Start Using Mobile Lawn Care Software Apps Today

Most employees own a smartphone nowadays, so why not take advantage of those devices for the benefit of your lawn care business? Mobile lawn care software can help organize and track jobs for employees, streamlining the job process. In this article, will run down some of the benefits of using mobile lawn care software, using Smart Service as an example. Ready to get started?

Getting Organized

With Smart Service lawn care software, employees can view a complete list of their jobs for the day on their mobile device. That means you don't need to print out work orders and hand them to each of your employees every morning. Instead, all lawn mowing jobs scheduled in the office for Jim will automatically appear on Jim’s mobile device. Your employees can access everything they need on their mobile device, such as schedules, addresses, phone numbers, and job details. Smart Service lists jobs in order, helping your employees stay on task. 

Navigation

Whether they use Android or iOS, employees can take advantage of the navigation/mapping apps on their device. A simple tap on your next fertilizing appointment provides directions to the site. This will save your lawn care company in terms of both labor hours and gas. Using navigation can also help your employees avoid traffic. 

Collecting Information

Using a mobile application like Smart Service for your lawn care company gives you a great and convenient way to collect information. If you need to keep track of what products you used (and the amount used) for a fertilizing job, employees can track this digitally. This information gets synced back to the office, saving the time and potential for error created by an office staffer reentering the info into your database. 

Professional Work Orders

Any notes that employees wrote for customers get entered in the mobile app and sync back to the office. After completing a job, employees can email the work order with the products used (as well as any additional notes) to the customer. Employees can also take before and after pictures of their landscaping work, then include these on the work order. With all the information on the mobile app (such as customer name, job items, and job notes), the work order will be ready to be emailed quickly after service is completed.

Collecting Payment

Instead of printing and mailing an invoice to your customer, your employees can collect payments immediately after they have completed the job with the Smart Service mobile application. This gives you a much more reliable option than having your employees carry large amounts of cash or checks with them as they complete their jobs throughout the day. The mobile application also stores customer payment information securely so that payments can process at the end of every recurring service that the customer receives. This will save your lawn care company money by eliminating the print and mail method, saving the labor cost as well as postage. More importantly, your company will get paid quicker!

Conclusion

Mobile applications represent a big investment for your lawn care business. These tools allow your employees to track their jobs for the day and navigate quickly and efficiently to their destinations. Lawn care software will also save your office personnel time, eliminating double data entry. Technicians can collect payments on site, entering payment information into the mobile application. The Smart Service mobile app provides all of these benefits to your employees, helping your business save money. If your employees already have a mobile device, downloading and setting up the Smart Service mobile app only takes a few minutes. To learn more about Smart Service, request a free demo today.