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FSL aka Salesforce Field Service is a very flexible on-site service scheduling program that is powered by Salesforce.com. The benefits is that it comes based on their Service Cloud console, but uses core objects such as Cases, Work Orders, address lookups (native integration with Google Maps) and it has it's own mobile app that has a decent user experience out of the box.
The user interface is modern and intuitive. The ability to extract comprehensive reports around anything in the system is also quite powerful. There is also a range of integrations with other platforms that we are using with this product.
What I like most about it is that it's efficient scheduling and dispatching, of real-time visibility into field operations, and mobile app that enables technicians to work seamlessly on the go
There's a big focus on a centralized dispatcher and that license comes at a cost. For organizations that would be fairly self-service where appointments can be picked up by a technician and added to their route, having a dispatcher license is unnecessary. However the entire model is predicated on scale, so at large scale you would need a centralized ability to see load spread across the team.
Certain levels of customisation cannot be achieved from the mobile application. Specifically the ability to embed images, html or other content. This has limited the the functionality of the platform. From my understanding this is due to the app working offline, though it was still frustrating. The desktop GUI is much more robust.
One thing I dislike is that it can be complex to set up and customize, and may feel costly or less flexible for smaller teams.