One tool for all your mobile data capture Many business owners, operational managers and team leads know “the field” can be messy. Truckers have to keep a log book, for example. But it can be difficult to keep everything organised – and that’s before someone needs to type up all the info from the … [Read more...]
Mobile technology for Field Workers
Knowing exactly what’s happening out in the field is possible – if you have the right field service mobile technology. For many organisations, the field is where it’s at. If you’re in an industry like sales and service or agribusiness, that’s where your customers are at. If you’re in … [Read more...]
From Anywhere to the Back Office
Going mobile doesn’t have to be hard – and it can make running things in the field service business easier than ever with field service management software. A lot goes on in the field. If you’re in field service business or government organisation like health, agribusiness, government, … [Read more...]
How to Become a Paperless Office
Paperless technologies offer improvement in business productivity, cost savings and also allow for ease of collaboration within teams, thereby improving the utility, accessibility and quality of documents. If you run a Construction or Trucking company which deals with paper-based processes, then … [Read more...]
TDM Construction uses mobile data to remove a burden
A simple question in 2018 changed the way TDM captured its trucking data. Marc Black asked the office to provide him with the details of a job. “I was handed a stack of dockets,” said Marc. “This got me thinking. Why can’t we get trucking job details delivered to our phones or tablets in real … [Read more...]
The TDHB Project: Year 3 Report
Mobile data capture was implemented by Taranaki District Health Board (TDHB) with their Public Health Nurses in 2015. This is their summary report on the key benefits and learnings - 3 years on. The full 7 page report which outlines all the solutions developed, how issues were managed, and the … [Read more...]
A mobile app to build a house inspection business.
Joel Zwart is a qualified builder – and a worried one. He could see a disturbingly high number of hidden faults in the houses his friends and family were looking to buy. We’re talking about leaky buildings, botched repairs and serious structural flaws. With a massive mortgage required to buy the … [Read more...]
Transforming trucking using mobile data capture
The business of transporting bulk grain, fertiliser and general freight from place to place has existed for centuries. These days, it’s a business carried out by companies with fleets of trucks and trailers. One such company is Rural Transport, which operates a fleet of 59 trucks over large … [Read more...]
Civil engineers now building their own apps
Schick Civil Construction is a major force in the New Zealand civil construction market, working on residential subdivisions, roads, landscaping, drainage and other major projects. While you’d expect it to be heavily invested in heavy-duty plant and equipment, Schick is also focused on innovations … [Read more...]
Better, faster data for certification experts
The Challenge. With annual revenue topping US$8 billion dollars, SGS is one of the world’s leading inspection, testing and certification companies. Accuracy and certainty are paramount to the people who work with this global industrial giant. In New Zealand, SGS works across a range of … [Read more...]