Mobile Apps in the FM Industry

Flawless maintenance operations in FM industry can avoid failures and help in better service to the clients.

To keep operations efficient, information needs to flow smoothly between managers, technicians and customers. But, in some cases the main failure is the poor communication between the maintenance team.

Mobile technology is transforming the face of facility management. From maintenance technicians to senior executives can now deliver superior operational outcomes and lower the cost of operations using the powerful data collection, reporting, and enterprise-wide data visibility offered by mobile solutions in facilities management.

Managing the tasks of a significant number of mobile workers in the field can also be a challenge. With the help of Mobile App, facility managers are easily able to assign tasks to workers, who can accept, reject or update the tasks. Thus, these apps enable facility managers to make the most out of their workforce.

Mobile app for technicians can view current work orders, receive new work orders, take photos to add to asset profiles, scan barcodes to pull up information, put his remarks, get client’s signature. Labor timers can record the exact start and finish point of a job. With more accurate job duration data, managers can run reports to find out which employees are lagging behind or if certain tasks are taking too much time. Also with locations map, all asset locations and technician location can be obtained in real time and thus ensuring the tasks can be assigned without lag of time.

Ø  Track asset information by browsing in the search panel or by scanning the barcode fixed to an asset.

Ø  Option to scan the barcode fixed in the asset before commencing a tasks.

Ø  Option to select material, enter root cause, observation, recommendation and corrective action taken during a breakdown maintenance.

Ø  Time based maintenance activity.

Ø  Option to keep a task on standby mode with valid predefined remarks.

Ø  Perform site inspections.

Ø  Take picture of assets and damaged parts while performing a tasks.

Ø  View the SOP, health & safety instructions, sub assets.

Ø  Get feedback and signature from the complaint originator.

Ø  View status of activity performed