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DTI, Microsoft Philippines launch OPMS The Management Information Service (MIS) in cooperation with Microsoft Philippines Inc. (MS) launched the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Online Price Monitoring System (OPMS) Windows 8 App on October 31, 2013 at the MS office in Makati City. The DTI OPMS is a data collection application that runs on Windows 8 built to support the daily tasks of the DTI price monitors who collect data about the current prices of selected products in selected stores in their respective assigned areas. “I think that is what we want to do which is aligning to DTI’s mandate, that is, to enable business and empower consumers. This one is about empowering our consumers and it cannot happen unless we also enable our monitors,” DTI Undersecretary for Management Services Group (MSG) Nora K. Terrado said. “This is our gift to consumers for Consumer Welfare Month,” Consumer Welfare and Business Regulation Group (CWBRG) Officer-in-Charge (OIC) and Bureau of Trade Regulation and Consumer Protection (BTRCP) Director Victorio Mario A. Dimagiba added.
Representatives from DTI led by Undersecretary for Management Services Group (MSG) Nora K. Terrado (4th from left): Consumer Welfare and Business Regulation Group (CWBRG) Officer-in-Charge (OIC) and Bureau of Trade Regulation and Consumer Protection (BTRCP) Director Victorio Mario A. Dimagiba, Trade and Industry Information Center (TIIC) OIC Anne L. Sevilla, and Management Information Service (MIS) ICT Policy Formulation and Applications Development Team Member Carmela Del Rosario, and from Microsoft Philippines: (from 4th from right) General Manager Karrie Ilagan; Developer and Platform Evangelist Director Alvin Gendrano; Developer and Platform Evangelist Joben Rara; and Public Sector Director Ferdie Saputil raise their index fingers to signal the launching of DTI Online Price Monitoring System (OPMS) Windows 8 App at the Microsoft Philippines Inc.’s office in Makati City. Do you have an inspiring story to share with the DTI family? Is there a DTI staff or experience you want to brag about? Please tell us by e-mail to publications@dti.gov.ph.
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“I’d like to thank everyone for making this dream happen. As soon as we roll this out, I’m sure they will ask for more. Microsoft already provided the platform, it is now incumbent upon us to release the next version and make it more interactive,” Terrado said. “The price monitoring application for Windows 8 showcases a great partnership between Microsoft Team and the DTI. In fact, the first users’ training was done here where a group of DTI employees were here to learn and try the app for the first time and learn exactly how to use it,” MS Developer and Platform Evangelist Director Alvin Gendrano said. Attended by mostly price monitors from DTI-National Capital Region (NCR) and Region 4, the Users’ Training was conducted by MIS ICT Policy Formulation and Applications Development Team Member Carmela Del Rosario and MS Public Sector Director Ferdie Saputil on October 29, 2013.
Management Information Service (MIS) ICT Policy Formulation and Applications Development Team Member Carmela Del Rosario (left, standing) and Microsoft Philippines (MS) Public Sector Director Ferdie Saputil (right) present to DTI price monitors the features of DTI Online Price Monitoring System (OPMS) Windows 8 App during a Users’ Training at the Microsoft Philippines Inc.’s office in Makati City on October 29, 2013.
The App has full connectivity with the DTI price monitoring server so that the data are synchronized and kept up-to-date between the server running in the DTI headquarters and the app running on the monitors’ tablets. Some monitors prefer not to bring their tablets when they monitor stores to ensure safety. The App has full capability to support the scenario. It has an option to print price monitoring sheets so monitors can go about their tasks using pen and paper and encode later the data they collected. Most of all, the App allows the monitor to use it in offline mode. This means that the monitor can go about his/her monitoring tasks without the need to be connected to Internet all the time.
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