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How does your software stack up?
Complete the following questionnaire to see how your software package, or the software package you are considering stacks up to Service Manager. You can click the corresponding boxes for your answer, then use your browser's Print function to print this page when you are finished.

Ease of Use and Setup    
Does your software…
Your Software
Service Manager
Allow ease of use for Clients, Administrators and Technicians?
Provide easy setup, installation and maintenance?
Give you the option to run the system locally or hosted over the internet?
Provide a scaleable, nonproprietary database from MS Access to MSSQL?
Provide you with a seamless integration with the look and feel (custom colors) of your current website or company colors?
Provide a customizable solution to fit your particular needsor any of your departments that need to effectively manage their assets, by utilizing Business Adaptive Technology (BAT)?
Easy to use focus help on just the screen you are currently working on through-out the system?
     
Functionality and Productivity
   
Does your software…
Your Software
Service Manager
Increase the productivity of your Technicians through better time management?
Allow you to define the priorities of the incoming requests?
Provide a cookieless way (GLS Smart Search) to remember your search of assets or requests while you are logged into the system?
Provide an audio alert when new requests are submitted?
Allow you to search incoming requests and then assign Technicians to those requests?
Allow you to print a tag for Client/Technician identification of an item that needs repair?
Allow you to e-mail Technicians in the field with updates or status changes?
Allow you to e-mail Clients automatically with a copy of the closed request?
Allow you to have Service Manager email you when a new request is submitted?
Allow you to request additional information of the requester right from the request and have the system email a direct link to the requester to enter that information in?
Allow your Client the ability to check on the progress of all requests they have submitted directly from the application in real time?
Provide you with the ability to search using a knowledge base system by problem description or resolution to know how to fix an asset right from the request?
Allow you to look up an asset from the service request right from the ticket so that you can see a history of that asset before even leaving your desk?
Provide accountability between your IT, Transportation or Maintenance department and your staff as well as clients they service?
Allow login rights to give your business office access to the system without the risk of any data changes?
Link with a polling program to populate your IT assets?
     
Asset and Request Tracking
   
Does your software…
Your Software
Service Manager
Allow you to define what data is to be captured for Assets?
Provide an easy way to track the location of Assets?
Group assets by make, model and category?
Allow for the setup of preventative maintenance on Assets?
Provide an easy-to-add Asset screen with a multiple add button for same types of Assets?
Give you a history of service for an asset right from the request?
Give you a history of service the requester has submitted from the request?
Keep track and manage consumable parts to maintain your assets?
     
Reporting
   
Does your software…
Your Software
Service Manager
Provide easy to read printable reports?
Provide you with the ability to run well over 100 reports based on the criteria you create and select?
Allow you to search all Requests in the system by multiple criteria and generate reports based on those results?
Allow you to search all Assets in the system by multiple criteria and generate reports based on those results?
Give you the ability to report on low parts stock?
Report on assets with the most service requests?
Offer a PDA module with reports for the administer to use at meetings?
Provide GASB34 financial reporting for deprecation of fixed assets?
Give you a report that forecasts when preventative maintenance will be entering the system that is unassigned or pre-assigned to a technician or admin?
Have reports with 3D Graphs?
     
Support and Facts
   
Does your software…
Your Software
Service Manager
Provide free phone support and upgrades for the first year?
Provide a low cost to feature ratio?
A Sarbaines-Oxley compliant application?
Give you an over 98% drop in phone calls and e-mail from your end users?
Offer a PDA module for asset inventories and asset entry in the field?
Have the ability to be used across your organization for any department, any asset, and any requester for service and asset management?
Offer a 90 day price guarantee?
Offer a price discount to switch to Service Manager for your current help desk or asset software package?
A Company that has been in business for over four years?
We hope that this questionnaire has helped you understand your needs, and match those needs to software packages you are considering.

Service Manager is a robust and dynamic, award winning* application that gives you the power to control your assets, service your clients and save you money!

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* Service Manager was chosen as a 2003 Reader’s Choice Award Winner in e-School News. View the results by clicking the "Network Administration Tools" link at eSchool News Online. Business-Software-Reviews.com gives Service Manager FIVE STARS for its ease of use and extensive reporting capability.

 
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