Quality Review

Business Problem

The inspection of trains, buses and stops (maintenance, cleaning condition and others), as well as of service employees of a regional public transport company were done conventionally on paper. An Internet application was already in place in which the forms were entered manually after the assessment. This method was costly, time-consuming, and error-prone.

Business Solution

An hybrid iOS application was developed to digitize the review procedure. Apple iPads that were not connected to mobile Internet were used as work devices. To limit data synchronization to the company's own WIFI, employees loaded questionnaires and routes onto their iPads prior to starting work. Employees completed their routes, returned to the company's WIFI, filled out forms, and uploaded the resulting data to the server.

Technical Solution

We developed an Angular application that became installable on iOS devices using Ionic Cordova. We used a local SQLite database with a partial database image to provide offline functionality. It also contained usernames and MD5-encrypted passwords for local authentication.

We adhered to the waterfall approach.