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Category: Energy resources
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TrueContext fuels efforts to improve turnarounds and shutdowns
Many oil and gas companies share the goal to improve turnarounds (TAR) and shutdowns. These are complex undertakings with numerous moving parts that they must coordinate. With an abundance of complex repairs and mechanical adjustments that must be done precisely, safely, and across thousands of lines, these initiatives often rely upon the work of thousands…
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Field service productivity apps keep costs tight and revenue high
Feeling the sting of falling prices pre-Covid and the subsequent degradation of demand, thanks to fewer planes in the air and fewer vehicles on the road, gas and oilfield services are reeling. International behemoth Schlumberger cut roughly 21,000 jobs in July with reported second-quarter losses of $3.4 billion. Between March and August 2020, the oil…
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Custom field apps improve pandemic and disaster response
Does your company equip its field service technicians with the emergency management apps and damage assessment apps they need to execute swift emergency response? Your organization’s emergency response efficacy will be determined by how your teams meet three key challenges. These challenges are the same whether you’re faced with a global pandemic like COVID-19 (coronavirus)…
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The ProntoForms SaaS security journey
Mobile app solutions are a key player in the shifting tech-enabled field service ecosystem. Despite the agility and optimization that come with switching to digital processes, many field service organizations perceive moving from paper to digital solutions as a relinquishing of data security. What’s preventing someone, anyone, from accessing, using, and disclosing sensitive ePHI or…
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Six steps to turn field service into a high-value profit center
The future is anyone’s guess. But as we enter a new decade, it’s clear that no matter what the future holds, predictive maintenance is definitely going to be a part of it. According to Service Council, 57% of field service leaders indicated remote service would increase in the coming year while 46% stated predictive alerts…
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Citizen developers are changing field service
How much do you know about the coding that goes into your laptop, mobile phone, or social networking platforms? If you’re not an IT person, chances are not very much. In work environments it’s the IT specialists — the technical engineers and programmers — who troubleshoot, innovate, and build department and enterprise-wide IT solutions. But…
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IT’s Role in Field Service is Changing: Gartner Conference Takeaways
Gartner’s 2019 Application Strategies & Solutions Summit brought application leaders, architects, development and integration professionals, and customer experience leaders under one roof. They discussed digital change, IT challenges, and the rising predominance of the low-code application platform (LCAP). These are the biggest things that we — a field-focused LCAP — took away from Gartner’s conference.…
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Best in Field — A holiday thank you
The holidays are a time for family. The holidays are a time to laugh, eat, share, and celebrate. The holidays are a time to reflect and be thankful for the things we take for granted — things like heat on a cold winter’s day, the freedom to come and go as we please, and good…
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Fireside Chat: The future of low-code application platforms in the field
During the last fireside chat, our product superstars gave the low down on LCAP and field service. This time, TrueContext’s Senior Product Manager and part-time horse whisperer Danielle Morley and Product Management VP Russ Halliday sit down around our metaphorical fireside (metaphorical marshmallows not included) to discuss the impact of low-code application platforms on the…