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Mobile Apps for Efficiency in Contracting

Mobile Apps for Efficiency in Contracting

 

There’s an app for everything these days! Did you know there’s apps for contractors that help with efficiency in the field? There are! Each year, more apps are developed to help increase workflow efficiency. These apps feature electronic date capture in the field.

We wanted to share with two of these apps with you. After reading this article, you may want to download these apps and use them in your company!

GoCanvas.com – This is a cloud-based platform that automates the collection of date on mobile devices. On the GoCanvas mobile app, you can input data using forms (pre-made or ones you created). You can submit, store, or archive this data, and retrieve it whenever you want. You can also use this app to get a customer’s signature, take photos, get estimates, create work orders or invoices, create and maintain checklists, do time cards, and accept payments. This app can also manage technicians/contractors in the field. Pricing varies, but you can sign up for a 30-day trial.

iAuditor –  This is a checklist app where you can create safety and quality inspection checklists and reports. You can add photos, time stamps, GPS location, and signatures during an inspection. This app is free for 30 days. read more

From Lockheed Martin intern to division leader

From Lockheed Martin intern to division leader

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Save up to $760 with coupons in this weekend's Orlando Sentinel newspapers

Save up to $760 with coupons in this weekend's Orlando Sentinel newspapers

You have to shop anyway — you might as well save some cash. This weekend’s Orlando Sentinel newspapers have up to $760 worth of coupons.

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Orlando startup faces off with high-profile investor on podcast

Orlando startup faces off with high-profile investor on podcast

An Orlando entrepreneur impressed a high-profile startup backer on the experienced investor’s podcast last week, although the host wasn’t exactly excited that she was from Orlando.

Kristen Wiley, whose company Statusphere connects companies with people who have substantial social-media followings,…