This app specializes in power meter reading by enabling easyrecording and accurate readings to the users for the purpose ofcost allocation and management of facilities. It targets FacilityManagement companies with a multitude of administrative units andeconomic entities. Gone are the days when Facility Managers use toencounter the delayed and wrong reporting of entries by theirmobile workers. Our ‘Electric Meter Cabinet Reading’ app is the onestop solution for the Facility Managers to improve the managementof various meters including the meter groups within the followingorganisational levels: ▶ Administrative units ▶ Economic entities ▶Facilities ▶ Rooms We took one-step ahead to simplify the processof handling such meters where the managers are allowed to group themeters depending on the availability of the number of meters ineach room. In each room, there can be one or more meter groups eachwith one or more electricity meters. For identifying each metergroup, an NFC tag is mounted that facilitates the reporting andcalculation of values belonging to such meter group. Features: Ourapp has room for the following master data handling: ▶Administrative units ▶ Economic entities ▶ Facilities ▶ Individualrooms ▶ Meter groups ▶ Meter types ▶ Meters Typical process to readthe electricity meters comprises: ▶ Scan the NFC tag mounted on ameter group with an NFC enabled Android device ▶ All metersassigned to this meter group are prompted on the device by way of adisplayed list. ▶ The user enters the current meter value besidesthe meter number twice to ensure accurate reporting. In case offailure of correct meter entry, an error message is displayed. ▶The user is allowed to take the photo of the current meter valuefor a better handling of potential disputes ▶ Some plausibilitychecks are carried out, for example the power consumption of thelast time period is compared to the power consumption of currenttime period and if both the values deviate significantly then theuser is promoted to a hint accordingly. On instance of deactivationof the old meters, in case they are replaced by new meters then theprocess is carried out as following: ▶ Newly mounted meters must beactivated by an office staff once these meters were mounted withthe initial registration of master data by the field workers. Thisensures high reliability of the master data as well as completionof adding all contractual data to the database. ▶ Users withextended user rights are available with a table in the app listingall the power meters that have not been read after a given date.This ensures that no meters are forgotten to be read in each timeperiod to ensure accuracy. ▶ The app detects if a power meterstarted to count from 0 again after reaching its maximum valueensuring correct power consumption to be calculated. Importantfeatures of ginstr web which is the office software for this app: ▶All data is stored in the ginstr cloud and can be further processedwith ginstr web. ▶ Sophisticated search options are availableincluding filter and computation features which makes it easy tohandle the master data as well as the data related to the meterreadings ▶ For further processing of the recorded data with thirdparty applications all data can be exported to CSV or Excel files ▶For seamless initial setup of the database it is possible to importexisting master data through Excel or CSV files into the ginstrcloud Benefits of using ginstr app: ▶ Error free identification ofthe power meter groups by way of NFC ▶ Immediate plausibility checkduring the onsite data detection ▶ the data is available inreal-time; no reading records can be lost on the way to the office▶ no more tedious and error prone transferring of the data frompaper to electronic mode ▶ usage-dependent invoices can be preparedimmediately after the reading ▶ the electric meter can bephotographed for better handling of potential disputes