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Attention: Electric Utility Managers

  • Do you face increasing pressure to hold the line on local costs?
  • Do you know which service orders are being completed each day?
  • Is your work completed on time?
  • What's the quality of your construction work?
  • Do you believe you can manage what you aren't measuring?

For more information about an affordable software solution to help answer these questions, select this link.



MotherLode Products

  • Workflow/scheduling & reporting software
    Integrated software to streamline field service scheduling and generate effective management reporting.
    WorkLode Management
  • Supply chain automation services
    Electronically connects buying organization with vendors by exchanging business documents (PO, PO acknowledgement, Invoice) and saving costs.
    P.A.S.S., Connection Factory, Perfect F.I.T.
  • Business process review and audits
    Professional facilitation with employees, management, and boards to identify business problems and improve processes.
    Process Review, Custom Database and Software Design
  • Workflow workshops
    On-site interactive sessions to build an understanding of the dynamics of automating work management systems.
    Workshop
Breaking News

Dec 2007 webinar archive now available

A free archived Webinar focusing on Mobile Work Management software is available here. Powel, Inc. and MotherLode North America cosponsored the discussion. A live demonstration of the software was conducted, and Lake Country Power's Director of Operations provided firsthand perspectives about the value his Grand Rapids, MN-based cooperative has experienced.

Click this link to access the archived Dec. 5, 2007 webinar

Lake Country Power wins national recognition for WorkLode Manager

Lake Country Power (Grand Rapids, MN) received an "innovative cooperative" certificate of merit award in March from the NRECA's Cooperative Research Network for their use of a breakthrough technology. WorkLode Manager, built by MotherLode North America, was designed and has been field-tested for two years by Lake Country Power crews and managers.

Click here for full text of Lake Country Power's 4/2/07 news release

March '07 Rural Electric Magazine cites WorkLode Manager

The March 2007 issue of NRECA's Rural Electric Magazine includes a feature about technology solutions used by cooperatives to cut costs while improving efficiency, productivity and safety. Lake Country Power (Grand Rapids, MN) has saved money the past two years using this software.

Click here for full story

Workflow workshops available now

Grand Rapids, MN—Rural electric distribution cooperatives and similar organizations can now take advantage of a two-day interactive workshop that will help them develop a thorough understanding of the dynamics of automating their work management systems. The workshops will:
1. Develop an understanding about how an automated work flow process can improve organizational effectiveness;
2. Develop an understanding of the elements required for a successful implementation of work flow or crew scheduling software tools;
3. Prepare a preliminary organizational gap analysis to determine the organization’s readiness for implementing a work flow/crew scheduling system.

Click here for full text of Nov. 17, 2006 news release

Corn Belt Energy approves MotherLode scheduling software contract

Grand Rapids, MN—Corn Belt Energy, an electric distribution cooperative headquartered in Bloomington, Illinois, has approved the purchase of WorkLode™ Crew Scheduler, software produced by MotherLode North America. “We looked carefully at WorkLode™ Crew Scheduler and compared it with other products on the market,” explained Patrick Griggs, Corn Belt Energy’s Vice President of Electric Distribution. “We even made a visit to northern Minnesota earlier this year to talk with Lake Country Power personnel. They’ve been using this software for more than 18 months, and they’re seeing benefits already.”

Click here for full text of Oct. 9, 2006 news release WebForm1

 


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