Lose the Loose-leaf: 3 Key Benefits of a Mobile Inspection App

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Lose the Loose-leaf: 3 Key Benefits of a Mobile Inspection App


Lets cut to the chase…inefficient paper-based processes waste precious time and resources.


And with heightened competitive pressures and increasing compliance requirements…


And with heightened competitive pressures and increasing compliance requirements…

There has never been a better time to improve your safety inspection or site survey processes with a

mobile inspection app.


What You’ll Find Inside• How your inspections are held back without a

mobile app

• The benefits of implementing a mobile inspection app including:• Eliminating manual processes • Gaining easily customizable inspection forms• Taking advantage of in-depth reporting tools


Lets get started!Lets get started!


The Paper Monster: Trials and Tribulations of Manual Inspection

Processes


Service departments are in constant receipt of emergency or near emergency break/ fix calls that

require instant action.

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Unfortunately, paper processes don’t inspire that sort of quickness.

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And what do you get when you try to rush with a pen and clipboard?



Imagine trying to decipher that when you get back to the office for data entry.



Remember?



Remember?

You’ll have to enter all that data again in your back office system manually.


Unless you forgot or lost the document all together.


And it doesn’t end there!


Generic paper processes cant be customized for the specific inspection at hand.

2!2!2!2!2!2Meaning you need to take extra notes to accommodate

for the various specificities of each inspection.


Which will again most likely be scribbled illegibly.

5h5h5h5h5h5And entered incorrectly into your back office.


These difficulties add up in time and cost, especially if you have to print the forms and reenter the data every time.


Which brings us to..


The Great Savior: A Cross-platform Mobile Inspection App


While a mobile inspection app brings on a multitude of organizational benefits, there are three things you can’t ignore:

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1. Eliminating manual processes




1. Eliminating manual processes 2. Customizable inspection forms




1. Eliminating manual processes 2. Customizable inspection forms3. In-depth reporting tools



1. Eliminating Manual Processes


Eliminating Manual Processes

Inspectors with a mobile inspection app no longer need to reenter data collected in the field. All account related information taken in the app is automatically integrated with the ERP and back office systems.

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And that data will synch with the appropriate photos as well for tracking. Which means more time saved overall for your back office.



A tech can see all of the inspections he needs to complete, where he needs to go, and any other information about the job, customer, or equipment through his mobile device.



He can then submit the inspection to the back office so it’s instantly accessible to company stakeholders like managers or customers.



With up-to-date field productivity data, foreman and project managers can predict estimate overruns and make necessary course adjustments

on a timely basis…



Collect employee time, change status and location information, manage service work orders and create new work orders on the spot…



As well as harnessing quality control by using standardized mobile forms for consistency.


Collecting data electronically reduces errors and increases both the timeliness and accuracy of information.

Many companies have seen that the savings from more accurate labor and equipment time collection alone has made the difference between loss and

profit on a project.



Eliminating Manual ProcessesAll this amounts to:



• Getting paid faster



• Getting paid faster • Employee satisfaction due to reduced paperwork



• Getting paid faster • Employee satisfaction due to reduced paperwork • Improved brand image



• Getting paid faster • Employee satisfaction due to reduced paperwork • Improved brand image • Positioning yourself to hire next generation of

technicians




technicians • Saving time for your back office




technicians • Saving time for your back office• Standardized inspections




technicians • Saving time for your back office• Standardized inspections • Complete data back-ups


2. Flexible Inspection Forms


Flexible Inspection Forms

Quality mobile inspection apps include a customizable and easy

to use forms builder.

Even if your inspections are complex, the mobile forms builder meets your specific needs, including branching

(if/then) logic and customizable, drag-and-drop forms.



Managers can add questions and choose

a variety of answer types including :

Drop-down menus

Date & time entry

Numeric entry

Radio buttons

and Multimedia


Flexible Inspection FormsOnce the customizable e-forms are created with the information you want to collect, they’re pushed to field inspector mobile devices.


Flexible Inspection FormsOnce the customizable e-forms are created with the information you want to collect, they’re pushed to field inspector mobile devices.

Inspectors just complete the e-form on their device, take a picture or collect a signature, and sync with the back office for instant reporting.



Techs can also customize forms on mobile devices to correspond to

specific details of each inspection at hand.



Each customized form contains a series of questions that are specific

enough to provide accurate data without wasting time taking

lengthy, written notes.

Techs can also customize forms on mobile devices to correspond to

specific details of each inspection at hand.



With greater forms adaptability and more efficient inspection procedures, managers can increase inspection detail to make their

organization more data-driven with detailed inspection reports delivered right to their inbox.


3. In-depth Reporting


In-depth reporting

With a mobile inspection app managers can collect work performed and track that performance over time for better business insight and long-term decision making.


In-depth reporting

You can create a form for inspectors to document and take pictures of equipment on a customer site.

Then use that information to track frequency of competitor equipment, determine why businesses are using other equipment over yours, and

develop your equipment with features to meet customer demands.


In-depth reporting

If you’ve collected data for equipment mean time to repair (MTTR), technicians can give hard evidence to support service contract pitches.


In-depth reporting

Companies can sell more contracts, products, and services because they’re able to analyze how customers respond to sales pitches, which technicians are actually making the most sales, or what strategies work

the best.


In-depth reporting

You can also use the inspection app to survey customers about their satisfaction with your company, technician performance, and level of

service.


In-depth reporting

With inside information into customer preferences, you can cater your service offerings and prioritize certain skills and behaviors to match

what customers want most.


In-depth reporting

Combine equipment analytics with customer satisfaction and technician performance evaluations and you have a full account of

how your service organization is doing!


Eliminate paper from your inspection process?



Adapting your field force to meet your organization’s shifting needs?



Adapting your field force to meet your organization’s shifting needs?

Analyzing the data you need to make intelligent business decisions?


It’s all possible with a customizable, cross-platform inspection app!


Take the next step and learn how an automated inspections process could be the life saver you’ve been

looking for:

The Essential Mobile Guide for Organizations Performing Inspections in the

Field



