Columbus Launches New Field Service Solution With Advanced Business Intelligence, IoT Reporting and Predictive Maintenance Capabilities

NOTTINGHAM, England, October 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --

At a glance:  

• End-to-end solution leverages power of Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Field Service 
• Brings greater operational visibility to close the customer feedback loop in service operations and achieve positive end-customer experiences 
• Improves first time fix rate with mixed reality remote assistance 

Columbus, the global digital business services provider, has today announced the launch of a fully connected and mobile Field Service solution. Columbus has created an end-to-end intelligent Field Service solution that utilises the full Dynamics 365 platform. This includes seamless integration between Dynamics 365 for Field Service and IoT sensor reporting, predictive maintenance and advanced business intelligence to enable customers to make real-time, data-driven decisions on operations. Completing the field service scenario is Dynamics 365 Remote Assist, the mixed reality heads-up display technology delivered via HoloLens devices.

Columbus has drawn on over 25 years of manufacturing industry experience to develop the new solution, which enables medium and large enterprises to quickly adopt and leverage emerging technologies to take full advantage of digital disruption and develop a competitive advantage. The Columbus Field Service offering introduces greater operational visibility by connecting the entire service supply chain to deliver a personalised, customer-focused experience and reduce operational costs.

For organisations looking to tailor a Field Service solution around existing systems, Columbus also integrates out-of-the-box with Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations to optimise additional processes such as work orders and invoicing.

By consolidating data streams to provide businesses with a holistic view of operational performance, the solution helps boost scheduling efficiency, first time fix rate, engineer punctuality, on-site productivity and engineer billable time, while enabling engineers to identify more opportunities to cross-sell and up-sell services and products.

Mary Hunter, Managing Director at Columbus UK 

"As customers become increasingly connected, businesses must evolve accordingly to maintain a high level of service and meet rising expectations. Columbus helps organisations such as Orangebox, Handicare, and Capital Solutions to add value to their businesses and support a customer-centric experience. The new Columbus Field Service solution extends this ability even further to introduce greater business intelligence, end-to-end business process automation and drive cost efficiencies."

Chris Mean, COO at Columbus UK 

"We are dedicated to supporting organisations throughout every step of their digitisation and servitisation journey, and the Columbus Field Service solution coupled with the extensive expertise of our consultants allows them to enhance and modernise their field service offering at any stage. Our new solution will provide organisations with the ability to harness the full potential of the Microsoft Dynamics 365 portfolio and extend their value stream accordingly."

About Columbus
Columbus is a listed IT services and consulting company with 2,000 employees serving customers worldwide. Columbus helps ambitious companies transform, maximize and futureproof their business digitally. We are experts within the industries retail, food, distribution and manufacturing. We've proved this through more than 28 years of experience helping more than 4,200 customers world-wide. Columbus is headquartered in Denmark with offices and partners all around the world.