{"id":378,"date":"2015-01-05T15:08:36","date_gmt":"2015-01-05T14:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.synchroteam.com\/blog\/?p=378"},"modified":"2015-03-13T12:05:31","modified_gmt":"2015-03-13T11:05:31","slug":"what-can-synchroteam-do-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.synchroteam.com\/blog\/?p=378","title":{"rendered":"What can a field service management tool do for me?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Synchroteam is a <strong>field service management tool<\/strong> that provides companies of all sizes and from all sectors with the ability to manage and organize their maintenance technicians\u2019 call-outs. It\u2019s a planning tool intended for businesses with workers in the field. Depending on the company, for example, these workers could be in charge of <a title=\"Synchroteam in the medical sector\" href=\"https:\/\/www.synchroteam.com\/industry-medical.php\" target=\"_blank\">maintaining medical equipment<\/a>, or <a title=\"Synchroteam in the telecoms industry\" href=\"https:\/\/www.synchroteam.com\/industry-telecom.php\" target=\"_blank\">repairing telephone lines<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.synchroteam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/synchroteam_general.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-386\" src=\"https:\/\/www.synchroteam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/synchroteam_general.jpg\" alt=\"Synchroteam general overview\" width=\"960\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.synchroteam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/synchroteam_general.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.synchroteam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/synchroteam_general-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.synchroteam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/synchroteam_general-900x472.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Optimizing call-outs and increasing productivity<\/strong> &#8211; that\u2019s what Synchroteam is all about. Synchroteam wants to make your company quicker and more profitable by saving time, reducing yearly technician mileage and their response times.<\/p>\n<h2>Always find the best tech for the job<\/h2>\n<p>Once you get a call from a client about an after-sales call-out, Synchroteam will help you find <strong>the best tech for the job<\/strong>: in other words, the technician with the skills needed, in the right area, with the necessary availability. Then the software will take other factors in consideration and automatically find the best person for this particular job: the technician who has the know-how, who is located nearby, and who can get there quickest. Even if the technician is already out on a job, he or she will get a notification on their smartphone, thanks to <a title=\"Synchroteam's mobile apps\" href=\"https:\/\/www.synchroteam.com\/mobile.php\" target=\"_blank\">Synchroteam\u2019s mobile app<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>A simple, intuitive interface<\/h2>\n<h3>Plan your field service jobs in real time<\/h3>\n<p>The call-out manager can communicate with technicians in real time and manage their jobs via the dashboard. You\u2019ll see these technicians classified by their state: <em>late, expected today, imminent, to be arranged<\/em>. Planning for jobs is easy, since you can see the service calls you need to plan for all laid out in a single overview, as well as the ability to <strong>update planning in real time<\/strong>. In real terms, you can manage technicians\u2019 jobs just by dragging and dropping &#8211; it couldn\u2019t be easier.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.synchroteam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/jobs.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.synchroteam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/jobs.jpg\" alt=\"Manage jobs easily\" width=\"960\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.synchroteam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/jobs.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.synchroteam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/jobs-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.synchroteam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/jobs-900x513.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Tools to streamline callouts: ScheduleAssist and geolocation<\/h3>\n<p>A single click on a little icon will launch ScheduleAssist, <a title=\"Find out more about ScheduleAssist\" href=\"https:\/\/www.synchroteam.com\/product-tour-scheduleassist.php\" target=\"_blank\">the planning optimisation engine<\/a>. This tool pulls in information already contained in the software (journey time, type of callout), and automatically suggests the name or names of the most appropriate technicians on the field, so the call-out can be undertaken as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.synchroteam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/schedule-assist-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.synchroteam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/schedule-assist-1.jpg\" alt=\"schedule-assist-1\" width=\"960\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.synchroteam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/schedule-assist-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.synchroteam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/schedule-assist-1-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.synchroteam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/schedule-assist-1-900x469.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Geolocation allows you to <a title=\"Find out more about Mapping\" href=\"https:\/\/www.synchroteam.com\/product-tour-mapping.php\" target=\"_blank\">follow and modify each technician\u2019s schedule<\/a> in real time. That means that if an emergency job crops up, you\u2019ll be able to alert him or her and get them to the problem quickly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.synchroteam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/mapping.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-384\" src=\"https:\/\/www.synchroteam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/mapping.jpg\" alt=\"mapping\" width=\"1210\" height=\"1141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.synchroteam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/mapping.jpg 1210w, https:\/\/www.synchroteam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/mapping-300x282.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.synchroteam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/mapping-1024x965.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.synchroteam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/mapping-900x848.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1210px) 100vw, 1210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Obligation-free sign up<\/h2>\n<p>Synchroteam\u2019s field service planning tool works via an <a title=\"Synchroteam's pricing\" href=\"https:\/\/www.synchroteam.com\/pricing.php\" target=\"_blank\">online subscription<\/a>. You fill in some details online, which gives you access to the tool. You then can try it out for free, and when you decide to sign up, you just pay a monthly fee. You can end the service whenever you want: <strong>no obligation, no strings attached<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Synchroteam has between 200 and 300 clients around the world, and some 15,000 users. Both the tool, and the mobile app, are available in various languages.<\/p>\n<p>To make getting to grips with a field service management tool even easier, Synchroteam has provided <a title=\"Synchroteam online support\" href=\"\/\/support.synchroteam.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">online help<\/a>, including step-by-step how-tos in the online knowledge base. If you\u2019d like to talk your concerns through with a human, our customer service agents will be <strong>happy to help<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Synchroteam is a field service management tool that provides companies of all sizes and from all sectors with the ability to manage and organize their maintenance technicians\u2019 call-outs. It\u2019s a planning tool intended for businesses with workers in the field. 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