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Equipment Dealers Meet Field Service Challenges with Mobile Applications

An important tool for heavy equipment dealers, mobile applications enhance customer satisfaction, reduce equipment downtime, and maximize overall operational efficiency for field service optimization.
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Field Service - Nov 18, 2022

What Should You Know About Heavy Equipment Inspection?

Heavy equipment inspection is a regular, routine process that ensures your fleet is compliant. If executed properly, it can save you from a ton of headaches down the road in both monetary and process execution aspects.
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FleetLogic - Apr 30, 2020

What is Field Service Management and how does it apply to equipment rental industry?

Rental companies track equipment maintenance in different ways. Some still use pen and paper, email, phone calls, text messages, spreadsheets, or homegrown systems. Others have tapped into modern technologies to digitize their...
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Industry Best Practices - Jun 24, 2018

Top Six Reasons Why Good Technicians Quit Their Jobs

Have you noticed that John has been slacking lately? He has been late three times this week, and customers are starting to complain about him. That doesn’t sound like John though does it? John has been one of your top guys for a...
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AR - May 4, 2018

Three Ways AR and WOMS Supercharges Field Service Training

Augmented reality (AR) is radically changing the nature of training within the field service industry. Service technicians can now rehearse basic skills and repairs in simulated hazardous conditions without being endangered so...
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Industry Best Practices - Jan 12, 2018

Six Questions Dispatchers Can Ask to Better Manage Service Calls

Many hands make lighter work, right? Not always…
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FleetLogic - Nov 6, 2017

Artificial Intelligence Can Empower Field Service and Enhance Customer Experience

Over the past decade, technology has redefined how service businesses approach jobs. From heavy equipment services to residential services, anywhere a clipboard was the traditional method of documentation, mobile technology has...
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Industry Best Practices - Oct 12, 2017

Fixing Weak Links: How To Promote Accountability In Your Service Team

Have you ever struggled trusting a member of your service team to get the job done? It isn’t uncommon to find a lack of accountability among service technicians, yet there isn’t a clear cut way to fix it. Instead we mislabel the...
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Paper Work Order - Sep 19, 2017

5 Ways Paperwork is Delaying Your Billing and How to Solve Them

Over the last decade the business world has been experiencing a technological shift. With most information being created by or input into computer systems, digital documents have become the norm. Rightfully so, as it takes...
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Industry Best Practices - Jul 26, 2017

The Sooner You Track These 3 Service Department KPI’s The Better

Success can be measured in a variety of ways. There are always metrics you can string together to make yourself look good, but consistently measuring relevant key performance indicators will give you an honest perspective on how...
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