Background City Facility Management is a global organization providing facility management services to clients as a one-stop-shop for proactive and reactive facilities-based initiatives. City manages everything from HVAC systems, freezers, lawn care, and much more for its clients – Wal-Mart being one of the largest. Velosio engaged with City when its incumbent Microsoft partner demonstrated…
Look, metrics matter. The data points you decide to track could determine whether you survive or thrive in today’s competitive field service landscape. These numbers are your windows into operational efficiency, customer satisfaction, and overall business performance. But — amid a sea of data and millions of potential KPIs, finding the metrics that perfectly align…
Over the last, maybe, decade and a half, we’ve watched incumbent retailers, media empires, and entire sectors fall to digital disruptors. Now, many of those “tech-native upstarts” face their own reckonings, as algorithms perpetuate misinformation, stable jobs continue to morph into app-based gigs, and “freemium” subscriptions struggle to make good on ‘billion-dollar valuations.” Despite the…
Technology is transforming field service management in big ways. It’s shattering long-established norms and dismantling service models that, for better or worse, have been with us for decades. We’ve already seen similar transformations play out in other industries. It’s just that, the field services sector, as a single entity, is at least a decade late…
Field Service inventory management involves monitoring parts and supplies, managing product movement, consumption, adjustments, and other related activities. It is one of the most challenging aspects of running a field service business. The margins of error are exceedingly small. Stock too little, and you delay work. Overstock and your overhead costs skyrocket. The problem gets…
ServiceTitan and Dynamics 365 Field Service are two leading software solutions for managing field service operations. Both platforms offer an extensive, service-centric suite that streamlines and optimizes scheduling, dispatching, customer management, mobile field operations, and other “standard: FSM tasks. But beyond those overlapping features, ServiceTitan and D365 don’t have all that much in common. Battle…
FieldEdge and Dynamics 365 Field Service are both FSM solutions. They both help providers optimize field operations, streamline processes, and stretch limited resources. Both have roots dating back to decades-old software and have seen their fair share of changes. Despite the surface similarities, the two platforms ended up in two very different ecosystems. FieldEdge vs…
In an era defined by technological innovation, Artificial Intelligence (AI) stands out as a transformative force across industries. It’s not just about automating tasks anymore; AI is about enabling machines to understand, learn, and make decisions, much like humans. This paradigm shift holds profound implications for field service organizations, where optimizing operations, enhancing customer experiences,…
