Service III: Manage and Deliver with Q360 v23.02
In this MasterClass webinar, we discuss Service management and delivery processes.
This webinar was recorded on August 28, 2024. View or download slide deck here
Agenda:
- Introduction | 02:47
- Discussion between Brad Malone and Tofiq Indawala
- What is a Service Call?
- Back Office Functions | 04:32
- Customer / Site Setup | 04:35, demo at 05:44
- Service Alerts subtab
- Acct subtab
- Techs subtab
- Recurring Calls subtab
- Access Info subtab
- Call Setup | 10:49, demo at 13:22
- Products and System > Service
- General Codes
- Open Service Calls
- Set up recurring maintenance / inspections
- Key Service Call fields
- Call Management | 20:13, demo at 23:55
- SLAs
- Triage
- Schedule / Preferred Service Dates
- Dispatch
- Communication | Excluded from this webinar (see detailed information on our Help Center)
- Email Alerts
- Tracking Number
- Customer / Site Setup | 04:35, demo at 05:44
- Poll 1 | Which of the Management topics discussed could you improve upon? | 25:41
- Techs | 26:57
- Dispatch, Instructions, Schedule, Work | 27:06, demo at 29:22
- Tech View
- My Task List
- Time Billing
- Checklists
- Events
- Call Completion | 28:13, demo at 32:57
- Tech inventory
- Update checklists
- Schedule return visits (if needed)
- Solution Code
- Customer Signature
- Update Call Status
- In-field credit card payments with FLEX license (beta)
- Dispatch, Instructions, Schedule, Work | 27:06, demo at 29:22
- Poll 2 | Which of the Tech topics discussed could you improve upon? | 33:46
- Back Office Functions – Accounting | 34:59, demo at 37:44
- Post time bills
- Check Dispatch Close
- Preview Billing Report
- Call Billing
- Fixed
- T & M
- Revenue / COGS
- Online Credit Card payment option (beta)
- GL Account setup
- Poll 3 | Which of the Accounting topics discussed could you improve upon? | 43:53
- Customer Portal | 45:20, demo at 46:21
- Service Admin setup
- Dashboards
- Active Calls
- Recent Events
- Customer-facing Reports
- Unpaid / Paid Invoices
- CC Payments (v24.01 beta)
- Reports | 48:58
- Service Overview Workflow Queues
- Dispatch Queue
- Event Queue
- Service Call Open / Closed Dashboards
- Service Contract Profitability
- Customer Call History
- Call Profit Report
- Service Overview Workflow Queues
- Summary | 50:17
- Q&A (see below) | 51:49
- Poll 5 | Would you like to be contacted regarding further training on “Service” in Q360?
- Wrap Up and References | 57:05
Prefer to view or download this MasterClass slide deck?
Interested in learning more?
- Service I: Philosophy – Service with Q360 Webinar Series, June 26, 2024
- Service II: Sell and Set Up – Service with Q360 Webinar Series, July 24, 2024
- Release Highlights v23.01 – significant Service module enhancements
- Release Highlights v23.02 – Preferred Service Date / Time Requests | Recurring Calls, Maintenance
- Contact Solutions360 Customer Care team at support@solutions360.com to schedule your upgrade to Q360 v23.02
Q&A from this MasterClass
Tech / Flex are licenses and have to be set using the User Maintenance screen Extended Menu option Change User Type.
There are no current plans to offer this. We’ll need to better understand the Use Case.
Yes, you can set up Subcontractors as Users in Q360 without login capabilities and set them as the Preferred Tech.
Please contact your Customer Care Team for caption changes.
This will require a dedicated training session. Please contact our Consulting Team for pricing and options.
You will need to log in through the Q360 URL. There are no plans at this time to create a new Tech App.
As new versions are released, this information becomes available on our Help Center. Please contact our Customer Care Team if you are interested in upgrading and we will be happy to assist you.
Yes, the Customer Portal is available in most Q360 versions. Please contact our Customer Care Team and Sales teams for information on activating your Customer Portal.
Reports can be written to determine current User and associated Customer No.. This may require a stored proc be created.
This information with step-by-step instruction is available on our Help Center.
We would need more information regarding your specific needs, but many of our reports are detailed on our Help Center. Search by report name, number, or click on the Knowledge Base menu and select Reports to see a list of all documented reports.
No. The Tech View you saw demonstrated today is available as a Q360 view option the works well with mobile devices.
Absolutely. The reports mentioned in each MasterClass will be listed in the Agenda > Reports (and Dashboards / Workflows) section of the MasterClass page on the Help Center, typically, immediately following the live webinar. The majority of the reports listed are hyperlinks and will take you to additional detailed information about each report.
Yes, however, this may require a customization.
This requires a caption change. Please contact your Customer Care Team.
You may have as many options in dropdown menus (fed by General Codes) as you like. However, keep in mind that very long dropdown menus may be difficult for your users to navigate.