INDUSTRY INSIGHTS

• Don’t Let Your Field Operations Turn Into A Rube Goldberg Machine

  COVID-19 has revealed a lot about the way we live and work. Some of these lessons (“washing hands actually works!”) are obvious. Others are a bit more surprising, like our ability to become Zoom experts overnight. And some – like our sudden appetite for Rube Goldberg machines – are completely out of left field.

• What Gartner’s 2020 Magic Quadrant Says About The State Of Service

  This week, Gartner once again released its Magic Quadrant, evaluating Field Service Management software vendors on their ability to effectively provide solutions to their customers. The report is, as always, not just an assessment of the various vendors in the service industry, but also an overview of the state of the service market today, and what’s clear to me through Gartner’s market assessment is that service is becoming even more vital than it has been to the success, continuity, and growth of businesses in all sorts of different industries.

• Alfa Laval Drives Service Excellence With Remote Assistance

  Alfa Laval is a Swedish company founded in 1883 that is a world leader within the key technology areas of heat transfer, separation and fluid handling. With more than 3,700 patents, Alfa Laval provides worldwide solutions in areas that are vital to society, including energy, pharmaceutical, marine and food. The company has over 17,000 employees, including more than 700 field service engineers, that help customers in nearly 100 countries.

• Deliver Service With A Mind Towards Customer And Employee Safety

  Having gone through the first global pandemic most of us can remember will change the way we think about a number of things, including the way we go about delivering service in the field.

• COVID-19 Is Speeding Servitization Progress, But These 4 Barriers Will Hold You Back

  One of the topics that has come up in the majority of conversations I’ve had with service leaders battling the challenges of COVID-19 is how it has impacted the way in which they need to serve their customers. The biggest wants and needs of their customer base look far different than they did just four months ago, and this is forcing companies to be creative and innovative to adapt to new demands.