It wasn’t too long ago that the term “mobile workforce” was seen as almost exclusively a blue collar issue. Jobs in construction and home service repairs often needed some sort of mobile connectivity to work efficiently. However, these days almost any type of workforce has a need for mobile solutions.
According to research firm IDC, over 75% of the entire workforce in the United States is mobile in 2011. Jobs all across the pay scale have a need for staying mobile, and it’s vital for a company to be connected if they want to succeed.
With all this connectivity comes confusion and problems, though. Recently, an oilfield instrumentation system provider performed an internal audit on their customer service and help desk. They found that roughly 30% of the time those employees were so busy going back and forth with mobile employees they couldn’t actually do their job of talking to customers!
To avoid situations like that, AppDirect has several management solution possibilities at your disposal. Best of all, you can manage your mobile workforce without breaking your budget!
Manage Your Project with Conductrus
When your employees are part of a mobile workforce, it generally means they’re going to be in the office about as frequently as a lunar eclipse. However, it doesn’t mean everyone automatically knows the most recent updates to projects and the company. And this is information they need to know.
Instead of pulling your hair out trying to get everyone together, try using Conductrus. It allows you to keep your wandering warriors updated on all the latest scheduling updates and changes to company and government regulation they may otherwise be unaware of. If you’ve ever run into problems with a scheduling conflict or customer demand issues, Conductrus may just be what you need.
Manage Your Workers with Yast
Every company wants to make sure their employees are living up to their full potential. This includes making sure they get all their work done in a timely fashion. It’s especially true if your company bills by the hour – you want to fairly represent all the work you do without losing any profits in the process. What to do?
Luckily, Yast is here to help. Not only can you stop manually counting service hours in order to put together an invoice, you can track how much time your employees are spending on a job. Thanks to its user-friendly interface, your employees will be able to easily time each of their tasks. The application takes care of the rest, from automatically adding records to the projects to generating reports.
Manage Your Invoices with FreeAgent
Speaking of invoices, how much of a pain in the neck are they? Invoices are easily one of the most obnoxious things you have to deal with when managing a mobile workforce, considering all the effort that just goes into making sure you bill your customers correctly. In fact, a survey by SnagaJob in 2010 had 38% entrepreneurs saying “bookkeeping woes” were their biggest frustration.
To make things easier, we suggest checking out FreeAgent. When you were going through school or working your way up the ranks, were you worried about the accounting aspects of the job? More than likely not; you were too busy either starting or reshaping the business.
FreeAgent lets you manage accounting with no crazy jargon or complicated math. You can send invoices, analyze bank statements, and even build real-time accounts. This can free up loads of time for other aspects of your job, especially when it cuts down on accounting errors that cost you money!
Check out Conductrus, Yast, FreeAgent and more apps for managing your mobile workforce by logging into AppDirect today.
