Overview
Running a field team without a system, and what it costs
A field team without FSM software runs on phone calls. A supervisor allocates the day verbally each morning, technicians report back when they remember, and the record of what happened is a mix of Viber messages, a paper job card, and somebody's recollection at the end of the week. It works while the team is small enough that one person can hold it all.
It stops working at around eight to ten technicians. Jobs get double assigned or missed entirely, nobody can tell a customer when an engineer will actually arrive, and billing lags because the paperwork proving the work was done has not come back yet. The cost is not dramatic — it is a steady leak of unbilled visits, repeat trips, and customers who were not told anything.
Field service management software replaces the phone calls with a shared plan. Each technician has a day, each job has a status the office can see, and each completed visit carries evidence: what was done, what parts were used, how long it took, and a customer signature or photo. Serviol does this on ordinary Android phones, which is what field staff in Nepal are actually carrying.
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