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The Salesforce Field Service buyer's guide.

What Salesforce Field Service does, when it fits and when to wait, how 9 industries use it, how to roll it out, and the mistakes we are most often called in to fix. Written for buyers, by consultants who implement it.

  • 8 chapters
  • 6 capabilities explained
  • 9 industries
  • 6,412 words
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What's inside.

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  1. What Salesforce Field Service does

    6 capabilities explained in plain language.

  2. When Salesforce Field Service fits, and when to wait

    A checklist of when it is a good fit and when to think twice.

  3. Salesforce Field Service by industry

    How 9 industries use Salesforce Field Service, with use cases and what to get right first.

  4. How to roll it out

    Step-by-step rollout plan.

  5. Mistakes to avoid

    4 mistakes we are most often called in to fix, and what to do instead.

  6. Questions buyers ask

    5 questions buyers ask.

  7. Results from our projects

    4 results from Abstrakt Solutions projects.

  8. Next steps

    Free assessments and how to reach a consultant.

Excerpt from the guide

Is Salesforce Field Service a fit?

Three of the signs that Salesforce Field Service is the right next step. The full guide adds when to wait, the rollout plan and the mistakes to avoid.

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  • Technicians drive between customer locations every day, and whoever builds tomorrow’s schedule spends hours reconciling skills, geography and customer promises by hand.
  • You already run Service Cloud cases and want the repair visit, the parts used and the customer conversation recorded against the same asset history.
  • Service contracts obligate you to recurring inspections or maintenance, and a missed visit creates a penalty, a warranty dispute or a compliance finding.

Who wrote it.

Abstrakt Solutions is a Salesforce Select partner based in St. Louis that implements Salesforce Field Service, with 108 Salesforce certifications and a 4.95 out of 5 rating from 92 reviews on Salesforce AgentExchange (formerly AppExchange).

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