For enterprises that employ traveling employees, MegaFon has developed a service for coordinating and tracking movements - “Personnel Control”. You can add all employees who work separately from the office to it in order to see through the mobile network where they are and how they manage their working time.
Description of service
A number of areas of human activity require enhanced control, which increases work efficiency. It is precisely for control that it was created.
The principle of operation of the service is the following “chain”:
- The signal from the employee's mobile phone arrives at the station.
- From there, the information is transferred to a specially dedicated server.
- Next, the client, through a special, freely installed application on his computer, can see the location of his employee, as well as find out data about the employee’s movements.
The client has the “work zone” option. To do this, you can create a zone on the map where the employee should be during his working hours. If he leaves the zone, the client will receive a notification.
How a service can help a business
“HR control” is considered an effective tool for checking the competence of employees, as well as for improving business, allowing you to constantly increase productivity, solve production problems faster, and minimize losses. The main functions are the following.
Coordination
- Determining location on the map in manual or automatic mode.
- Help in finding objects of interest.
- Creating groups.
- Communication in SMS chats, both personal and group.
Monitoring
- Creation of special tracking zones.
- Checking site visits.
- Determining the location on the map online.
- Monitoring the rational use of working time and compliance with the schedule.
Statistics
- Generating reports in different versions.
- Setting up automatic mailing.
- Export statistical data in various formats.
Notifications
- Setting up the receipt of SMS messages about the location of employees.
- Receive notifications by email.
Who is the service suitable for?
The option will become a real “assistant” for managers of logistics, transport, and construction companies. In addition, the service will significantly increase the efficiency of activities in the areas of services and services, service companies, and administrative personnel. Organization and establishment of production also cannot be done without.
Interestingly, it will allow monitoring of employees who are MTS subscribers (up to 10 numbers at a time).
A complete guide to the personnel control service — .
Megafon: reviews
Before using a certain service, subscribers are often interested in reviews from those people who have already managed to evaluate its capabilities and identify its advantages and disadvantages. As for the reviews about the “Personnel Control” option, they are quite contradictory. Some clients note the uselessness of this service due to the fact that the existing error in determining the location can be quite impressive, which means that it is impossible to understand 100% that the object has reached its goal. It is also ineffective if employees have to travel outside the city. Since location determination is carried out through base stations, the fewer of them are installed, the greater the error. Within a large, densely populated city, this problem is largely absent.
Capabilities of the “Frame Control” option
The capabilities of the service include the ability to monitor employees, location, and employee actions that he performs during working hours. This is largely facilitated by the new “Transport Monitoring” function.
“Personnel control” allows you to monitor the work activities of employees, their compliance with the work schedule, and indicate to employees the optimal route for faster completion of the task.
Case studies
For example, a courier who doesn’t know the city well chose the longest route. The manager has the opportunity to adjust the courier’s route, and thereby increase the speed of delivery.
View the track of the desired subscriber.
Or, after receiving an urgent order, it turns out that the store or warehouse does not have the required product. In this case, the map manager, through the application interface, determines the courier closest to the required warehouse and instructs him to deliver the missing goods.
Selecting subscribers from the list.
"Frame Control" allows you to:
- Monitor the location of workers online;
- Receive notifications via SMS or email;
- Ability to create groups of observed objects;
- Sending a message to monitored subscribers, either to the entire group or individually.
How to connect “frame control”
Connecting the service for new subscribers and experienced users is somewhat different. So, for legal entities, company directors, or notarized persons, the connection process is carried out by writing an application in the office for working with corporate clients. In this case, you must provide a complete documentation package that will allow you to activate .
For those who are long-time Megafon subscribers, it is possible to connect to the service via the Internet. To do this, you need to go to the corporate website of the cellular operator, log in there (receive a password and login), and independently connect to the service on the website kk.megafon.ru. It is worth noting that this type of connection is available in Moscow, the Moscow Region, the Urals and the Caucasus.
To disable the option, you must also go to the portal and leave a request to waive “personnel control”. It is also possible to refuse the service by writing a statement at the office of the mobile operator.
How is the connection made?
As mentioned earlier, the Megafon “HR Control” option is provided only to corporate clients. You can activate it through a special resource of the mobile operator - the corporate portal. Here you need to find and purchase it. As for the financial conditions for granting the option, they are as follows:
- Activation of the service is free of charge (regardless of the number of connections).
- The daily payment is two rubles, provided that you only need to “monitor” one employee (for each subsequent person you will have to pay an additional two rubles). Thus, if you need to track the movements of 7 people, then the subscription fee will be 14 rubles per day. Tariffing for determining the location of a vehicle is carried out separately - at the rate of 13 rubles per vehicle / daily.
- The established subscription fee includes two free requests to determine the employee’s position on the map (all subsequent requests will be paid, and the more of them, the less you will have to pay).
Service management
In order to manage “personnel control”, you need to install a special application on your computer and (or) smartphone. Log in using the username and password you received during registration. The capabilities of the service allow you to monitor employees, control their actions, view the history of their actions, adjust the employee’s route, and monitor the employee’s current location.
Creating a new zone.
In urban areas, the tracking accuracy is 100 m from the observed object. Outside the city – up to 1 km. This is due to the fact that in a suburban area, the signal may be unstable.
After connecting, there is a 5-day trial period, during which no subscription fee is charged. Afterwards, as a rule, clients sign up for a paid service and pay in accordance with the tariffs from.
Training webinar
Mobile applications
If you have a smartphone or tablet with access to the global network, then for more convenient and complete use of the service you need to download, install and log in to the special “Radar” application from MegaFon.
You can download the application at the following addresses:
- https://itunes.apple.com/ru/app/radar/id468609724?platform=ipad&preserveScrollPosition=true&platform=ipad#platform/ipad&platform=ipad – for those who use iPhone, iPod touch and iPad from Apple.
- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.megafon.maps&hl=ru - for those who use Android OS on their devices.
Important! The accuracy of the determination depends on many factors (terrain, building density, number of base stations) and may differ significantly from the real position of the subscriber.
To make the determination more accurate, you need to install additional software on the monitored device, which will use data not only from cellular base stations, but will also be able to use additional modules - Wi-Fi and GPS/Glonass to clarify the coordinates. When using this application, accuracy increases and the discrepancy with the real location of the device is reduced to just a few meters. The application is called "MegaFon Tracker" and is available for download at the following addresses:
- https://itunes.apple.com/tj/app/megaphone-tracker/id1020626367 – for those who use iPhone and iPad from Apple.
- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.megalabs.trkr - for those who use Android OS on their devices.
New function Transport monitoring
Recently, another option was added: “transport monitoring”. The essence of the new function is the ability to control not only the employee, but also the process of using transport or equipment. Controlled parameters include:
- Refueling and unloading of fuel;
- Operation of the power unit, both at idle and at maximum load;
- Location of the vehicle, its mileage;
- Current fuel level;
- Efficiency.
Thanks to the capabilities of the “transport monitoring” option, the client can independently monitor labor costs. In addition, the function allows you to increase efficiency and productivity.
Necessary equipment
In order to use the service, virtually no additional equipment is required: the process of monitoring employees is carried out thanks to the employees’ mobile phones. However, for the “transport monitoring” option to function, it is necessary to install additional equipment on the company’s or company’s transport. The following equipment is subject to installation:
- Built-in fuel level sensor.
- On/off sensor.
- Alarm button.
- GPS and Glonass unit.
- Actuator sensor.
- CAN adapter.
Price list for the cost of equipment - .
Optimal use
The Radar service is available on any device. If this is a regular mobile phone, then after sending a request or when the tracked number leaves a given geographical area (on the Radar + tariff), you will receive informational SMS messages.
If, in addition to the service, you use the web interface of your PC, then after logging in on the service page, you will have access to a map with the visual location of the subscriber, history of requests and his routes (depending on the option of the connected service).
Price
As for the cost, for each connected subscriber, a fee of 2 rubles per day is charged. In addition, there are a number of paid requests; it is interesting that the more requests, the lower the final cost. Installation of peripheral equipment on transport is also paid, tariffs are available to customers on the website of the mobile operator Megafon.
