2021







Field Focus: Field Service Innovation at the Edge


Empowering technicians with purpose-built field service technology results in greater productivity, efficiency, and customer satisfaction.






MSI Data Introduces New Version of Service Pro to Simplify Management of Field Service Travel, Inspection, and Work Order Data


Latest release of Service Pro supports field service revenue and reporting success with automated travel calculations, enhanced inspection and order summary features.






Field Focus: How businesses benefit from field service maturity models

David Charland reveals how field service maturity models can help service businesses succeed and sheds light on some of the technology problems afflicting many of these companies.



2020





MSI Data adds members to its leadership team


The Bayside-based company, which ranks third on the Milwaukee Business Journal’s list of area software product companies, recently announced it has hired Craig Summers to be chief financial officer and promoted Naomi Corrie to vice president of delivery, where she will be responsible for customer satisfaction.

2019


This growing Milwaukee software company manages how people fix, install or inspect equipment

MSI Data, a Milwaukee-based provider of field service management software, is growing with a fresh investment from a San Francisco-based private equity firm.  MSI Data’s software Service Pro 10 is used by companies like heavy equipment manufacturer Komatsu to dispatch technicians, manage contracts, track inventory and complete work orders, among other tasks.

MSI Data gaining foothold in $6B global market for field service management automation

Bayside’s MSI Data, one of the largest software product companies in the Milwaukee region, is gaining market share of the field service management industry with its software-as-a-service product that streamlines and automates orders and billing for field service tasks.

Rev Up: New investment could accelerate MSI Data’s growth

In September, San Francisco-based private equity firm Luminate Capital Partners bought a significant majority stake in MSI Data with an undisclosed investment that will allow the company to scale more quickly.

2018


3 Ways IoT Boosts Supply Chain Service Revenue

Sensor driven product data means better uptime, reduced spare parts, and more accurate after-sales insights

3 Ways IoT Boosts Supply Chain Service Revenue

Sensor driven product data means better uptime, reduced spare parts, and more accurate after-sales insights

Four ways landscapers can improve field service efficiency with technology

Strides in capability and availability of cloud and mobile technologies now make serious gains in field service efficiency and customer communication available to landscapers of all sizes. Here are four ways landscapers can apply technology to improve and grow field service operations.

Matrix HG Inc. Uses Service Pro and Vista

Matrix was a growing company, but MSI helped further enable their growth.

5 Useful Field Service Gadgets From CES 2018

These products from the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show keep field service and mobile workers safe and productive like none other.

2017

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Data Measurement | Productivity Technology

05/16/17 Episode 61: Connected Equipment; Leveraging Data; Civil Engineering; Mining Equipment

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Efficiency and Speed Are Key to Profitable Mobile Service

New technology helps dealers manage mobile service more effectively and improve efficiency. One of the biggest challenges for farm equipment dealerships today is how to best adapt to the growing demand for mobile services.

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A Checkup for Machinery

Ray Thomas, vice president of sales, MSI, discusses how the IoT (Internet of Things) will be instrumental in alerting users of any needed maintenance or fixes. He says the use of IoT within field service has only improved the relationship among OEMs (original-equipment manufacturers), dealers, and operators who can share realtime data to ensure machines are running smoothly.

Tech Wisconsin Podcast

About Tech Wisconsin: Matt Cordio is host of Tech Wisconsin and a passionate supporter of Wisconsin’s growing technology economy. Cordio is a founder of Startup Milwaukee and technology talent recruiting firm Skills Pipeline.

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Automate Your Field Service Management

Your technicians work out in the field, repairing equipment at various job sites, and each task requires documentation, scheduling and data entry.

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10 Ways the Service Technician’s Job is Changing

A list of trends, technologies, and ideas shaping the year in HVAC.

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2016’s Top Field Service KPIs How To Help Service Managers Meet Them

Determining how to measure and achieve service success can be tricky. Follow these important KPIs for service managers to guide your field service teams in 2016.

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8 Steps to Automated Field Service Management

Cable workers are out in the field conducting field tap audits, QC inspections, collections, field service and sales. Follow these 8 steps to automated the cable field service process from start to finish.

2016

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Automate Your Field Service Management

Your technicians work out in the field, repairing equipment at various job sites, and each task requires documentation, scheduling and data entry.

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Automating service management: a blueprint for success

To automate your field service department and improve outcomes, you need a step-by-step plan. Follow this blueprint for a successful transformation.

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10 Ways the Service Technician’s Job is Changing

A list of trends, technologies, and ideas shaping the year in HVAC.

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2016’s Top Field Service KPIs How To Help Service Managers Meet Them

Determining how to measure and achieve service success can be tricky. Follow these important KPIs for service managers to guide your field service teams in 2016.

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8 Steps to Automated Field Service Management

Cable workers are out in the field conducting field tap audits, QC inspections, collections, field service and sales. Follow these 8 steps to automated the cable field service process from start to finish.

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Using Software to Convert Calls into Cash

Mike Pandl, VP of Marketing at MSI Data explains how HVAC service call conversion is all about closing out a service call to the satisfaction of the customer and mobile field service software is the best way to meet customer expectations.

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5 Practical Ways to Automate Service with the IIoT

Today, leading service providers are using industrial IoT to establish preventive maintenance programs to provide their customers with higher equipment reliability and uptime.

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How Contractors Can Automate Service Programs and Customer Support Through IoT

5 ways to use IoT insight to guide service offerings and foster customer loyalty.

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Choosing a Mobile Field Service App for Your HVAC Business

Mobile field service apps are quickly becoming the industry standard for top-tier HVAC contracting companies. Use this guide for tips for choosing the perfect mobile solution for your service organization.

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6 Practical Ways to Automate Service with the IIoT

IIoT harkens a new technological age for equipment manufacturers. We look at how these changes affect the industry and open new opportunities for stronger service programs.

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10 Ways the MedTech Service Technician’s Job will Change for the Better in 2016

The trends, technology breakthroughs, and ideas we think will define the medical equipment industry and service technician’s jobs in the year ahead.

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How You Can Help Your Field Services Clients Add A Preventive Maintenance Program

How to help your service clients expand beyond break-fix calls and create a recurring PM program that secures revenue streams and improves customer relationships.

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Automating service programs, customer service via IoT

The Internet of Things is taking by storm mechanical industries, impacting everything from how products are designed to how they’re serviced to how contractors interact with customers.

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Automate product support through the IIoT

Engineering and service firms need to take advantage of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) to be able to analyze the mass of data coming in and get creative in their approach to service offerings and customer engagement.


2015


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Forward Thinking for Equipment Manufacturers: An Interview with AEM President Dennis Slater

In an interview with MSI, AEM President, Dennis Slater, explains how equipment manufacturers are taking advantage of growing trends in technology and advocating for themselves as a vital industry that builds and feeds the world.

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4 Ways IoT Is Transforming the Medical Device Market with Machine Data Analytics

Through the IoT, Medtech devices form a web of interconnected activity which will transform healthcare, namely how hospitals, patients, and manufacturers engage with equipment. Here are some of the ways Medtech manufacturers are using the IoT to improve.

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Understand the Return on Investment in Field Service Management Software

Once a service business decides to invest in software to manage field service operations, the question becomes, “How can it be configured to provide the biggest return possible?” Find out in this article.

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Software Update: Cloud-Based Field Service Apps Cut Downtime

Interview with Mike Pandl, MSI’s VP of Marketing, about how mobile cloud software is making an impact for discrete manufacturers.

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Manage Field Service in the Cloud for Simpler Software Integrations

The case for best-of-breed software investments and how cloud eases integration between enterprise systems.

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Translating equipment telematics data

How big data and telematics promise to transform service as we know it and how equipment manufacturers can take advantage.

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Integrated Mobile Apps Streamline Workflows

Service Pro featured: Technology and Software Rundown

In order to streamline and manage a profitable service operation, construction contractors are looking to mobile apps to manage field tasks.

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Six Ways Heavy Equipment Manufacturers Can Prepare For The Future Of IoT

New forms of equipment performance data offer a promising answer, namely the potential of Internet of Things (IoT) to revolutionize the way companies provide product support.

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8 Features Of A Best-In-Class Field Service Software Solution

As the number of field service management solutions on the market continues to grow, these are the key features to look for in your software solution.

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The 10 Blogs Every Field-Based Organization Should be Following

MSI featured as one of the top field service blogs to follow.

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8 Technology Trends MedTech Manufacturers Need to Watch Out for in 2015

We’re about half way through 2015 and there’s been no shortage of new technologies in the manufacturing and medtech realms so far. Here are some of the biggest medtech trends to pay attention to this year.

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MSI Data: Cloud-Based Software Enhances Field Service Management

How MSI Data plans to deliver advanced field service management, mobile field service, and mobile inspection solutions to clients now, and in the years to come.

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Fixing Field Service

Field service software solutions that help end-users eliminate paper and improve the productivity and profitability of their field services operations.

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Industrial IoT and new sources of energy set to transform the power equipment industry in 2015

The power equipment industry is going through significant changes as equipment manufacturers explore various energy sources and enhanced data capabilities in 2015.

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4 Ways to Prepare for the Future of IoT

The Internet of things is coming, and medical device manufacturers that follow these steps can leverage its benefits to improve their service programs.

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How Field Service Managers Can Harness IoT Today

How the IoT promises to reorder service operations as we know them and how field service businesses can get ready for the change.

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5 Ways to Build Proactive Preventive Maintenance Programs

Establishing customer-centric preventive maintenance (PM) programs for your medical equipment manufacturing business isn’t going to happen overnight. Here are some ways you can get started.

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7 Best Software Features for Contractors

How leading software solutions have the features to help service organizations get ahead.

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4 IoT Trends Medtech Firms Should Watch

2015 may go down as the year that the Internet of Things went big. Here are four trends to keep an eye out for.

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Getting Tech Savvy in the Service Department

An interview with MSI’s VP of Marketing, Mike Pandl, reveals how service management software links mobile, scheduling & back-office capabilities and reflects the next generation of service.

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Mobile Apps Close the Loop between Home Office and Field Technicians

Using industry research and an conversation with MSI’s Director of Business Development, Kelley Starr, Sage ERP Wire explains the vast difference between mobile-technology-enabled field service companies and those still using clipboards or spreadsheets.

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6 Best Practices for Improving Customer Service Experiences

Customers no longer want to buy just a product…they want an experience. Follow this year’s top service best practices to get your contractor team ready to make it your best service year yet.

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Top 8 Trends For Field Service In 2015

With ever advancing technologies and more options to choose from, customers no longer want to buy just a product …they want an experience. How service organizations can provide quality customer experiences by following these 8 trends.

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5 Best Practices for Manufacturers and Dealers to Help Customers Extend the Life of Their Equipment

With fleet tracking and telematics systems, you can track data, set up alerts, and get more life out of your rolling assets so they last longer and require fewer repairs over their lifespan.

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4 Ways Mobile Technology Helps HVAC Technicians be More Effective

HVAC technicians need a comprehensive mobile solution to boost jobsite efficiency, automate updates between back office and field, and track and record data.

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VARs have opportunity to offer smart alternatives to shuttered Sage Mobile Service

Exclusive interview with MSI’s Kelley Starr about how the Sage Mobile Service shutdown impacts customers and how VARs can fill the void.

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Simplistic Software, Comprehensive Connectivity in Demand

Service Pro featured as one of the most meaningful HVAC service software solutions to help contractors streamline success: A showcase of solutions across fleet management, tracking, energy management, and much more on display at AHR 2015.

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4 Steps to Communicate with Subcontractors

Leverage mobile field service management solutions and data to increase communication with subcontractors. Establish visibility and control with third-party vendors so customers will receive the excellent service they’ve come to expect.

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6 Rugged Mobile Device Features Field Service Technicians Are Asking For

Service work out in the field can be rough. Equip technicians with mobile devices tough enough to get the job done without interruption.

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Preventive Maintenance: Simplifying Service Contract Management

Set your service operation up for success by focusing on the most profitable revenue source for service departments: preventive maintenance (PM) service contracts.