A brief intro to the useful field staff management software Managing tens of field employees manually is a difficult job but there is a way to do this job in a hassle free manner and the way is to use field staff management software. This management software has many added advantages like it can maintain timesheets and give freedom from physical attendance marking.
Let’s see what this software can do and how field employees can be managed with the help of this software Location tracking: It is called employee location tracking software as it keeps track of location of employees. Real time data on geographical location of the employees is sent to managers and also the managers can communicate with the field staff using the software. Job details can be
forwarded to field staff and the staff can locate clients on a map showed by the software. The software uses GPS for live tracking and it switches to cell tower triangulation wherever GPS isn’t available. Assigning jobs: Location tracking helps in assigning jobs. Managers can see geographical location of field staff on the software and send staff to nearest employees. An employee “A” is present on a specific street. He can be sent to the client nearest to him. It saves time and the employee gets more time to take more jobs. Software makes invoice: It is learnt that human can do error when making invoices and the biggest error is to remember overdue payments but the field staff management software can do this job in a hassle free manner. The employees remain free from the hassle of generating invoice as they can make error free invoice with the help of software. Also the clients can sign the digital invoice after making payment. Timesheet/Attendance with software: Employees can keep entering start and close time of jobs to make timesheet. The software will record the entries. Also there could be no mistake in making timesheet as software would never allow making wrong entries. Similarly the employees can show their presence for job through software. How to use the software? You don’t have to be an IT professional to run the software and nor do you need additional hardware or software to take advantage of this platform. It is made simple to use and it is affordable as well. It is a service available at only INR 149 per month. It is advantageous for small and medium companies that provide services like AC repair, electrician and plumber. Advantages of the software Biggest advantage of the employee location tracking software is time saving. Managers save time as they don’t have to use phone lines to stay connected with their field staff. The field staff also saves time as they get jobs that are within their reach and also they can see job details on the software. Time saved can be used for taking more jobs and more jobs mean more profit. Use of the software will boost output of the employees and profit of the business in the long run. It is certainly a must have software for every business working with field staff.