cHow gives you timely, insightful and precise information about how your enterprise is performing. This means being proactive and capable of responding faster.
Are stores being supplied with your products? Are they displayed the way you want them to be? Are your promotional materials being delivered? Your dedicated team can report whatever you need, in real-time.
cHow's mobile technology lets you better manage your distribution network and shortens both problem resolution and revenue turnaround times.
Create a plan to be executed in the field. The plan may consist of open questions, closed questions, images…
Create deadlines for your tasks and assign them to users. You may also allow users to delegate tasks to other users.
Define the locations or areas in which the tasks are to be executed. You may also define the desired number of executions.
Using a mobile application, the users perform their tasks according to the plan. The actual execution of the task is confirmed using geolocation.
The task results, responses and images can be viewed in and exported from a comprehensive reporting system.
CRM systems are focused on relationships with members of defined organizations. They all have addresses, phone numbers etc. Your sales team reports information based on conversations during visits and calls, calculate the potential and monitor the life-cycle of every client.
Get real-time data from your field team – easily and reliably.
It can be challenging to manage large, distributed workforces. cHow will dramatically amplify the value of your field team. Just create, assign, execute and report on thousands of tasks in a flash all while generating the real-time insights that you need.
cHow enables you to not only collect data, but also to collaborate closer, letting your various colleagues know your plans and daily operations.
cHow helps to inform business strategy and drive business growth. Our platform leverages the latest innovations in mobile and GPS technology, supporting the needs of your business both today and into the future.
cHow simplifies the engagement process from onboarding to project management, while also delivering important metrics to help inform business strategy and drive business growth.
The company delivers leaflets and promotional newsletters to houses and flats. Its clients are usually commercial retail chains (e.g. supermarkets or drugstores). The reports regarding delivery performance are based on information acquired by field agents controlling predefined locations.
The company's internal auditors make routine visits to their petrol stations. After each visit they report numerous issues – the execution of promotional activities, cleanliness, supply status etc. The data in these reports – Station Assessment Sheets – are delivered to the appropriate departments within the organization so they can take corrective actions. The aggregate data is used by management to get a broad view of the overall situation within the company in order to make strategic decisions.
After inspecting a damaged object that is the subject of an insurance procedure (i.e. a crashed car), insurance experts are compelled to fill out a protocol with a description of their findings. These process often happens in stressful and even uncomfortable circumstances. The protocol is a prerequisite for the next steps of the process of reimbursement.
The company delivers leaflets and promotional newsletters to houses and flats. Its clients are usually commercial retail chains (e.g. supermarkets or drugstores). The reports regarding delivery performance are based on information acquired by field agents controlling predefined locations.
Paper forms, filled out by field agents and sent by post.
Field agents work with a mobile application and use it to report the current situation. The time needed for reporting is cut in half.
LABOR COSTS PERFORMANCEAt the HQ, employees entered the data from the forms into computers. Aggregate data for a given month were available only at the beginning of the following month.
The management is able to monitor data in real time. They are therefore able to take corrective action.
LABOR COSTS REAL-TIME MONITORING REACTION TO EVENTSTask distribution among field agents was a manual job. Modifications over the course of a month were difficult.
Work planning got flexible – field agents can be informed instantly about new tasks, which in turn are dependent on the current situation in his or her designated area.
PLANNING WORK MANAGEMENT REACTION TO EVENTSTo have any information regarding distribution quality, the client needed to involve their own employees to perform field checks together with the distribution company agents.
Companies using the distribution services can also monitor the distribution performance in real-time which serves as a quality assurance for the commissioned work.
LABOR COSTS CREDIBILITYThe company's internal auditors make routine visits to their petrol stations. After each visit they report numerous issues – the execution of promotional activities, cleanliness, supply status etc. The data in these reports – Station Assessment Sheets – are delivered to the appropriate departments within the organization so they can take corrective actions. The aggregate data is used by management to get a broad view of the overall situation within the company in order to make strategic decisions.
Regional managers filled out the Station Assessment Sheets on paper or using their laptops, whichever they preferred. The completed sheets were sent via email to HQ – to various employees in different departments.
Regional managers use the mobile application to fill in the Station Assessment Sheets.
LABOR COSTS PERFORMANCEAt HQ the employees in different departments extracted relevant sections of the Station Assessment Sheets. The overall scores were entered into the computer system since they were linked to the bonus system.
Management is able to view the data in real-time using the online system. They see only the sections relevant for them so they don't have to filter out unnecessary data. A space for corrective actions emerges. There is a possibility to demand additional checks in areas requiring attention.
LABOR COSTS REAL-TIME MONITORING REACTION TO EVENTSRegional managers travelled routinely designated routes. They were calculated without considering demand, but with route optimization in mind.
Work planning becomes flexible – regional managers can be instantly notified about new tasks. They work only where it is required, not where they happen to be or travel.
PERFORMANCEManagement would receive numerous reports – each focused on a specific area i.e. bar, fuel and car wash, HR (including training purposes). To get a view of the total picture they needed to compile all of the results from all of the various reports.
Management support data is available online. Getting the required reports is intuitive, quick and involves far fewer employees.
PLANNING WORK MANAGEMENT REACTION TO EVENTS LABOR COSTSThe ease of reporting short pieces of information allows regional managers to monitor the prices in competing petrol stations. They report it using the application and HQ can use the data in real time.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONAfter inspecting a damaged object that is the subject of an insurance procedure (i.e. a crashed car), insurance experts are compelled to fill out a protocol with a description of their findings. These process often happens in stressful and even uncomfortable circumstances. The protocol is a prerequisite for the next steps of the process of reimbursement.
Paper forms filled out by experts at the inspection site. Sent in paper form or scanned and emailed to HQ.
Experts work using the application and fill out all protocols online. Delivery time for sending protocols to HQ is cut by 70%.
LABOR COSTS PERFORMANCEAt HQ, employees entered the forms into a computer system.
Management is able to see incoming data in real time, which gives them a chance to intervene if necessary. Operational staff can carry out the usual steps immediately after receiving protocols.
LABOR COSTS REAL-TIME MONITORING REACTION TO EVENTS CUSTOMER SATISFACTIONAssigning tasks to experts was a manual process, difficult to modify once completed.
Work planning became very flexible – experts can be notified about new tasks and alterations to existing ones i.e. when clients warn about being late to an inspection site.
PLANNING WORK MANAGEMENT REACTION TO EVENTScHow is a complex solution which we tailor to your individual needs and implement in your company as a customized product with your brand\'s name.
At the pace the world moves today, if your data isn't in real time it has very little business value at all. That's why cHow strives for accuracy and speed which gives you a competitive advantage in a competitive market.
Sometimes meta-data is as crucial as the data itself. That's why cHow offers geo- and time-stamped photos from every collection point, making the data as solid as your methodology.
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