In our last article, we covered the ability to alert Superintendents when jobs are taking longer than expected and how it may impact employees getting caught during play. In this article, we’ll cover the same fundamental principle of alerting Superintendents of the outlier scenarios on the property and how ‘restricted area’ violations can become more visible. Parts of the property are designated for employees to avoid and the best method, to date, for Superintendents ensure this happens is to continue [...]

In our last article we discussed how to arrive at actual working times and how interpret the information when you have it. What we’d like to tackle in this article, and hopefully will be the theme of this piece, is understanding the significance of the information FAIRWAYiQ uncovers as it relates to labor management and potential pushback from staff. Truly knowing actual working times is not an insignificance piece of information. In fact, it’s quite the opposite—at the management/operations level [...]

The Gartner Hype Cycle The purpose of the Gartner Hype Cycle is meant to understand the general human behavior to new innovations and technologies when they become real and applicable in a market. When innovations are promoted, there is usually a “hype” around the potential of what that technology can do, and more importantly, what it means for the future of an industry and the people working in it. The Gartner Hype Cycle can also be used as a tool [...]

By Andrew Wooden, Technology Writer Thanks to swing sensors and laser range-finders, golfing data allows players and coaches to analyze their games and improve performance. See full article at: https://www.intel.co.uk/big-data-powered-golf.html Golf players and fans alike have long had an affinity for data. Websites like golfstats.com[1] can already reveal in-depth details about the career of your favorite golfer, from the number of tournament 'wins' and 'best finishes' to more specific match details, such as 'most fairways hit' and 'longest driving average'. As [...]