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The Key Steps of Form Conversion with Snappii’s Optical Field Recognition System

The Key Steps of Form Conversion with Snappii's Optical Field Recognition SystemPaper is undoubtedly outdated. It is difficult to access, costly, time-consuming, unreliable, etc. Mobile forms have become more and more important in our daily lives and in business. Most of advanced businesses in various industries have already realized that implementing mobile forms into their business processes significantly improves data quality and workflow. Nowadays Snappii allows companies of all sizes to go digital without huge effort and investment.

Optical Field Recognition system or the time to turn to Artificial Intelligence for mobile form creation

Most businesses already have their own forms they want to continue using. However, it takes time to create a mobile form from scratch. With Snappii’s Optical Field Recognition system, there is an opportunity to easily and quickly convert already existing forms to their mobile analogue. Here are the steps:

– Choose do it yourself option. You are able to convert your form from Apple mobile device, as well as from your computer/laptop.

– There are 3 ways to get your mobile form. We will consider the second one.

– Upload your PDF or image file. You can choose the way of creating your mobile form: Automatically (Artificial Intelligence) or Manually. Let’s choose the first one.

– You can edit the resulting form. Watch this video to learn how to work with Snappii Mobile Form Converter.

– You can also edit the PDF report of the form.

– Preview your mobile form and PDF report.

– Install Snappii Mobile Forms app to use your mobile form.

“Today we welcome all users to try our brand new Optical Field Recognition, – Alex Bakman, Snappii CEO says. “A process that used to take 2 to 3 hours to do manually, now with optical field recognition can be done in seconds. This means that any company using forms and creating PDF reports can now go digital instantly without huge investment of time and money! This is the key point that differentiates Snappii from its competition. If you are a regular user of Snappii, here’s a great opportunity to help us make the next release the best ever.”

Snappii team is always able to convert your forms for you. Send us your forms and requirements here. Contact Snappii support team at support@snappii.com with any questions.

What You Should Know about Eye Safety Equipment for Welding

What You Should Know about Eye Safety Equipment for WeldingWelding operations present several hazards to both those undertaking the activity and others in the environment. This may be associated with harmful bright light, burns from molten metals, etc. Therefore, it’s important that both the employers and employees are aware of the risks and hazards welding poses, and understand what precautions they can take to prevent accidents.

The importance of eye protection

Eye injury is the most common type of injury, and sometimes it can even results in blindness. It may occur from radiation, intense light produced by a welding arc, sparks, hot slag and other flying particles. This way, all welders should know and follow the best safety practices related to eye protection during welding.

Basic Eye Safety Equipment

Lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) is the leading cause of injuries. Eye protection equipment usually includes safety goggles, safety glasses, welding helmets and face shields. The equipment must always be appropriate for the type of welding.

Safety glasses

Safety glasses is an important safety measure and should always be under a welding helmet in every welding work. There are different levels of protection, which depend on the type of welding. The glasses should have side shields to provide full protection to both the front and sides of the eyes. There are special tests the safety glasses must pass before they are certified for use.

Safety goggles

Safety welding goggles are more advanced than safety glasses. They provide high protection of impact, particle and welding light. Safety welding goggles also have shade level like safety glasses. Safety goggles have special venting. It way be direct or indirect. Goggles with direct venting come with a mesh of small holes on the sides. This helps reduce fogging. If prevention of fogging is not a priority, there is an indirect venting, using in protection from high dust and splash.

Welding helmets

A welding helmet protects the skin and eyes from severe sparks, as well as from vision-damaging infrared and UV rays emitted by the arc. Welding helmets usually should be worn over welding goggles or safety glasses. Also they should have a filter shade that is suitable for the type of welding. There are helmets with a fixed shade which remains darkened at all times. Moreover, there are auto-darkening helmets, which automatically change the shade when a welding arc is initiated.

Face shields

Face shields are used to protect a welder’s face in addition to the eyes, offering even higher impact protection. There are filters in face shields for additional protection from sparks and debris.

In addition to using the protective equipment above, it is important to control established rules of conduct, regular inspect welding equipment, check and maintain fire-fighting equipment and conduct regular safety trainings.

Snappii’s safety mobile solutions

Snappii can become your assistant in providing safety at the workplace. We offer powerful apps for various safety inspections. For example, a ready-made Welding Environment Inspection app. Make sure that welders adhere to safety guidelines and keep workplace safety with the convenience of your mobile device. Learn more about the app and download it to try. Find more safety apps here. Most of them are customizable. If you are interested in creating your own app, Snappii team is able to provide its excellent service. We create complete custom business apps in weeks. All your requirements will be met. Contact us here to discuss this.

The Time to Increase E-commerce Warehousing Efficiency

The Time to Increase E-commerce Warehousing EfficiencyThere is nothing quite like the ease and convenience of ordering things online, especially in this unstable time of COVID-19 pandemic. As e-commerce continues to grow in a rapid rate, it is increasingly important for companies to increase the efficiency of their e-commerce warehousing for stable and organized operations.

Organized inventory and picking routes

Time is money, and to make e-commerce warehouse operations efficient, companies should optimize and minimize the time it takes to pick orders. The inventory should be organized in ways that make picking routes as short as possible. Among the useful actions to reach this is placing of top-selling within easy reach, and placing the rest of items according to the frequency with which they’re ordered. This requires constant compliance and clear monitoring. The other useful point is locating items that are often ordered together next to each other. Also companies should always accommodate seasonal demand and special promotions.

Mobile solutions to streamline usual operations

Technological innovation is one of the best ways to improve warehouse management process and the entire warehouse operation. When it comes to increasing e-commerce warehousing efficiency, purchasing expensive robots and unique technologies is not necessary. Instead, companies can start with smart mobile apps. They can help optimize usual operations, maintain constant control and manage all the data. With the wide array of warehouse mobile solutions available today, there is an app that fits the needs and budget of any company.

Join successful Snappii apps holders

Snappii is a leader in multifunctional business apps. We cover such industries as construction, field service, fleet maintenance and management, and warehousing is also among them. Snappii offers ready-made apps to increase the level of warehouse management and improve other related operations. Download and try the apps here. Moreover, Snappii team is able to embody your individual idea. We are able to create a custom business app from scratch and in accordance with your specific requirements. Snappii is proud of the quality and high speed of its work. Contact us to discuss the development of your own custom business app.

Pros and Cons of Cross-Platform Apps

Pros and Cons of Cross-Platform AppsThe app development market is expected to grow by leaps and bounds, potentially becoming a 6.3 trillion dollar economy by 2021. Today business app developers focus on cross-platform mobile app development, and try to understand whether this will be the right and beneficial solution for companies. Native apps are usually fast and high performing. However for some businesses, developing several apps of different platforms for the same purpose is time-consuming, expensive and does not seem like efficient strategy. Cross-platform apps become a more reasonable choice for them in this context. Here are some pros and cons of choosing cross-platform app development.

Pros

Lower development costs

Businesses pay for a native app development. And further this cost will multiply for every native platform the app is coded for. With cross-platform apps, there is a single code for multiple platforms and it is reusable. This contributes to relatively lower costs during development.

Faster delivery to the market

In cross-platform apps changes have to be coded only once. All updates can be deployed and synced across every device at the same time. This contributes to faster delivery of different modifications to the market.

Wider reach of the audience

With cross-platform apps you can contact iOS and Android users at the same time. This will allow you to capture a larger share of the market faster, build a user base in a short time and see a more complete picture of business development.

Better Cloud integration

Cross-platform apps can be easily integrated with cloud settings. Only one source code needs to be coordinated. This enhances a compatibility with any plugins and extensions.

Cons

More time for code maintenance

Most of apps should be updated each time any OS is updated to keep compatibility. Also, after the update, the compatibility should be tested with all the platforms the app is running on. This requires some time.

Low flexibility

While coding for multiple platforms, developers invariably lose access to certain features of the OS, API’s and the device. Certain features of all platforms should be dropped out to provide features that are supported on every device. Full integration and flexibility are sacrificed.

Restrictions in graphics

When it comes to heavily graphic reliant apps, cross-platform apps may be not the best solution. Developers may face severe restrictions on the 3D graphics or complex graphical user interfaces. Apps may not have access to core graphics libraries, and it will have an impact on performance.

Security concerns

Cross-platform apps can be vulnerable to threats that affect different platforms in different ways. Also, all cross-platform apps that deal with user or corporate data have to be compliant to security features for all the platforms it runs on. This is not an easy task.

Considering app development for your business? Snappii can become your leader in this process. We create powerful business apps for a plenty of industries for about 10 year. Our customers appreciate us for the highest standards, rapid and cost effective work, agility, excellent support and high quality of service. Snappii has helped hundreds of companies. Contact us to learn more and discuss your requirements.

 

Meet the Rapidly Changing COVID-19 Situation and Ensure Safety of Your Business

Meet the Rapidly Changing COVID-19 Situation and Ensure Safety of Your BusinessWith the COVID-19 situation, the number of different inspections and checks done by businesses steadily rises. This is essential to ensure safety of employees and keep business afloat. Since safety maintenance and managing healthcare risks are now such a central focus, it is important to stay cool, calm, concentrated and agile in the midst of changing guidance.

The benefits of moving to mobile inspection forms

Today, various hygiene and healthcare checks are mandatory in most businesses. They are held on a daily basis, and the results should always be at hand. The best way of such inspections is using mobile inspection forms and checklists. They allow employees to stop drowning in paperwork and optimize all the data. Pre-made mobile inspection forms significantly reduce inspection time and prevent the workflow from slowing down due to the new mandatory operations.

Staying on top of new guidelines and recommendations

As the virus unfolds and new data comes, more new guidelines and recommendations are issued. Apps with mobile inspection forms allow businesses not to miss them and instantly add them to the points of regular control. This contributes to increased compliance, accuracy and reliability, and helps better preserve health of employees, as well as the well-being of the business.

Mobile solutions from Snappii

Ensure safety of your team and keep your business open with Snappii. We offer affordable and fast form conversion and creation. You can convert your existing inspection forms and checklists to their digital analogue. Thanks to the new Optical Field Recognition system, your paper forms are automatically converted to mobile apps in seconds. No technical skills required. Download free ready-made Snappii Mobile Forms app to use your mobile forms. Find more information here and try it free. Also, Snappii team can do it for you. Just send us your forms and requirements. We will meet your specific needs and provide a finished product in the shortest possible time.

How Mobile Solutions Benefit Facility Management

How Mobile Solutions Benefit Facility ManagementToday’s facility manager is under pressure to keep everything under control. Complying with strict regulatory standards, regular inspections, maintaining assets and more are among the major duties. The facility manager who relies on outdated manual processes of operations with data is not equipped to succeed in this field and maintain a high level of service quality. Here are a few ways that modern mobile solutions can help overcome challenges of facility management and elevate service quality.

Data accuracy

Data accuracy is a key. All data needs to be correctly captured, processed and managed, and mobile solutions allow managers to simplify and optimize these processes. This contributes to ability to respond immediately and by the best way to customers or regulatory authorities.

Optimized inspections

Mobile solutions streamline the facility inspection process. They allow users to perform high quality inspections right in the field. No more tedious paperwork required. There is an opportunity to instantly generate complete reports and share them with any specialists.

Improved communication

There are always team members who work remotely, and communicating efficiently through traditional methods can get a tricky. Using mobile solutions, managers can contact any employee anytime and anywhere. Also it is even possible for different members of a team to efficiently work and collaborate on the one project remotely.

Increased safety and security of assets

It is extremely important to keep all the assets within the organization safe and secure. Trying to achieve this manually is not is not reliable and is prone to human mistakes. Using mobile facility maintenance solutions, managers have the ability to track their assets in real time and always keep them on hand. The increased control over the assets ensures that they are safe at all times.

High quality mobile solutions from Snappii

If you are ready to move to mobile solutions to improve facility management, Snappii is ready to help you. We create powerful, multifunctional business apps for various industries and fields of activity. Read the testimonials of our customers here. We hold every business app we make to the highest standard. Snappii services are available for businesses of different sizes. Let us know your requirements and avail the enormous benefits of using a well-designed business app.

The Tips to Find and Hire the Right Business App Developer

The Tips to Find and Hire the Right Business App DeveloperMobile business apps are a significant advantage for any company. There are a plenty of tasks to be monitored while doing a business. Having an app means you can provide your employees with a digital experience to optimize and accelerate usual operations, as well as get an overview and a complete control over the entire workflow.

An acute question

If the question of necessity and benefits of mobile business apps has already been resolved for everyone, then the question of finding a qualified app developer is very acute. According to Evans Data Corporation, there are 23 million people working as desktop, web, and mobile app developers worldwide. If you just pick one of them without putting too much thought into it, you may lost money and even harm your business. Here are few tips on how to find and hire the right app developer.

Where to start

There is one major question you should ask to yourself: what specific business challenge would I like to solve? This is the starting point, which everyone should always keep in mind.

There are three ways that you can go about when hiring an app developer:

– in-house team,

– freelancer,

– outsourcing team.

The choice of the way depends on the resources of your business, time and financial component.

The best approach

App developers come in different skill level and expertise. It’s hard to determine a suitable one just by the resume in the Internet. Search by the experience of previous customers. Ask them for any comments. However, you still should examine the developer’s portfolio and look into the culture of the company. Such method can save a significant amount of time, and it is more reliable. Also there are special platforms and service with the lists of developers and their level according to different criteria. For example, Clutch, Capterra, Goodfirms and more.

Before hiring an app developer, make sure and discuss constant transparent communication. Developers should be upfront with their capabilities, limitations and unforeseen moments.

The choice is obvious

If you are looking for mobile business app developer, Snappii is a strong leader in this field for about 10 years. We offer lightning fast codeless app development in days, not months, from idea to delivery. We cover a plenty of industries and fields of activity. Snappii combines the highest standard, availability and agility. Contact us to discuss your needs and start our successful collaboration.

Construction Daily Log App: Streamlined Reporting Process without Paperwork

Construction Daily Log App: Streamlined Reporting Process without PaperworkConstruction jobsite can be quite chaotic, and keeping everything under control and maintaining a clear picture of the progress are essential and tall task. Regular reporting helps provide a general overview of the project and how it should be progressing. However, when reporting is accompanied by paperwork, it adds even more problems.

The time of digital format

Nowadays there is a growing number of user-friendly, smart digital construction daily logs, which make reporting faster and more efficient. Such daily logs consist of pre-made mobile forms, which can be filled in on any mobile device. The completed forms are generated to digital reports. Digital reports are able to be sent via email or other available ways.

#1 reporting app for any construction project

Snappii did a great job trying to streamline the reporting process for construction field teams. We offer our powerful and successful Construction Daily Log app. This is #1 app to create professional daily reports in minutes, and is used by tens of thousands of construction companies around the world.

Construction Daily Log app includes a one-page collapsed form with contractor details, site information, work performed, subcontractor progress, issues and punch lists, reasons for delays, additional work or change requests, materials purchased and received, labor and travel hours and more. The form can be filled in without typing. Users just hit the mike, speak into it and the voice is translated into text. Also Construction Daily Log app captures weather conditions, locations, date and time, amount of labor performed and other field related information. Attach pictures to highlight progress or show problem areas. After filling out the form, it can be instantly generated into the PDF report. The report can be shared by various ways and safely stored in the app, this way users can access all the reports anytime.

Here is how the report looks like.

What’s new

Snappii is working hard to improve Construction Daily Log app and make it even more useful and convenient. In the new version of the app you can find the following improvements:

– Several users can now work on the same project

– Generate a consolidated report to see who sent a daily log and who didn’t

– Ability to select °F or °C weather unit

Download or update Construction Daily Log app to try them.

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Feel free to send us your feedback at support@snappii.com.

 

4 Reasons to Refuse Manual Estimating of Construction Projects

4 Reasons to Refuse Manual Estimating of Construction ProjectsFor many years, construction companies relied on paper-based and manual method of estimating. However, this outdated approach has now been replaced by technology. Estimating software with digital data has become an essential tool of a successful construction project. If you’re still relying on outdated method, it may significantly affect your business from a financial, reputational, and efficient standpoint. Here are the major ways manual estimating can hurt your construction projects.

Project slowdown and waste of time

Rational use of time helps free up resources for tackling more projects. Unfortunately, manual estimating significantly slows down the project. The limited ability to communicate with the entire team on site, instantly receive important information like price fluctuations, implement changes, etc. stretch out estimating process and influence the entire project timelines.

Poor and limited data access

Manual estimating limits your access to all data. It’s extremely time-consuming to refer to past projects for any analogy and tendency. Such limited information on projects and insights hinders learning from previous mistakes and boosting efficiency.

Errors and inaccuracies

Using paper forms and spreadsheets could greatly increase human errors and inaccuracies. Manual estimating is subject to it and contributes to decrease of project accuracy.

Higher project costs

Dependent on manual estimating contributes to incurring higher project costs. Such manual system requires additional expenses on paperwork and reconciling all documents, as well as limits agility and efficiency.

Modern skilled workers are already aware of the limitations, mentioned above and understand how frustrating and inefficient manual estimating is. This is why any construction company should leverage modern mobile estimating solutions.

Smart mobile solution from Snappii

Snappii is happy to present our ready-made Construction Estimator app. This app is designed for contractors, service companies, salespeople and estimators to quickly create on-site estimates for construction and repair projects. Fill in required details, calculate cost in labor, material, subcontract and the grand totals of the estimates, include taxes, generate PDF forms of the estimates and share them, store all the data locally on the device and more. Watch this video to learn how Construction Estimator app works. Download and try the app in Apple App Store and Google Play. Save time, avoid errors, increase accuracy and win more work with the best estimating software.

4 Examples of How Automation is Used in the Construction Industry

4 Examples of How Automation is Used in the Construction IndustryConstruction is the industry with a manual-intensive labor as a primary source of productivity. However, with technology revolution scale, which hits the industry these days, we might see a confident development and adoption of automation solutions in a wide range of construction operations. Here are 4 examples of automation being used in the construction industry.

Autonomous, self-driving machines

The most common example of automation in construction industry is the use of autonomous, self-driving machines. They are used to transport heavy objects and materials across the jobsite. GPS capabilities and special programming movement allow workers to remotely operate such machines. This contributes to more safe and efficient processes while construction operations.

Drones

Drones are another useful example of automation in construction field. They provide instant, extensive overview and monitoring of worksites without the need for active supervision. Drones can be programmed for specific tasks, for example they can be synced with special mobile apps and directly provide specific data, or scan the working area for different issues and send signals about any inconsistencies and problems. Drones are significantly useful tool for any pre-project inspections and monitoring of activities.

Virtual reality systems

Virtual reality systems are gaining popularity these days. Such systems allow construction teams to plan for a project even before the direct work at the jobsite. Virtual reality uses programmed 3D scans that are highly accurate and oppose to human error. Builders are able to interact with a particular structure and have a much better and more detailed understanding of the upcoming operations. This contributes to increased efficiency, as well as saving of time and expenses.

Mobile apps

Mobile apps are absolutely one more tool of automation in construction projects. It is a replacement of paperwork, which inherently accompanies any construction project. Modern construction apps encompass all project data and its processing. Digitization of data is a great way to increase accuracy, reliability, agility and quality.

Snappii is an expert in development of high quality construction apps. For about 10 years we provide multifunctional solutions for a plenty of operations. Inspection, reporting, time tracking, inventory, estimation, calculation, etc. Any operation with data can be automated with Snappii apps. Review our ready-made construction apps here. Most of them are customizable. If you need to realize your own specific mobile solution, contact us here to discuss your requirements.

4 Tips to Keep Heavy Equipment Running

4 Tips to Keep Heavy Equipment RunningHeavy equipment is a real backbone of such industries as construction, mining, agriculture and more. Such machines, intended for hard work in the field, are susceptible to wear and tear, breakdowns, and various damages. Due to the size and complexity of heavy equipment, repairing even minor damage can be extremely costly. Maintenance and regular inspection of heavy equipment fleet is essential in preventing problems and financial losses. The following tips can be very useful for ensuring long and efficient life of heavy equipment.

Cleaning routine

One of the simplest solutions to keep heavy equipment in a good working is its regular cleaning. Dirt and dust can speed up processes like rusting, clog filters and vents, as well as damage any leading components. Heavy equipment fleet needs a schedule of cleaning, pressure washing and some additional cleaning procedures like cleaning the engine.

Stick to equipment’s limits

Operators work with machines regularly and they are the front line of identifying any problems. Not only should they know how to operate a particular type of heavy equipment, but also know how to do it safely, without risks and exceeding restrictions, established loads and norms. It should be a part of operators’ training. Pushing machinery beyond its limits shortens its life, as well as increases the chances of accidents.

Storage issue

For a long service life heavy equipment needs special space for storage outside working hours. Adverse weather conditions could damage it, as well as leaving heavy equipment outside is unreliable. Also it is important to take care of correct movement of heavy equipment to the storage place.

Involvement of modern technologies

Integration of modern mobile technology into heavy equipment maintenance process can provide a lot of advantages. Special mobile apps can remove the problems posed by traditional paper checklists and provide more accuracy, speed and agility in conducting heavy equipment inspections. Such mobile solutions require some investment, but it will pay off in increased productivity and uptime of all heavy equipment.

Snappii’s mobile solutions for heavy equipment maintenance

Companies of various industries trust Snappii to get a high quality, beneficial and convenient mobile solution to keep their business running. For about 10 years we primarily specialize on 2 directions: ready-made business apps and custom business app development. Saying about the field of heavy equipment management and maintenance, Snappii offers the ready-made Heavy Equipment Inspection app, which allows users to conduct detailed inspections covering each major system and component of heavy equipment. This inspection app is able to replace paper-based forms and paperwork, and provide an ability to collect, process and share all necessary information with just a mobile device. The app provides both mechanical and visual checkpoints. Indicate problems, disrepairs, malfunctions in the equipment performance, and notify mechanics about maintenance issues or repair services required. You can find more information about this app here. Heavy Equipment Inspection app is available in Apple App Store and Google Play.

The second direction of Snappii’s activity offers an opportunity of creation a personal mobile app for heavy equipment maintenance and inspection in accordance with specific requirements. Our team will meet all your needs and create an app from scratch. Contact us here to discuss this.

Top 3 Tips to Think About When Implementing Field Service Management Software

Top 3 Tips to Think About When Implementing Field Service Management SoftwareThe world of field service management is rapidly expanding. According to a new market research report published by MarketsandMarkets, the market size is expected to grow to USD 5.08 Billion by 2023. Nowadays field service companies are increasingly turning towards mobile management solutions to optimize workflow, plan the projects and allocate work efficiently, save costs, assure compliance with regulations, provide a great service to customers and more.

When considering implementing field service management apps into the business, it is important to consider many specific factors. Here are the main tips to think about when deciding on mobile solution to meet the business needs.

Pain points and problem areas

Start from identifying any problems of your business’ operation. Then you will be able to find out what is required to solve and prevent them, as well as what changes of management process you should make. Whether it’s a need to gain more visibility over your field technicians, reduce specific costs, better manage demand and expectation, etc. Knowing what your business pain points are and understanding the improvements you expect to achieve is the key point in choosing mobile management software.

Field workforce involvement

Field workforce is one of the most important factors when considering implementation of new field service management software. Involve them in this process to get their feedback and create the most efficient solution. Moreover, keep in mind that they also will use the new mobile tool one way or another. Ensure intuitive, simple and clear interface and functionality of the app.

Technological innovations and key trends

The new technologies progress with a high speed, and companies need to stay up to speed with new technological innovations. It contributes to ensuring the newest industry standards and trends. This will help your business evolve and keep up the pace with industry standards and trends. No one wants to deal with outdated systems. It is also important to stay on pace with customer technical expertise in order to meet their requirements and stay ahead of the competition.

The great opportunity to improve your field service business

Snappii is able to provide any field service company with powerful, high quality, agile, feature-rich and convenient mobile solution. Our long-term presence in the business app market contributes to complete understanding of modern business needs and providing of the best service. Try our ready-made apps to work with various field data. Most of apps are customizable and can be modified to meet any specific needs. Moreover, Snappii team is ready to create any custom app from scratch on the base of your personal requirements. Contact us here to discuss. It’s time to move your field service business toward the greatest success.


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