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5 Features to Enhance Facility Work Order Management

Less work and more order. This is what facility managers strive for in their work order management processes, but unless the right systems are in place, this is easier said than done.

From request to closure, the process of creating, assigning, tracking, and approving multiple maintenance work orders with varying priority levels across sites requires a great deal of time and energy.

Luckily there are solutions to help streamline maintenance work order management and keep your facility running smoothly.

How to Optimize Your Digital Inpection Forms

Making the switch from paper to digital inspection forms is a win in itself. You save time, money and headaches while improving operations and safety. If you’re already at this point, it’s now time to start thinking about how to best optimize your digital inspection forms.

How to Establish Quality Control Processes in Manufacturing

5 ways to Use nfc technology in the field

NFC technology will help streamline processes for your team in the field, leading to more productivity. To take full advantage of this wireless communication, however, you’ll need to pair it with a digital forms and automated workflow solution.

Without effective, consistent quality control (QC) processes, companies risk revenue loss due to redundancy or recalls, liability and a lack of trust in the product and brand. Luckily, there are proven steps to help you establish efficient quality control in your manufacturing operations.

A construction daily log (or daily report) is necessary to track and document all major aspects of a construction project. Usually filled out by the site manager, it provides stakeholders with a detailed record of day-to-day activities, progress and noteworthy events

Compared with reactive maintenance (repairing equipment after it’s already broken down) preventive maintenance requires regular, routine maintenance practices. The goal is to prevent assets from breaking down in the first place, which in turn extends their working life.

We’re always upgrading our product with new features and enhancements. Here are a few NEW FEATURES that you can use right now

FastField, a leading provider of innovative mobile forms solutions, has joined forces with Quickbase, a premier business workflow and management solution. This acquisition marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter for both companies, as we combine our strengths, expertise, and resources to deliver even greater value to our customers and the market as a whole.

Quality management involves overseeing your organization’s activities to ensure that your product or service, as well as the means used to provide it, consistently meets expectations. It involves your whole team throughout all processes.

While ensuring jobsite safety is a priority at any workplace, maintaining constant compliance with OSHA regulations can be challenging. It requires staying ready for random inspections, keeping detailed paper trails, educating your team and adapting to changing regulations.

Cloud computing and storage are extremely advantageous to any business’ reporting workflow. The cloud is especially beneficial for teams who must report from the field or off-site locations to the back office.

Whether you’re in transit, at a remote site or in a facility with an unreliable signal, this scenario is all too common. Luckily, with the right mobile data collection solution, you’ll be able to complete that digital form even when you’re offline.

One of the largest overhead expenses for the average business is an ancient material: paper. Let’s take a look at how paper-based business costs companies in ways you may not realize.

The days of fumbling through paper forms in the field have blown away (as paper forms so often do). Not only do they often result in illegible, erroneous reports, but physical documents also lead to slow data transfer and disorganization.

As any site manager knows, environmental inspections from regulatory bodies are a regular and inevitable occurrence that can lead to costly violations if you’re caught unprepared and unorganized.

While moving from paper-based reporting to a digital workflow is one of the best decisions you can make for your business, it’s important that you take full advantage of the resources available.

Jobsite safety should be a top priority in any industry, but for those who work in the field with dangerous machinery – often under intense physical conditions – the stakes are even higher:

On Thursday, October 6, 2022 FastField announced a new integration that will further align field staff with the back office for our users in the construction space: Autodesk Construction Cloud®.

With complex operations across multiple sites, it’s often a challenge to clearly communicate issues between the field and the back office, perform timely corrective actions, keep track of form statuses and standardize reporting procedures.

Inventory management is a complex and vital aspect of any business. In the manufacturing industry, the stakes are even higher, as any disruption to production inventory risks slowdowns and stoppages.

Vegetation management exists to control unwanted vegetation in order to prevent outages, reduce danger, maintain an asset’s performance and allow access to infrastructure. A crucial role within vegetation management is the vegetation management inspector.

We’ll walk you through the basic guidelines and considerations for the inspection frequency of onshore and offshore oil rigging equipment. We’ll also provide tips on how to optimize inspection procedures in order to enhance performance and ensure the protection of personnel and the environment.

Toolbox talks help promote a culture of safety on the construction site. Not only do these briefings serve as reminders of safety protocols and bring awareness to hazards, but they also play a role in ensuring that your team stays OSHA compliant.

As the construction and engineering industry continues to recover from the 2020 recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s becoming increasingly necessary to build smarter and faster while still maintaining safety compliance and quality standards.

Without effective, consistent quality control (QC) processes, companies risk revenue loss due to redundancy or recalls, liability and a lack of trust in the product and brand. Luckily, there are proven steps to help you establish efficient quality control in your manufacturing operations.

Offline Mobile Data Collection

How to Optimize Environmental Inspections

Whether you’re in transit, at a remote site or in a facility with an unreliable signal, this scenario is all too common. Luckily, with the right mobile data collection solution, you’ll be able to complete that digital form even when you’re offline.

The High Cost of Paper-Based Business

How to Optimize Environmental Inspections

One of the largest overhead expenses for the average business is an ancient material: paper. Let’s take a look at how paper-based business costs companies in ways you may not realize.

10 Advantages of a Cloud-Based Workflow

How to Optimize Environmental Inspections

Cloud computing and storage are extremely advantageous to any business’ reporting workflow. The cloud is especially beneficial for teams who must report from the field or off-site locations to the back office.

How to Optimize Environmental Inspections

How to Optimize Environmental Inspections

As any site manager knows, environmental inspections from regulatory bodies are a regular and inevitable occurrence that can lead to costly violations if you’re caught unprepared and unorganized.

8 Tips for creating the perfect form

8 Tips for creating the perfect form

While moving from paper-based reporting to a digital workflow is one of the best decisions you can make for your business, it’s important that you take full advantage of the resources available.

5 reasons to go paperless

5 reasons to go paperless

The days of fumbling through paper forms in the field have blown away (as paper forms so often do). Not only do they often result in illegible, erroneous reports, but physical documents also lead to slow data transfer and disorganization.

How to improve jobsite safety

How to improve jobsite safety

Jobsite safety should be a top priority in any industry, but for those who work in the field with dangerous machinery – often under intense physical conditions – the stakes are even higher:

Leveraging technology for Utility management

Leveraging technology for Utility management

Vegetation management exists to control unwanted vegetation in order to prevent outages, reduce danger, maintain an asset’s performance and allow access to infrastructure. A crucial role within vegetation management is the vegetation management inspector.

5 ways to streamline Field data collection and Reporting

5 ways to streamline Field data collection and Reporting

With complex operations across multiple sites, it’s often a challenge to clearly communicate issues between the field and the back office, perform timely corrective actions, keep track of form statuses and standardize reporting procedures.

How Often Should Oil Rigs be Inspected?

How Often Should Oil Rigs be Inspected?

We’ll walk you through the basic guidelines and considerations for the inspection frequency of onshore and offshore oil rigging equipment. We’ll also provide tips on how to optimize inspection procedures in order to enhance performance and ensure the protection of personnel and the environment.

Inventory Management Technology in Manufacturing

Inventory Management Technology in Manufacturing

Inventory management is a complex and vital aspect of any business. In the manufacturing industry, the stakes are even higher, as any disruption to production inventory risks slowdowns and stoppages.

How to Establish Quality Control Processes in Manufacturing

How to Establish Quality Control Processes in Manufacturing

Without effective, consistent quality control (QC) processes, companies risk revenue loss due to redundancy or recalls, liability and a lack of trust in the product and brand. Luckily, there are proven steps to help you establish efficient quality control in your manufacturing operations.

9 uses of technology in construction and engineering

9 Uses of Technology in Construction and Engineering

As the construction and engineering industry continues to recover from the 2020 recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s becoming increasingly necessary to build smarter and faster while still maintaining safety compliance and quality standards.

6 toolbox talk tips

6 Toolbox Talk Tips

Toolbox talks help promote a culture of safety on the construction site. Not only do these briefings serve as reminders of safety protocols and bring awareness to hazards, but they also play a role in ensuring that your team stays OSHA compliant.

NEW INTEGRATION
WITH AUTODESK CONSTRUCTION CLOUD

NEW INTEGRATION
WITH AUTODESK CONSTRUCTION CLOUD

On Thursday, October 6, 2022 FastField announced a new integration that will further align field staff with the back office for our users in the construction space: Autodesk Construction Cloud®.