Mobility Gives Small Company Big Benefits

By Brian Albright, Field Technologies

This small plumbing company is using a mobile field service solution for a more professional image and greater efficiency.

Work order or field service management tools historically were out of reach for the smallest companies. Those companies didn’t have the funds, IT staff, or infrastructure to purchase and maintain a mobile application. But with the advent of low-cost but highly advanced mobile phones and the variety of Web-based applications available today, those dynamics have shifted in a major way.

Ali-Cor Plumbing in Chesapeake, VA, is a good example of just what is possible for a small company using modern mobility technology. Ali-Cor is a plumbing operation that services the Tidewater region of Virginia. The company recently deployed a mobile application that has made it much easier for owner Jason Miller to schedule and dispatch new assignments to his crew.