Created for small- and medium-size field service businesses, a cloud-based field service management solution with native mobile apps is available. It digitizes the service workflow, eliminating the need for paperwork orders and allowing field service companies to significantly streamline the scheduling process.

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The new ClearPath routing functionality, offered within the GPS Fleet Tracking platform, allows dispatchers and drivers to save time and money by finding the quickest route for a vehicle’s workday. The feature takes all of the locations and stops in a vehicle’s route and orders them to create the shortest route.

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Plumbing and mechanical contractors can build professional job submittals, ready to send to the project owner, general contractor, architect, or engineer for sign-off with Submittal Manager™. Submittal Manager can also be used by plumbing and mechanical distributors as a time-saving tool when asked to take on the submittal building task.

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The easy-to-use cloud-based tool Right-Mobile Consultant™ automates a repeatable sales process with selling techniques for the HVAC dealer. The versatile cloud-based tool for HVAC professionals was designed to work on a multitude of devices, including desktop PCs, laptops, and tablets.

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Here are additional products that were exhibited at the 2012 AHR Expo, including components and software.

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Contractors and trade professionals are relying on smartphones and other mobile technology like laptops and tablets to assist in purchase decision-making, according to a national research study conducted by Eric Mower + Associates (EMA) Group B2B.

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A suite of cloud-based calculators, HVAC Web Apps platform, is designed to simplify the most common tasks performed by HVAC comfort advisors, system designers, installers, and service technicians. A beta version of the platform, designed by Kenny Watson of KB Watson Enterprises, has been released.

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Instant water heaters, high-tech boilers, and steam solutions are just a few examples of wet heat technology. Here are a few products in that segment that might be of interest to the HVACR contractor.

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A web-based energy management dashboard, the EC-NetAX EnerVue, provides visualization of vital building metrics through an easy-to-use, browser-based dashboard application. The dashboard allows users to quickly identify issues and take action.

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The NEWS reports on new products found by our editors at the recent AHR Expo in Chicago. Products are listed in alphabetical order within each category.

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ON DEMAND Thermo King Calgary reduced their average billing cycle from weeks to minutes by implementing a field service automation solution. Automating their workflow eliminated the bottlenecks created by paper work orders including illegible hand writing, lost or damaged work orders, and inherent billing errors.

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