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One of the most important things you can do as an employee is to manage your time well. If you’re not careful, it’s easy to let work consume all of your time and energy, leaving you feeling stressed and overwhelmed. But if you take the time to learn some effective time management skills, you can take control of your work life and start enjoying your job again. In this article, we’ll share some tips on how to manage your time more effectively at work. We hope you find these tips helpful and that they encourage you to read the article to the end.

1. Make a to-do list

Start your workday with a clear understanding of your tasks during the day. Creating a list is a must. This way, you understand the overall plan and steps you need to take to complete each task.

2. Set priorities

Once the list is complete, prioritize the tasks. Most complicated tasks should be done first, while smaller tasks can be completed later.

3. Schedule time for important tasks

The best practice is to perform bigger tasks that require most of your time during the first part of the day.

4. Take breaks

Studies show that taking a break is good for your productivity. But how often should you take break and for how long? Different studies give slightly different numbers, however, on average, they suggest taking breaks every  60-90 minutes. That also depends on the type of work that you do. As for the duration of those breaks, studies suggest taking a 5-15 minute break. And during that break, just give your brain the ability to relax.

5. Delegate and outsource when possible

Indeed, think about the tasks that you can delegate with your team. This will help you focus on those tasks that have a higher priority to you right now.

Time management is one the most critical pieces of our lives. Self discipline and scheduling is key to achieving goals. The majority of people do not see their daily routine without their cell phones. In order not to turn into its slave, better use it to work for you. Snappii has created mobile apps to help improve your productivity while doing everyday tasks. Inspections, Estimates, Daily logs and time reporting, form automation and more. Let us show you the benefits you will gain using a mobile app for your daily operations. Your productivity will go through the roof. Schedule a free demo.

If you’re a landlord, you know that managing your properties can be a full-time job. From collecting rent to dealing with repairs, there’s a lot to keep track of. But what if there was a way to make your job a little easier? Enter the mobile app for landlords. With this app, you can do everything from collecting rent to scheduling repairs, all from the palm of your hand. Here’s how to get started:

1. Choose the right app for you. There are a lot of different apps out there, so take some time to research which one will work best for your needs.
2. Set up your account and add your properties. It is quick and easy. Then, just add in your properties and start managing them!
3. Start collecting rent and scheduling repairs. The best part about using a mobile app is that you can do everything from one place. No more running around town to collect rent or schedule repairs! With a mobile app for landlords, managing your properties is easier than ever before. So why not give it a try?

Snappii has created a mobile app to help landlords manage properties with their fingertips. It is called LandLord 360. With the help of this app, landlords will save time greatly. Use LandLord 360 and rent out more units. Main features include:

• Send out leases in seconds
• Instantly look up tenant, property and unit information
• Easily track expenses per property and unit to generate expense reports
• Know details about each unit. Eg. roof age, heater installation date, etc
• Pre and Post photos to quickly figure out if tenant broke anything
• Call or text tenants instantly
• Capture photos
• Improve your documentation
• Increase occupancy and tenant satisfaction

Learn more from this video. The Landlord 360 app is available for free download from Apple here and Google here. The Landlord 360 app can be customized to the needs of your business. Contact us with your app requirements here.

A roof is one of the most important parts of your home, and it’s important to keep it in good condition. One way to do this is to have regular inspections. Roof Inspections can help you identify problems early on, before they become serious and expensive to fix. They can also help you extend the life of your roof by catching problems before they cause major damage.

It’s a good idea to perform an inspection once a year, or more often if you live in an area with severe weather conditions. If you have a new roof, you may not need to inspect it as often. When you do have an inspection, be sure to hire a qualified roofing contractor. They will know what to look for and how to properly assess the condition of the roof.

Fall is officially here with its rains and fallen leaves. After the hot summer, it is recommended to execute scheduled roof inspection. Climbing a roof is hard enough. Making roof inspections should not be hard.

That’s why Snappii has created a mobile app that helps roofers with inspections. Roof Inspection App is specifically designed to perform multiple types of roof inspections by using your smartphone or tablet.

The app covers the following types of roof inspections:

• Asphalt shingles
• Clay tiles
• Slate
• Metal
• Wood shingles and shakes
• Built-up/Membrane/Green Roof

The Roof Inspection App is available for free download from Apple and Google Stores.

The Roof Inspection app will allow you to:

• collect roof inspection details in minutes
• edit captured data anytime from anywhere
• work offline
• create PDF and Excel reports
• share reports via email
• take and upload pictures
• sign reports
• upload completed inspection details to cloud drives
• print reports
• save and store data securely on your device
• sync inspection data across multiple devices
• share created reports with your co-workers immediately.

Watch this video to see how the Roof Inspection app from Snappii works.

Try it yourself! The Roof Inspection App is available for free download from Apple and Google Stores.

Snappii is the leader in mobile apps for field operations, roof inspection being one of them. If the ready-made roof inspection app does not fill your needs, contact us, and we can quickly and easily change this app for you.

Employees have to submit their reports describing tasks completion and hours spent on each task every day. After a long hard day at work it takes even more time to remember what exactly was done. In order not to miss a thing, the employee sits down and reconstructs the day from the first minute of the shift. Often there are cases when the employee is in a hurry to leave work as soon as possible, so daily reports can be left out and forgotten.

In order to prevent such unpleasant situations, the manager has to remind employees to keep records of their activities, and sometimes, to make it even easier for the employee, the manager fills in the daily reports for employees. After all, the manager has to generate consolidated reports and provide them to boss or client.

Snappii has created a few mobile apps to help keep good records of daily activities. Let’s take a closer look at each of them.

Construction Daily Log App. This app is suitable for construction workers in the field. The app helps save 60 minutes per day on daily reporting! The Construction Daily Log app consists of a one-page collapsed form. Choose which sections you need to fill in and submit the report in seconds. No need to type, hit the mic and speak your answers. Saves time tremendously! The Construction Daily Log app is available for free download from Apple and Google Stores.

Daily Activity and Time Reporting. This app is meant for the supervisors and managers who have to report daily on tasks accomplished and time for employees or contractors. Easily log in hours each employee has spent to complete a task. Calculate total hours and email a report to the office. The Daily Activity and Time Reporting app can be downloaded from Apple and Google store.

My Daily Report App. The last but not least from our list of daily reporting apps is the app that helps employees submit professional daily reports from anywhere in seconds. The app is simple and has the option to add notes and a couple of photos. It takes just a few moments to fill in the daily report and share with anybody. My Daily Report app is available for free download from Apple and Google store.

Daily reporting should be simple and easy, and of course, require minimum time. Snappii understands the speed of life and offers its mobile solutions to every industry. Accelerate daily reporting and spend more time doing real job. Talk to us if you want to see any app demo.

Regular inspection is one of the top activities to ensure the vehicle is safe to operate and use. Other than checking the main components of a vehicle, inspection process needs to track repairs and answer a few questions: is it time to sunset the vehicle and buy a new one? Are repairs costing more than the vehicle is worth? Also, a vehicle inspection is supposed to help understand when basic maintenance is due.

Usually, it takes several hours to perform a vehicle inspection. These paper forms require detailed filling with pen. The inspector has to take photos with a camera and put down the notes on paper. No wonder paper vehicle inspections have become a nightmare for all inspectors. Handwritten forms are hard to read, they get lost, it takes time to take them to the office, besides, they require file cabinets for storage. Don’t mention the time it takes to find a particular paper form.

Snappii understands the pain of the inspectors and helps companies inspect vehicles fast and accurate with its Vehicle Inspection app. It only takes a few minutes to perform the inspection. The app has the following features:

• Perform pre and post trips inspections
• Inspect both exterior and interior of vehicles
• Collect inspector’s information and dates
• Calculate mileage covered
• Report damages to the mechanic
• Upload created reports to cloud drives or print them
• Work offline in areas with limited coverage
• Save time and reduce expenses

As soon as the vehicle inspection has been completed, it is stored on device for easy 24/7 access. The inspections can be shared via the means available on a device: cloud drives, iMessage, messengers, etc. Having all the inspections at your fingertips on a mobile device helps rest assured no form is getting lost. In case of an accident quickly provide proof of regular inspections. A mobile device is always at hand. No need to drag piles of papers with you. The Vehicle Inspection app is available for free download from Apple here and Google Store here.

The Vehicle Inspection App from Snappii can be customized to meet the specific needs of any business. We understand that some inspection forms vary. Customization is very affordable and fast. Contact us with any questions you may have here.

Schools deal with gazillion of paper files. Surprisingly, students’ essays and other homework tasks are not the main part of school paper storage. What is? Bills, inspections, permission slips, HR documents. Here’s the list of top 5 school documentation flows that can be automated.

1. Bills and receipts

Schools receive and pay the bills, and they also need to store them. Electricity, gas, heating and cooling systems, and water are sometimes split into several utility bills. Once paid, the bills are stored to be retrieved in case of inspections. Storing bills and receipts takes space and much time sorting out and searching for the required bill.

2. Invoices

Another part of the paper forms is taken by invoices. Schools receive invoices for the services they require, for example, when they need maintenance or service from a third party, such as food delivery. All the paid invoices are stored separately from the bills listed above, and they also require accurate storage. Just imagine the amount of paper needed to print the invoices. Additionally, hard copies of invoices can get damaged or lost while mobile invoices are securely protected and can be accessed by an authorized person 24/7.

3. Inspections and Inventories

Schools have to perform a regular inspection of just about everything: fire hydrant inspections, safety inspections, food inspections, classroom inventories and more. Certainly, a piece of paper is required for these activities. Automating paper inspections and inventories is the way to a paperless future and the ability to process inspections and inventories faster, which results in accelerated decision making.

4. Permissions slips

Can students forge permission slips? Can parents forget to provide one? Can a teacher lose it? The answer to all is Yes. With the advent of mobile technologies, it takes just a second to take a photo of a handwritten permission slip and share it with the teacher. Exclude paper permission slips to make sure it is 100% accurate and will never get lost.

5. HR documents

Employment contracts, sick leaves, vendor contracts, vacations, payments and many other documents can replace paper in favor of mobile forms and apps. Digital signatures have been used by many organizations all over the world, which helps not only accelerate the documentation flow but also cut down the paper chase. No need to drive to the HR office specifically to sign a form when there is a mobile app allowing you to do so. Another benefit is the availability during the audit.

Fortunately, these can be automated with the DocuMate Scanner app from Snappii. By scanning, taking a photo or uploading a document, schools save hours of work, ditch paperwork for good and help the environment. The app uses AI to understand what’s there in the photo or scanned document, so typing just a few letters will show the document you are looking for.  The app is available for free download from the Apple App Store here.

After all, school is supposed to set an example. Starting from such a thing as document management will eventually bring fruitful results: accelerate workflow, improve productivity, focus on real work instead of paperwork. Mobile technologies are already here, let’s integrate them into the school system.

Every business has to deal with paper documents. Medical institutions deal with patient cards and recipes, restaurants deal with bills and menu, lawyers deal with legal documentation, schools deal with paper tests, homework and curriculum, even construction business deals with paperwork: change orders, job estimates, equipment inspections and more are done on paper. With the expansion of the digital age, writing and printing papers are slowly declining, however, many companies still operate many processes on paper.

What are the disadvantages of paper documentation flow?

Paper is a very fragile instrument to deal with. In fact, it can get lost or be damaged easily, it takes time to sort and store, and even more time to find the particular piece of document you need right now. Nevertheless, companies keep wasting time, effort and money on paper workflow. Why is that happening? Many people are used to working the old-fashioned way and don’t want to change anything. Others think that transitioning from paper-based processes to digital processes is time-consuming. Once they sit and put down all the disadvantages of paper, they start thinking towards mobile forms and apps that do the same only are safer, faster and are more reliable than paper.

Mobile forms VS. paper forms

One of the best benefits of paper forms is that they are always available to you 24/7. They can be accessed on a mobile device that is an indispensable part of any human being these days. Really, a person who remembers to have left a mobile phone, returns almost immediately. Would you remember you forgot one piece of paper from the bulk of papers you have grabbed with you? We do not think so.

Secondly, mobile forms can be filled out anywhere and instantly passed to your client for review and signature. With paper forms, you will never get that speed. It takes time to drive the paper form to the office to sign and then drive it back and keep for your records.

Another benefit is that mobile forms are stored in the cloud forever and can never be lost. Secure your forms with pass-codes and rest assured no one will ever get to them without your permission. Can you gain that with paper forms? Anyone can sneak to the office and view the paper documents, steal them or throw them away.

Now, to the office management. Stacks of paper require proper filing and storage. One person spends several hours per day organizing paper documents. This has to stay in the past.

The solution

Modern mobile technologies allow us to scan any paper, sign and edit it, share instantly and store in the cloud forever. Then quickly find when needed. Snappii has created a mobile app called DocuMate Scanner app – it is a life-saver for every business that deals with paper documents. The app allows its users to scan, upload or take a picture of a document, sign it, share, store and find using just a few letters. No more office trips, no more clipboards, no more wasted time and paper expenses. One tiny app is a great pocket tool for office management activities. The app is available for free download from the Apple App Store.

Other than that, Snappii helps businesses switch from paper forms to mobile forms fast and affordable. Learn more here.

The majority of businesses understand the necessity of mobile business apps. Mobile apps for business help speed up communication between the teams, significantly reduce paperwork, improve daily operations, speed up invoicing, estimates, inspections, etc. A mobile app developer charges you tens of thousands of dollars and delivers the app from 6 months. That’s too long. Your competition is already likely using a mobile app for their business, so there is no time to wait.

You can turn your eyes towards codeless mobile app development platforms. Codeless mobile application development platforms are gaining a mounting presence in the app development market. And the number of such platforms is increasing rapidly. Custom mobile app development is no longer a costly privilege. With codeless mobile app development platforms, the cost of app development is dropping because of the time spent and the resources.

So what’s a codeless mobile app development platform?

Usually, it is a website with a visual drag and drop editor. The users can select a ready-made template for their interest, then select the colors and overall look and feel of the app and fill it with their content. Along with the customizable templates, these platforms allow users to create apps from scratch using a blank canvas. The codeless app development platform offers various tabs and buttons for every business need.

The process looks like this. The user visually creates a mobile app. The app can be live-previewed on a mobile device. The Platform uses a native preview app that is installed on a user’s device. Once the changes to the app are made, the preview app is catching the latest updates. As soon as the user is pleased with the result, the app can be submitted to Apple and Google Stores, or published as a private app and shared with the company employees.

The ability for individual users to create their own apps to support their personalized workflow will also drive greater productivity. Apps built on codeless platforms will not require users to worry about changes made to smartphones and tablets.  The codeless platform should automatically take care of the needed changes.

Snappii created its codeless mobile app development platform almost twelve years ago. During this time, it has been constantly enhanced with more complex features. Snappii platform is used over half a million people and this number keeps growing. Let’s schedule a quick demo to show you all the platform capabilities. Don’t want to DIY? Our team of professional app builders will create a mobile app for you in a matter of days. Send us your requirements here.