Business Information System for the Control of Workforce Through Behaviour Monitoring Using Reactive and Terminal-based Mobile Location Technologies

Sergio Ríos-Aguilar, Francisco-Javier Lloréns-Montes, Aldo Pedromingo-Suárez

2014

Abstract

This paper analyzes the viability of the use of employees’ smartphones following the BYOD paradigm as a valid tool for companies in order to conduct presence control (primarily for remote workforce). A Mobile Information System is also proposed for Presence Control using exclusively terminal-based reactive location technologies, meeting cost minimization and universal access criteria. Qualitative and quantitative references are proposed, adequate to the location information accuracy demanded in different business remote workforce control scenarios, and taking into consideration the strictest international regulation in force relevant to the location of individuals in Emergency Systems, promoted by the North American FCC. A prototype for the proposed Information System was developed to evaluate its validity under different real world conditions, and valuable information was obtained on the accuracy and precision of location data using real devices (iOS and Android) under heterogeneous connectivity conditions and workplace premises.

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Ríos-Aguilar S., Lloréns-Montes F. and Pedromingo-Suárez A. (2014). Business Information System for the Control of Workforce Through Behaviour Monitoring Using Reactive and Terminal-based Mobile Location Technologies . In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: ICEIS, ISBN 978-989-758-027-7, pages 30-38. DOI: 10.5220/0004872200300038


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@conference{iceis14,
author={Sergio Ríos-Aguilar and Francisco-Javier Lloréns-Montes and Aldo Pedromingo-Suárez},
title={Business Information System for the Control of Workforce Through Behaviour Monitoring Using Reactive and Terminal-based Mobile Location Technologies},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: ICEIS,},
year={2014},
pages={30-38},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004872200300038},
isbn={978-989-758-027-7},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: ICEIS,
TI - Business Information System for the Control of Workforce Through Behaviour Monitoring Using Reactive and Terminal-based Mobile Location Technologies
SN - 978-989-758-027-7
AU - Ríos-Aguilar S.
AU - Lloréns-Montes F.
AU - Pedromingo-Suárez A.
PY - 2014
SP - 30
EP - 38
DO - 10.5220/0004872200300038