TimeLinx Talk Weekly Project and Service Newsletter – Edition 183

How to Write an Effective Business Plan for a Small Company – When you’re starting a business or planning to expand, having a business plan can help to get you on track and get some detail behind your ideas. However, many businesses don’t have a business plan. So what are the advantages of business planning and how could it help your business to succeed?  To understand the importance of writing a plan, click the image to get all the details…

What It Really Takes to Build a Tech Company  –

When it comes to creating a business in the tech industry, Michelle You proves you don’t need to be super technical or an expert.With no background in coding or programming, but  a love for music, she helped to co-found Songkick, a company that helps you find out when your favorite artists are playing live shows. This business idea came with major obstacles, with long hours scouring the internet for live music listings and an eventual lawsuit against industry giant Ticketmaster. Click the image to read the story…

The ERP Selection Process: Some Assembly Required: Determining the Costs of Your ERP System – You have your power team, you’ve determined your top business drivers, and you’ve even developed your short list of business needs your ERP system must meet. What next? Time to factor in the cost versus the value of a new ERP system. Can you put a value on your ERP system? Click the image to get all of the details…

7 Experts Share 6 Rules to Create a Winning Business Formula – Recent events—namely a global pandemic—have transformed the way we work to suit our new way of living. For business owners, it’s meant learning how to be more adaptable in the face of uncertainty; being able to pivot quickly to overcome sudden change. For dreamers and budding entrepreneurs, there’s a lot to consider. Click the image to read this compelling article…

Infor CRM vs Salesforce Sales Cloud: Which CRM is the Winner? – Micromanaging your business’ relationships with individual customers is so 2008. Customer relationship management (CRM) software has been making marketers, sales teams, and managers’ lives easier for years. This article is a faceoff of two industry giants, Salesforce vs. Infor CRM. Click the image to learn who the clear winner is…

Sometimes Things Just Do Not Go As Planned : Edition 83 – Las Vegas is recognized for its towering resorts and casinos, its massive theatrical productions, high rolling excessive personalities and sunny hot weather. The climate is ideal for most hotels to have lavish patios and pools for their patrons to enjoy but sometimes things just do not go as planned. Click the link to watch this unusual desert weather phenomenon, a dust devil, overwhelm the guests by this resort pool…

5 Mind-Blowing Statistics About Technology Adoption In Field Work – It’s hard to imagine the field work industry as a high-tech place when the most prominent visual we have is a large van or truck (likely with a ladder on top). The reality, though, is that field workers have a huge technology adoption curve – and even bigger technology needs. Between customer demands for increased speed,contactless service, and the desire to solve problems without having someone come into your home, field service is due for a huge technology revamp. Click the image to read the story…

Field Service Management Market Size –

The global field service management market size is expected to reach USD 174.19 Billion in 2030 and register a revenue CAGR of 17.6% over the period, according to latest report by Reports and Data. Demand for mobility for real-time visibility is a key factor expected to drive market revenue growth during the forecast period. Monitoring of field technicians is expected to aid in the dispatch of the nearest tech to resolve an issue. Click the image to get the story…

5 Ways Leading Service Firms Respond in an Economic Crisis –  COVID-19 continues to have significant effects on the world economy. In the financial services industry, companies need to understand the current health of their firms and investments so that they can respond to the constant flow of new information on shutdowns, reopening’s, unemployment rates, recession data, and government relief programs. Click the image to read the entire story…

Let’s Get Digital: 3 Ways to Adopt Technology for Small Business – For the past few years, small and mid- sized businesses (SMBs) have fended off pressure from pretty much every angle. Brexit came first, followed by the pandemic, and now they face impacts of the rising cost of living, widespread supply chain disruption, the impact of war, difficulty attracting and retaining talent, and higher borrowing rates. Click the image to read this compelling article…

Fundamental Principles that Must be Applied to Driving Remote Service Adoption –  As any service management leader who has implemented a technology solution will attest, driving user adoption is the fulcrum of whether the project is a success or failure. The introduction of new technology within the service operations chain can often fail to hit the predicted return of investment, not because the tools or systems were inadequate to do the job but simply because the user adoption remained poor. Click the image…

Sometimes Things Just Do Not Go As Planned: Edition 82 – The aviation industry continues to be the world’s safest form of travel but sometimes things just do not go as planned. Recently, a private plane piloted by the actor Harrison Ford, famous for roles in Star Wars, Indiana Jones and many other films, flew right over a grounded airliner that had 110 people aboard before landing on the taxiway, narrowly avoiding a potentially serious aviation accident. Click the image to watch this potentially dangerous video…

Did You Know TimeLinx Now Offers a Full Featured Disconnected Mobile Application for Field Personnel?  – In early 2020 TimeLinx announced the development of a new disconnected mobile application that would allow field personnel the ability to complete their work without access to the internet. That project is is now complete and we encourage clients, prospects and partners to inquire about it. The new release gives technicians and complete freedom to perform their work regardless of their location and the system automatically syncronizes when reconnected. Click the image to get complete details…

8 Reasons to Finance Business Software Purchases – TimeLinx Software has been proud to partner with Dimension Funding since 2018. Dimension Funding has been the premiere lending partner for the software industry for nearly 20 years. In addition to tax benefits for businesses, here are 8 reasons why financing business software and professional services makes complete sense. Click the image to learn how quick and easy it is as well how your company can benefit from it…

TimeLinx FREE ROI Calculator – Want to know how quickly you can obtain a return on your investment using TimeLinx? Download this simple ROI Calculator, input your applicable data-points, include a minimum of 30 (%) in efficiencies across your organization and the calculator will quickly illustrate how much money you will save per day and per year. Click the image for complete details…

TimeLinx – Project and Service Management Software Buying Guide –
The way business is done has changed dramatically, and if you’re considering this buyer’s guide, it’s because you’re seeking a software solution to streamline your business processes, increase productivity and efficiency, and reduce costly data entry errors…Click the image to download the Buyers Guide…

The Basics of Partnering with TimeLinx During Uncertain Times – The TimeLinx Partner Advantage Program is a perfect complement for mid-market resellers, business partners and technology consulting firms supporting businesses in the project and service industry. The Partner Advantage Program includes some of the best margins, support, training and administration offerings in software publishing…

TimeLinx Investor Information Center – Regardless of the impacts of the Corona Virus, TimeLinx is reporting some the strongest financial results in the company’s history and seeking outside investment to expedite the time to market in the re-launch of the new platform agnostic version of TimeLinx including all modules. Interested parties should click the image and download the complete market analysis and investor presentation…

With Uncertain Times, the Experience of Your Technology Provider is More Important than Ever. Please Take the Opportunity to Meet the TimeLinx Leadership Team – The executive team at TimeLinx sets the strategic direction for the company, supports a passion for continual innovation and a drive to meet the unmet needs of customers and business partners. The team brings together over 80 years of diverse, yet complimentary experience with the goal of providing industry leading technology solutions to the market. Click the image and meet the team…

Like, Share and Follow – TimeLinx has always recognized the importance of social media but understand it is more important than ever. As more and more people are getting their news from the likes of Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn we have begun to expand our investment in these channels. Our volume and frequency of information has increased but we can still use your help by liking, sharing and following us and it is as easy clicking the image…

TimeLinx Content Archive – With dozens of newsletters, hundreds of blog posts, more than 300 industry related stories, 12,000 downloads and readership asking for a complete archive and an easy way to reference all of the great content published in the last 14 months…we’ve delivered. If you have an interest in news related to Sage, Infor or the Project and Field Service Management Industry, just click the image for a complete catalog…