The Top Five Things New Admins Should Know

Are you a new Customer trying to learn how to use Field2Base Products? Are you representing an existing Customer but are new to Field2Base yourself? It can seem like a lot to take in at first but with some guidance and the right materials you will be managing your Field2Base environment like a seasoned expert in no time. To help you hit the ground running, we’ve compiled this list of the top five things all…

Terminology Changes Coming to F2B Products

The Terms, They Are A Changing A lot has changed at Field2Base since the calendar rolled over to 2018. One of the biggest changes was to make a commitment to more aggressively update our products as well as communicate what we’re doing and why we’re doing it. We’ve made great strides by adopting agile methodologies and procuring more feedback from our existing and prospective Customers than ever before. One thing that hasn’t changed, and will…

Field Service USA Recap

Admittedly, I’m not as much of an experienced traveler as I’d like to be. Most of my traveling consists of being stuck in a car driving from North Carolina to Florida. However, this past April I was lucky enough to fly out to sunny California to attend our first Field Service USA conference on behalf of Field2Base. This was my first time ever stepping foot in California, so I was extremely excited to see what the week…

Leveraging API Technology

Mobile forms can be so much more than “just forms” to your business. By embedding today’s API technology into your digital forms, you can transform your entire field and home office operations. APIs provide a way to integrate with web services and this is done in innumerable ways. Distance Think of a form as a web browser or even a mobile app where you can receive data from various sources, as well as submitting the…

All Aboard the Big Data Train

If you’ve ever spent time on the Internet searching for business solutions, there’s no doubt you’ve most likely come across the concept of “Big Data.” For most of you, I am sure this is one of the main reasons you clicked on this article. For the rest of you who are looking to learn more about this term, welcome! Where have you been? What is big data? Simply put, big data is exactly what it…

The Tip of the Iceberg…

Aside from the movie Titanic, I don’t have much knowledge about icebergs. However, you hear the phrase all the time – the majority of every iceberg is under water, out of sight for most people.  It’s a common fact that 90% of an iceberg’s mass is below the surface, and this fact can be related to most things in life. Ninety percent of the people you meet and interact with everyday are agreeable/pleasant to be around,…

A Conversation with Matthew Lockridge

We recently sat down with Matthew Lockridge, to get to know him better and learn more about his journey during his time here at Field2Base. Question: Tell us a little about yourself… Matthew: My name is Matthew Lockridge and I am the Chief Strategy Officer at Field2Base. I grew up in South Carolina and have lived in the Southeast for much of my life. Even though I consider myself a Southerner, I must admit, I was born…

Paper isn’t safe!

Let’s face it – paper isn’t safe. It can be easily destroyed, damaged or lost. There are multiple ways a paper document can be modified or altered that are almost impossible to detect. Have you ever tried to track down an important document that is “missing” only to find it at the bottom of a pile on someone’s desk? What about trying to generate analytics from a piece of paper, or paper trail? There’s no such thing!…

Form Analytics: The Key to Successful Field Service Automation

The idea that data analytics plays a vital role to a business’ success in 2018 is an understatement to say the least. Take the following scenario for example: A telecommunications company launches a new smartphone that ends up not being as profitable as projected, eventually resulting in a loss of revenue. Zero market or product research analysis was completed before or after the product launch. How would the telecommunications company determine the flaws in their…

The Real Cost of Paper

In today’s economy, companies both large and small are always searching for new ways to reduce expenses, eliminate excess, and increase efficiencies across processes. Furthermore, today’s advanced technologies have allotted these businesses multiple options to achieve these challenging benchmarks. As a result, digital documents, email communication, and cloud storage has become more accessible and secure for even the smallest organizations. This begs the question – why are so many of us STILL pushing paper around?…