How do we tackle diversity within our field engineering workforce?
How do we tackle diversity within our field engineering workforce? The #FSN20 is Field Service News’ annual celebration of excellence, innovation and leadership within the global field service sector. One of this year’s members is Patrick Jansen, Product Owner, Field Services, Clevr. Prior to joining Clevr, Jansen had shown...
The positive correlation between the wider distribution of asset data and improved service delivery
The positive correlation between the wider distribution of asset data and improved service delivery In a changing world of operations and technology, two key topics dominate the discussions within the field service industry. These are servitization and digital transformation and the importance of asset data lies at the heart of each of...
Attracting a new generation into the world of engineering
Attracting a new generation into the world of engineering The #FSN20 is Field Service News’ annual celebration of excellence, innovation and leadership within the global field service sector. One of this year’s members is Sarah Brettle, Director, Customer Service Division, Ford. Having joined Ford in 2010, Brettle has served...
Working towards inclusivity and diversity within an engineering workforce
Working towards inclusivity and diversity within an engineering workforce The #FSN20 is Field Service News’ annual celebration of excellence, innovation and leadership within the global field service sector. One of this year’s members is Sarah Brettle, Director, Customer Service Division, Ford. Having joined Ford in 2010,...
Challenges in the final mile are only going to get harder
The challenges of final mile delivery are ones all field service professionals understand only too well. The Pareto principle is alive and well in field service logistics. Every time our engineers head to a customer site in an urban centre – eighty percent of their journey time is likely spent on the last twenty percent …...
What does the introduction of remote-first mean for service operations?
What does the introduction of remote-first mean for service operations? Konica Minolta’s Ged Cranny, Zdenek Vrbka and Laszlo Szilas-Neff join Field Service News Editor-in-Chief, Kris Oldland to discuss their remote-service journey and explain why they developed their own internal remote-service delivery solution AIRe Link. The...
We need to rethink training in field service
We need to rethink training in field service Field Service News and ServiceNow have recently partnered on an exclusive new white paper “Understanding The Next Phase Of IoT Evolution” and as part of the planning for this paper, Kris Oldland, Editor-in-Chief, Field Service News, was joined on the Field Service News Digital...