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Summer & Winter 24 Updates: so many features, we nicknamed it 'Solarvista 10'!
Our 'Summer 24' and 'Winter 24' Updates for Solarvista cloud product/platform boast the largest number of new features we ever released in a short...
Emma James
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10 min read
Summer & Winter 24 Updates: so many features, we nicknamed it 'Solarvista 10'!
Our 'Summer 24' and 'Winter 24' Updates for Solarvista cloud product/platform boast the largest number of new features we ever released in a short period. With an abundance of enhancements and advancements, these updates not only match the capabilities of Solarvista's established products, such as Solarvista V8 and Solarvista LIVE/X9, but surpass them by a significant margin. The sheer magnitude of new features and improvements has led us to affectionately dub these updates with the nickname "Solarvista 10", a testament to their nature. While the official product name remains as 'Solarvista', the impact and innovation of these updates are truly deserving of the moniker "Solarvista 10" as a mark of succession from previous versions.
Topics: Product News Company News
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Empowering Non-Tech Users: Reducing IT Resource Dependency with No-Code Application Builders
Discover the financial advantages of using 'no-code' application builders to reduce IT resource dependency and empower non-tech users in field service.
Topics: Industry Topics
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Solarvista Launches World’s First ‘2-in-1’ Field Service Management System & No-code Application Platform
The UK-based company claims to offer the world’s first solution that offers a hybrid of our-of-box field service application and customisable apps in one.
Topics: Product News Company News
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When is the 'right time' to invest in modern field service technology?
In this blog article, we discuss how investing in modern field service technology can drive up your efficiencies, maintain customer loyalty, enhance the customer experience and maximise your profits to ensure you stay competitive in today’s market.
Topics: Industry Topics
3 min read
Solarvista Invests in Solar Panels to Make Significant Green Savings
Here at Solarvista in Sheffield we recently invested in some state of the art solar panels and are starting to reap the rewards – a lot more quickly than expected.
Topics: Company News
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How Does Solarvista Provide Such Great Customer Service?
Here at Solarvista, we understand that customer service is paramount, especially when providing Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) within the Field Service and Workforce Management industry, where substantial responsibility lies in the hands of the software vendor. We consider customer service to be just as important as the capability of the product, and that’s why we deliver unparalleled service from the moment your enquiry drops into our inbox, right through to the final stages of implementation and beyond.
Topics: Company News
3 min read
The Top 5 Benefits of Using Service Scheduling Software
There are many benefits to introducing Planning or Scheduling options to your business, for back-office workers, mobile engineers, managers, customers and ultimately shareholders too.
Topics: Industry Topics Knowledge
3 min read
Scheduling: Manual, automated or optimising...?
It is important to define what is meant by each of these terms to ensure that you are investing in a solution that is right for your service delivery; you need to be fully aware of what your chosen scheduling system is, and is not, capable of.
Topics: Industry Topics Knowledge
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What can you expect from an ISO 9001 Certified Software vendor?
ISO 9001 is a globally recognised standard for quality management across organisations which enables them to demonstrate excellence of a quality management system.
Topics: Industry Topics Company News
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To schedule or not to schedule in 2023?
For a number of companies, the cost and potential business disruption of implementing a Scheduling Solution is off-putting. Many managers would readily admit that they make do with an existing system already in place, even if it doesn’t completely fulfil the needs of their business.
Topics: Industry Topics
3 min read
How to get the right engineer to the right customer... at the right time!
This is a question that Field Service Managers ask us all the time and there certainly isn’t a simple answer. What is crucial however, is the co-ordination and usage of key data related to field service. Some data is relatively static and some data is quite the opposite ie. it’s live and very, very recent.
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How can field service software create happy customers and repeat business?
Customers always seek good value but in recent surveys, “value for money” is not the first criteria for delivering customer satisfaction. In field service, surveys consistently tell us that “good quality service” is what people most value. This term is a little vague however; what does it mean? And how can software help deliver ‘good customer service’ and ‘happy customers?’
Topics: Industry Topics Knowledge
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Managing a field workforce is easy when you have the right tools.
There is one distinct facet about managing a field workforce that fundamentally changes the techniques needed and that is the fact that your resources are disparate, usually on their own and probably out of contact. Add to this, the concept of reactive work schedules and you have a business problem that is far and away one of the greatest to manage and resolve.
Topics: Knowledge
3 min read
Why customers get such great service with Solarvista software.
Here at Solarvista, we understand that customer service is paramount, especially when providing Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) within the Field Service and Workforce Management industry, where substantial responsibility lies in the hands of the software vendor. We consider customer service to be just as important as the capability of the product, and that’s why we deliver unparalleled service from the moment your enquiry drops into our inbox, right through to the final stages of implementation- and beyond.
Topics: Company News
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J. Murphy & Sons Limited turns to Solarvista.
J. Murphy & Sons Limited was established in 1951 by John Murphy and was initially involved in working on post-war regeneration projects - the focus soon switched to the specialist reconstruction of the country’s electrical infrastructure. Then came road expansion projects, water services and Post Office cable installation. Later, and one of their greatest infrastructure achievements, was the introduction of natural gas pipelines in the UK and Ireland.
Topics: Customer Success
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Thames Valley Controls Switches to Solarvista
Thames Valley Controls has been around since 1971 and is based in Flint, North Wales. Established for over 50 years TVC has become the ‘go to’ solution for the best-in-class lift control and monitoring solutions for businesses all over the UK.
Topics: Customer Success
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The Havana Coffee Co finds a solution…
From small beginnings in 1999 as a tiny shop and coffee house, the Havana Coffee Company has become one of the largest commercial coffee companies in the South West region.
Whether it’s equipment, large or small, speciality coffee, or keeping up with new developments, they can help and guide - and they provide direct deliveries throughout the region.
As well as the finest coffees and equipment, The Havana Coffee Co also provide comprehensive barista training courses at their bespoke facility to make sure their customers always get the perfect Flat White or Cappuccino and enabling their staff to get on board with producing outstanding coffee.
“We were struggling with the laborious process of a paper-based ordering system using carbon copy pads, where invoices had to be created manually and then be checked and amended if necessary.
Sometimes paperwork went missing and the whole process took so long!”
“Now we have implemented Solarvista, it’s just a 2-click operation, direct from the engineer to our system – complete with an easily accessible job history. No more storage issues with reems and reems of paperwork, everything’s seamless and automatic.”
“From onboarding to implementation, the whole process of installing Solarvista was simple and seemless and it was refreshing to have a responsive, UK based, Technical Team to sort out any queries we might have had.”
“Now we have implemented Solarvista, it’s just a 2-click operation, direct from the engineer to our system – complete with an easily accessible job history. No more storage issues with reems and reems of paperwork, everything’s seamless and automatic.”
“From onboarding to implementation, the whole process of installing Solarvista was simple and seemless and it was refreshing to have a responsive, UK based, Technical Team to sort out any queries we might have had.”
Topics: Customer Success
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Solarvista platform achieves record reliability uptime of 99.6% over last 12 months.
Business Continuity Management, or BCM, is the process of planning for incidents and issues with your critical systems and is usually carried out by first speculating on potential threats and then analysing what their impact might be on daily operations. It is really a kind of insurance, giving businesses the comfort of knowing that, even in the event of a disaster, the damage will be manageable.
Topics: Company News
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Hose Doctor selects Solarvista for workforce mobilisation.
Established in 1995 by Michael Cranston and Nigel Coffey, Hose Doctor had the vision of providing a rapid solution for on-site hydraulic hose repairs. Their goal was to keep downtime to a minimum whilst maximising their clients’ productivity.
Topics: Company News
6 min read
Top 10 risks when choosing a field service system
There are so many factors to consider when choosing a field service system that fits your needs in the 21st century. Here's our list of the top 10 to consider:
Topics: Industry Topics
1 min read
Vegner Group selects Solarvista Field Service Management Software
Residential property management experts, HML, part of The Vegner Group, have been looking after properties for over 50 years ensuring their clients assets meet all quality and legislative requirements. Through the routine inspections carried out and their Health & Safety inspectors and a network of trusted and time served contractors, they deliver a level of quality and compliance taking the work away from the Clients and Leaseholders.
Topics: Customer Success
3 min read
Mandatory upgrade from V6 mobile app
The Version 6 Solarvista mobile app (named "Solarvista LIVE" in app stores) will stop functioning on March 31st, 2022. If you have the version 6 app, you need to upgrade as soon as possible to the newer Solarvista mobile app (named "Solarvista" in app stores and at time of writing, version 8.3).
Topics: Product News
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Solarvista Sponsors Field Service Summit UK
For the third year running, the Field Service Summit UK will bring together service leadership professionals to discuss the latest trends and the strategies that drive us towards service excellence across a range of industries.
Topics: Industry Topics Events Company News
3 min read
Top 5 Benefits of a Service Scheduling Software
There are many benefits to introducing Planning or Scheduling options to your business, for back-office workers, mobile engineers, managers, customers and ultimately shareholders too.
Topics: Industry Topics Knowledge
1 min read
GDPR is coming, are you ready?
It’s been the talk of the last few months, but what exactly is ‘GDPR’ and how will it impact your business? We have compiled together a number of frequently asked questions to help eliminate any uncertainties around the new law.