Facilities and equipment structures
– Navigation through maps and diagrams, with dynamic display of information
– Hierarchical structures down to maintainable components
– Hierarchical structures down to maintainable components
• Contract management
– Subcontracted maintenance and other services
– Equipment, parts and service suppliers
– Warranty agreements
– Equipment, parts and service suppliers
– Warranty agreements
• Work management
– Help desk and alarms/events handling
– Preventive maintenance, inspections and regulatory checks
– Planning and scheduling
– Preventive maintenance, inspections and regulatory checks
– Planning and scheduling
• Records
– Non-compliance records
– Event records
– Event records
• Spare parts management
– Central and local stocks
– Technical specifications for purchase
– Technical specifications for purchase
• Decision support
– Management dashboards at all levels
– Reporting with drill-down capability
– Reporting with drill-down capability
• GIS plug-in
– Geolocalization of assets and events
– Integration with maps, zooming and selection capability
– Extension to full GIS
– Integration with maps, zooming and selection capability
– Extension to full GIS
• Integration with other systems
– BMS/SCADA/Alarm-type of systems (real time)
– ERP/Management-type of systems (transactional)
– Web applications (surveillance cameras, weather report etc.)
– Specific integration modules
– ERP/Management-type of systems (transactional)
– Web applications (surveillance cameras, weather report etc.)
– Specific integration modules
• System administration
– Users and modules
– Access and security
– Mobile devices management
– Access and security
– Mobile devices management
• Specific add-on modules
– Custom-built modules
User interface
bluebee® cloud provides a familiar web user interfaces for all users, as illustrated below:
bluebee® cloud is optimized for touch screens and can be used on tablets, for managers on the move, as well as on large touch screens panels, typically in the control room.
bluebee® cloud is designed to be very intuitive, hence the use of a portal-style user interface similar to iGoogle or Yahoo! These pages are known as dashboards in bluebee® cloud. A dashboard is composed of many widgets which can then be organized, resized, reconfigured and moved around by simple drag-and-drop.
Widgets can be moved around (similar to iGoogle or Yahoo!)
For more about widgets in bluebee® cloud, see Using widgets in bluebee® cloud.
Why bluebee® cloud?
The central back-office for bluebee®
Follow-up actions (job request, preventive job, stock transactions) based on mobile records from bluebee® mobile users are automatically created and updated into the central server database. By enforcing systematic recording of failure, non-compliance, and work done, the integrated bluebee® system provides a technical knowledge base to support the daily work of technical teams and to support management decisions. The central platform manages mobile devices, ensures data synchronization and integrates seamlessly with other subsystems (GIS, SCADA, video surveillance, CMMS/EAM…).
Ease-of-use
Most users may not be accustomed to complex business applications or may not have time for extensive training. This is true both for technicians and managers. bluebee® cloud is designed for such real-life users and is based on very graphical, simplified and intuitive user interfaces, similar to any website.
Scalability
Built on robust technology, the bluebee® cloud platform is highly scalable, as proven by the strong track record with hundreds of sites, thousands of users, running bluebee® cloud and bluebee® from one central server.
Reduced reliance on IT
Possibility to totally outsource the operation of bluebee® cloud in SaaS (Software as a Service) mode, with the system hosted outside of the client’s own infrastructure. The choice of Open Source technologies as a platform is a major strategic decision, eliminating dependence on giant IT vendors who tend to become “corporate bullies” but also eliminating the risk of software piracy.
