1. CUPSS Mobile Field Application An app for Inventory Management
Be sure to type in your name and organization. Scroll to the left to drag your region’s logo onto this page.
Arthur Astarita
RCAP Solutions - Maine

2. Acknowledgements U.S. EPA WINSSS Center RCAP Solutions U MASS Amherst
U Nebraska
U Illinois
RCAP Solutions
WINSSS = Water Innovation Network for Sustainable Small Systems
Patrick Wittbold – UMASS - QA
Matthew Mattingly – UMASS - Director of Web Development
Bruce Dvovak – Univ. Nebraska – Grant Mgr
Steve Wilson – Univ. Illinois –Technical

3. CUPSS Mobile Assistant
Available on both Android and iOS devices
Go to Google Play or Apple Store
Search for CUPSS Mobile Assistant or UMASS
Uses the device’s client to export XLSX file
Small footprint: ~12 MB in size
Utilizes CUPSS Import Template

4. REVIEW: CUPSS Import Template

5. CUPSS Mobile Assistant - Intro
Companion App for inventory management in CUPSS
Export Import

6. Where to Start…. Familiarize Yourself with the System
Drawings, Hydrant/Valve books, Sanitary Surveys, etc.
Plan route for field work (coordination)
Source, Treatment, Storage, Generators
Hydrants, Pipe, Valves
Start with easy equipment increasing to more difficult assets
Familiarize yourself and how to schedule route for field work
Source/treatment/storage are geographically grouped one/two locations
Hydrants-possibly already detailed in a book then it is just XY locations
Pipe-Drawings
Valves-Drawings and valve book-XY locating require survey-grade GPS

7. Important Remembrances
CUPSS Groups Assets by Category - Make it easy for user to find equipmt.
Source
Treatment
Storage
Distribution
Hydrants
Valves
CUPPS GROUPS ASSETS BY CATEGORY !!!!
ASSET NAME : BEGIN WITH LOCATION AND THEN CONCATENATE MATERIAL, SIZE, ID
ALPHABETIZE ASSET NAME ON IMPORT SHEET BEFORE IMPORTING

8. Naming Equipment Think about how you talk about an asset
Assign common name but be descriptive
Also assign an ID # (brief and unique)

9. Takin’ Names and Kickin’ Assets
Asset Management Training
Takin’ Names and Kickin’ Assets
Wednesday December 14, 2011
Asset Name is VERY IMPORTANT
How does client talk about the piece?
In the field and in the office – be consistent
Assign a common name but descriptive
Asset ID # - MOST IMPORTANT
Promote ease of joining data to GIS tables
Multi-click slide
RCAP Solutions, Inc.

10. RCAP Solutions' Asset Management Training - 14 March 2013
Asset Names : Pros / Cons
4/29/2019
Examples of asset names:
Pros/Cons
How does the client find an asset in CUPSS?
Without a specific name, it’s very difficult.
The far left is best with the far right next and the middle is the worst…unless the client is familiar with calling a piece of equipment by number inside of name or address and name.
RCAP Solutions, Inc.

11. One Analysis with Different Asset Owners
If you are a contract operator of several small systems, it may be useful to create one AMP for all the systems in order to track what is needed, when to order and possibly order in bulk to save costs

12. Mobile App Screens

13. Built-in Validations
Built-in pre-validation

14. Photos, Alias, Exporting
ALWAYS SAVE BEFORE CONTINUING
Unfortunately, this alias name is not inserted into the asset name in the template that is exported for CUPSS software import.

15. Suggested Alias Name CUPPS GROUP ASSETS BY CATEGORY !!!!
ASSET NAME : BEGIN WITH LOCATION AND THEN “CONCATENATE” MATERIAL, SIZE, ID
ALPHABETIZE ASSET NAME ON IMPORT SHEET BEFORE IMPORTING
Unfortunately, this alias name is not inserted into the asset name in the template that is exported for CUPSS software import.
Once ed, the user can edit sheet can sue CONCATENATE FORMULA TO CREATE A GOOD ASSET NAME

16. Exporting / E-Mail Client

17. Importing Export File to CUPSS
Start up CUPSS Software and import .
Import After Editing !

18. QUESTIONS
Art Astarita