PTC’s innovative service optimization suite includes applications of CAD (computer-aided design), PLM (product lifecycle management), IIoT (industrial internet of things), AR (augmented reality), and SPM (service parts management) digital technologies. This combination transforms all aspects of service, and with purpose-built capabilities, delivers faster time to value, lower total cost of system ownership, increased service effectiveness, and growth of aftermarket revenue.
This unique portfolio connects products in the field to the entire value chain, driving new aftermarket business, and informing engineering and operations of the performance of products deployed to the field.
Today, field service departments face many challenges, including growth of service revenue and increasingly difficult service level agreement terms—that can include more uptime and faster responses. Plus, with today’s increasing cost of capital, longer equipment lifetimes are routinely expected. Taken together, service teams are faced with increasing costs and reduced margins.
Factoring in a worker shortage and inconsistent technician experience levels, field service organizations face these challenges daily. Catch up on the latest trends in “Gatepoint’s Trends in Service Optimization” report. Then read on to learn how PTC’s service technology portfolio drives service transformation including up to 60% faster time-to-value and when delivered via a “value ready deployment” (VRD), produces an up to 40% lower total cost of system ownership.
By optimizing field service operations, organizations can both maximize customer uptime and satisfaction while lowering service costs. How can they achieve this? Speed response and minimize dispatches through remote condition monitoring, predictive maintenance, and remote service capabilities. Increase first-time fix rates and minimize return visits with better call planning and remote diagnostics. Reduce on-site technician time with AR-enhanced work instructions.
Maximize customer uptime
With real-time data, service levels and financial performance are improved. Time-based maintenance becomes condition-based maintenance and predictive maintenance programs can detect issues before they become real problems and allow resolution at optimal schedules and cost.
Minimize technician dispatches
Increase first-time-fix-rates by understanding issue root-causes in advance, so technicians arrive with needed parts, documentation, work instructions, and training.
Maximize service revenue
Service revenues can be maximized in several ways: Commonly, organizations can increase the efficiency and the speed of their service models to this end. More recently, new service business models are being adopted with the benefit of increased profitability and revenues..
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PTC’s service optimization solution provides the perfect mix of technologies to reduce the cost of service and help accelerate the productivity and efficiency of service technicians.
With advanced analytics and real-time visibility into the health of your products, you will know exactly what is wrong, why it went wrong, and ensure your technician has the right parts and procedures to fix the problem—sometimes before it happens. And, with remote software content management you can minimize how often technicians even need to be dispatched, keeping costs down and reducing the number of technicians necessary to service your assets.
But, when you do need to train new technicians, augmented reality helps with onboarding and continuous on-the-job training. From 3D, step-by-step instructions to over-the-shoulder guidance and expert knowledge capture—you can ensure your workers have the information they need to fix things the first time, every time.
Successful equipment suppliers take the first step in IIoT by connecting and monitoring their products with the option to expand beyond remote condition monitoring. At the same time, service organizations are encouraged to examine the improvements that can be made with AR. Both technologies offer significant benefits, providing proven ROIs via cost savings, improved service and support, and higher margins. Dive deeper to learn where to start quickly with a proven initiative, build knowledge and skills, and plan the next initiatives and beyond based on early success and intelligence.
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