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THE FUTURE OF PLANNING & PROGRAM MANAGEMENT IS HERE !

INDUSTRY CASE STUDY:
WASTE MANAGEMENT

Industry Challenge

Each year, Americans generate over 250 million tons of waste, of which, a little less than one-third is recycled.  Waste management involves the control of generation, storage, collection, transport/transfer, and processing and disposal of the waste materials in a manner that best addresses environmental, public health, aesthetics, and other community concerns.  Waste includes household waste as well as industrial waste which often includes hazardous materials.  Proper waste and recycling practices involves community planning, regulatory compliance, and administrative reporting to document the life cycle of the waste and address any potential issues that may arise, to include debris removal after a disaster.

ODYSSEUS™ | GMT

GRANT MANAGEMENT TOOL

The Odysseus™|GMT offers organizations with real-time tracking and reporting of grant funding allocations. Track the status of vital community grant funding and measure the performance of project funding. The Odysseus™|GMT allows you to track every dollar from beginning to end.

ODYSSEUS™ | KMS

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

The Odysseus™|KMS provides waste managers with a central repository where plans and compliance reports can be accessed and shared by staff, business investors, and partners. The secure yet flexible virtual collaborative environment allows for the efficient development, maintenance, and update of planning doctrine.

ODYSSEUS™ | CPM

COMPLIANCE & PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT

The Odysseus™|Compliance Metric Tools are a data-driven, assessment that allows waste managers the ability to systematically evaluate the compliance to various governmental and industry recognized programs.

ODYSSEUS™ | AAT

ASSESSMENT & ANALYSIS SYSTEM

The Odysseus™ | AAT offers waste managers the ability to develop customized assessment tools that can be used to evaluate, assess, and understand solid waste and recycling trends.

ODYSSEUS™ | CBT

COMPUTER-BASED TRAINING SYSTEM

The Odysseus™|CBT allows for the delivery and tracking of learning across the Odysseus™ enterprise. Your programs, courses, and exercises can be harmonized with waste management planning, education and outreach activities, and other program efforts.

ODYSSEUS™ | SIT

SITE INSPECTION TOOL

The Odysseus™ | SIT offers a ready-to-use application for real-time damage assessments and log site-specific damage inventory. The SIT is customizable, mobile friendly, and integrated with the GMT to streamline disaster recovery and the FEMA reimbursement process.

Odysseus Solutions

Odysseus Offers a

Programmatic Solution

for Waste Management.

Waste Management Planning

The Odysseus™ | KMS gives waste managers an online tool dedicated to the development and maintenance of plans and reporting requirements.  Odysseus™|KMS offers waste managers the unique feature of providing standardization and flexibility in a collaborative environment.  This union greatly increases your organization’s ability to manage and coordinate the development, maintenance and improvement of waste management activities.

Community Outreach & Education

The Odysseus™|CBT plug-in provides organizations with an integrated learning management system that allows transportation departments to more effectively engage partners and stakeholders by delivering and measuring the understanding of important transportation development and transit issues.  Odysseus™|CBT provides a platform to deliver and manage customized computer-based training, track course assessments, award certificates upon course completion, and in-depth reporting.

Community Stakeholder Management

In today’s environment of fiscal efficiency, limited availability of resources, and the necessity to balance competing demands, it is imperative that the engagement of assigned work groups and key stakeholders is efficient and effective. The stakeholder management tool within the Odysseus™|KMS will assist in documenting the planning process, provide a method of on-going committee collaboration, offer an archival repository of planning meeting minutes and information, and ensure the active participation of committee members and key stakeholders throughout the life-cycle of the planning process.

Industry & Regulatory Compliance Assessments

Designed from the Odysseus™|AAT architecture, the Odysseus platform offers a customized school compliance assessments tools that is consistent with the regulatory requirements and guidelines of the Department of Education. School and Board of Education officials can assess their school’s compliance and integrate the results into their existing planning framework.

Community Participation and Awareness

The Odysseus™ enterprise offers a variety of tools that can be used to efficiently engage stakeholders and partners, and solicit their participation in important transportation infrastructure decisions. Customized Odysseus™|CBT interactive planning participation module allows committee members, stakeholders, and the public to learn about current programs and provide real-time feedback and input in community  matters. Customized Odysseus™|AAT survey instruments allows community partners and stakeholders to provide input in the planning process and inform key transportation decisions that may affect neighboring communities.