Long Beach Water District

Ease Of Use

Document Express with DjVu is an easily deployable solution requiring little or no training. Offenberg explains, "Our city motto, 'Working together to serve,' is something we take very seriously. DjVu software could easily be shared and utilized in other departments. It has been documented in emails and in personal thanks from users that the availability of these record drawings has been highly beneficial."

Heightened Security

Water Department maps and drawings were previously vulnerable to loss by earthquake, fire or other natural or manmade disasters. Document Express with DjVu creates a safer storage environment while it improves worker access.

Measurable Return On Investment

Document Express with DjVu has increased the value of LBWD content by making drawings network-ready so they can be easily accessed by all personnel, including field crews equipped with laptops as well as department personnel who can work without interruption.

Offenberg comments, "The fact that I can now sit here and use the maps to view main alignments, service connections, valves and more, and that I can do that five or six times a day, twice a week, for dozens of weeks out of the year, the value really adds up. And that doesn't even include the technicians, managers and other personnel who are benefiting from it as well. The value of time saved has been very significant."

Summary

• Preserve mission-critical drawings in files that are significantly smaller and faster to download than PDF files.
• Enhance value of network content by making it network ready, so it can be instantly accessed by remote workers.
• Improve efficiencies across the department by streamlining processes.
• Promote better information-sharing between employees reviewing the same records at the same time.
• Provide better access to historical documentation, putting critical information in the hands of all employees instead of a few.

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