Field Management Software

One of the biggest time drains in small businesses can be e-mail. Globally, it’s costing organizations billions in productivity. While one of the benefits of rapid mobile adoption is that it made everyone more connected -- so it’s easier to do business with people who aren’t physically near you -- there are also drawbacks. It can lead to this sense that people need to “always be on,” and that sense is pervasive in a small business. There are limited resources, limited staff, and many things to be done.

We’re now into the busy season for HVAC service management: the summer months. In much of the first world, the summer is pretty hot -- to extremely hot in certain areas. With global temperatures rising, this trend is most likely to continue for years.

Mobile FSM tools have many logical benefits, including accessing business information regardless of where you are. They are massively important to field service organizations because they allow for quick contact with both technicians and customers. There are a few benefits people often forget about the idea of going paperless, though.

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If you manage a team of electricians, why would field service software be relevant to you?

If you run a small plumbing business and haven’t yet shifted to a field service management solution, we understand. Shifting is an added expense, and changing to FSM software means you have to adjust a lot of your existing business processes and practices. And that can be hard for any plumbing company.

A top-quality customer experience is at the heart of good field service organization management. You want your customers to like and respect the work you’re doing. You also want them to remain customers, and to refer others to your service. Additionally, the effective, productive use of time is most people’s biggest concern.

So, you’re considering buying a field service management software to better your business and its revenue streams. Congrats! This is an important decision for your small field service business, and you need to approach it accordingly.

We recently wrote an eBook on work-life balance in field service organizations. As we wrote it, we fully understood that many busy individuals within FSOs might view work-life balance as a buzzword that can’t actually be achieved. So, we decided to reach out to a senior manager at one field service organization to get his thoughts on how work-life balance can be achieved. Here is a summary of what we discussed with him.

Some small business owners are totally content with staying small. But for many small business owners, the dream is growth. You may want to run an enterprise someday, but you’ll probably need to generate more revenue -- and maybe even the interest to be purchased by an enterprise.