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Category: Mobile technology
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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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Macro trends and transformation: The future of the heavy manufacturing industry
The world of field service is changing. A new generation of technologies and asset management software is transforming heavy industry into advanced manufacturing entities of the future. But there are forces bearing down on that future. What are they? According to 100+ field service leaders surveyed for Service Council’s 2020 Service Leader’s Agenda Survey, these…
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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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Fireside Chat: How to kickstart your digital transformation with low-code apps
It’s getting colder and there’s no better way to cozy up than with a fireside chat! In the first of two fireside chats, ProntoForms’ (now TrueContext’s) Product Management VP Russ Halliday and Product Marketing Manager Joel Fear discuss the impact of low-code application platforms (LCAP) in fieldwork. So load up on smores and prepare to…
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How mobile equipment management software can cut costs and improve operations
There’s a high cost to be paid for poor enterprise asset management (EAM). Downtime is the single largest source of lost productivity and revenue for capital-intensive sectors such as heavy manufacturing, oil and gas, and utilities. According to analyst company Aberdeen Research, unplanned downtime can cost manufacturers as much as $260,000 an hour. Controlling plant…
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Impactful field-focused features: iPad form creator software & best forms app for iPad
While clunky laptops might work for office workers, fieldwork requires durable and straightforward devices to get the job done. If you are considering — or have already deployed — mobile devices to the field, congrats! While there are many types to choose from, iPads are an excellent choice due to their fast processors, large screens,…
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Biggest benefits of a paperless enterprise
It’s good – and more lucrative – to be paperless. Indeed, going paperless in the field with smart mobile forms isn’t just a more productive, faster, easier, and more enjoyable way for field technicians to get their jobs done. It’s also the first step in transforming business processes from end to end by seamlessly connecting…
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The Top Five Corporate Mobile Device Management Best Practices
As organizations have grown to depend on the power of smart mobile forms and mobile devices to facilitate business processes, many have discovered that managing all those different devices – along with keeping the organizational and personal data running through them safe, secure and usable – is no simple task. It’s even more difficult for…