Case Study - Field Services
Aerial Solutions Keeps Safe in the Sky with 42Gears
Business Overview
Aerial Solutions Inc. is an American company based in Tabor City, North Carolina, which focuses on using low-flying helicopters to perform landscaping tasks that would be difficult to do on the ground.
In particular, Aerial Solutions focuses on clearing rights-of-way-paths that a property owner allows others to pass through.
The company offers other services, helping to assemble power lines and other utilities, patrolling for anyone in distress during storms, and helping to remove debris after storms have passed.
Background and Challenges
Aerial Solutions Inc. is an American company based in city, North Carolina, which focuses on using low-flying helicopters to perform landscaping tasks that would be difficult to do on the ground.
In particular, Aerial Solutions focuses on clearing rights-of-way-paths that a property owner allows others to pass through.
The company offers other services, helping to assemble power lines and other utilities, patrolling for anyone in distress during storms, and helping to remove debris after storms have passed.
Industry: Field Services
Location: Tabor City, North Carolina, USA
Product: SureLock and SureFox
Operating System: Android
Devices: Samsung Tablets
Challenges: Aerial Solutions Inc. provided its helicopter operators with tablets, but needed to ensure employees used them responsibly.
Solution: SureLock and SureFox enabled the company to lock down the tablets to only necessary functions. This allows employees to benefit from tablets without harming their ability to operate machinery.
The Solution
SureLock and SureFox by 42Gears
42Gears had the tools that Aerial Solutions needed to safely give employees tablets. In particular, 42Gears helped Aerial Solutions implement SureLock, the 42Gears kiosk lockdown solution, and SureFox, the 42Gears secure browser solution. Together, these two tools helped the company quickly overcome its tablet-related challenges.
- Using SureLock, the company blocked access to any apps that were not essential for the job.
- SureFox permitted employees to visit necessary sites, but did not allow them to visit off-topic or dangerous websites.
- SureLock and SureFox allowed employees to safely relay data they needed.
Benefits
- Employees stayed on-task thanks to SureLock and SureFox, ensuring their safety under dangerous conditions.
- The ability to safely transmit paperwork and other information has allowed the company to coordinate with its customers more quickly and at lower cost.
Testimonial
“With the implementation of SureLock and SureFox, we are able to control what our employees install on company tablets and prevent them from using the tablets for anything other than company business.”
Richard Coleman, Director of Operations and Safety, Aerial Solutions Inc.