Big Change in FM WM

10 March 2017 | Updated 01 January 1970

Mobile Workforce Management company BigChange has won contracts to supply its three-in-one JobWatch platform to over 5,000 mobile technicians in the Facilities Management Sector.

According to the firm, the orders come from companies operating in the public and private water, gas and electricity markets.

BigChange users combines a cloud based job planning, scheduling & CRM back-office, Android mobile app running on Samsung tablets and hard-wired or app based live tracking of vehicles and resources. Industry specific versions of the JobWatch system have been implemented by Sutton & East Surrey Water PLC, Sheffield Council, Smart Metering specialist Providor part of Lakehouse PLC, Hewer Facilities Management, The McDougall Group, Woods Building Maintenance and ImpraGas.

Replacing manual planning and paperwork, the BigChange system allows back-office users to plan, manage, schedule and track work effectively including planned maintenance and urgent reactive work. In the back-office, the system is enabling planners to respond faster to customers, intelligently allocating work orders based on real-time engineer availability, skills, live location and parts stock. This is significantly increasing productivity; minimising customer wait time and driving first time fix at competitive cost. Assets and equipment are fully-managed by the system, allowing service requirements to be achieved effectively and an integration with trading platforms such as Homeserve allows for seamless collaboration with service partners.

How it works

Technicians start their day by completing an electronic timesheet and vehicle check, before instantly accessing the day’s work orders. Integrated sat-nav with live traffic ensures the best route is taken and customers receive proactive ETA (Estimated Time of Arrival) alerts by text and email. On arrival, the JobWatch app guides technicians step by step through job-specific workflows and captures essential information such as site-photos or test readings. Users can search for parts and add them instantly to the job. Proof-of-service and customer signature is captured and synced with the back-office instantly. The system generates invoices, custom reports, certificates, legal documents and fully branded job-cards that are automatically shared via a customer’s booking portal or email.

Picture: From left to right, Martin Port, CEO, an Impra-Gas technician and BBC Apprentice Winner Joseph Valente, MD of ImpraGas

Article written by Brian Shillibeer | Published 10 March 2017