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ARCOS CEO, Odus “Boogie” Wittenburg sat down for an interview with Alan Ross at DISTRIBUTECH International. Topics discussed during the interview include, among others, Boogie’s career path, his goals for ARCOS, and how the company is impacting the utility industry.

ARCOS’s Jason Rhoades, author of our recent blog series entitled Building the Digital Utility of the Future, recently spoke to PowerGrid International about the importance of timely collaboration as a foundation for safety. Even in the utility industry, with a safety culture, there is always more that can be done to improve the level of collaboration.

ARCOS’s Jason Rhoades, author of our recent blog series on Building the Digital Utility of the Future, recently spoke to PowerGrid International about how a real-time view of utility field work is safe and more profitable. Utilities are using mobile workforce management software to gain unprecedented insight into work-site conditions and progress reports for both blue skies and gray. This eliminates delays and helps maintain focus, reducing accidents and increasing efficiency. This type of improvement empowers lineworkers to get the job done correctly and safely, as well as saving your utility millions of dollars during a major event.

The software will help the cooperative to coordinate crews working on large projects or responding to storms.