Go Paperless in the Field: The Future of Digital Forms in Modular Construction

While simply grabbing a pen and paper may feel easy enough in a spur-of-the-moment task, today’s modular construction projects are increasingly complex endeavors that go beyond the limits of pen and paper.

How does paper cause headaches in the modular construction world?

Clutter

Paper takes up physical space that quickly adds up. You must account for necessary storage, which can be hard to find on complex modular construction projects. Paper clutter also means greater difficulties locating documents, including duplicates and disorganized placements, causing workflow interruptions that can contribute to delays.

Errors

Paper is prone to human error because it involves highly manual data entry, including illegible handwriting. Keeping track of all the different copies or updated versions of documentation is also tedious to flip through on paper. Furthermore, paper is prone to incompleteness or misinformation during transcription when papers are transferred from non-digital to digital platforms.

Inefficiency

Writing and delivering papers across various teams and locations takes longer than filling out digital forms. This can further delay deadlines and timelines on projects highly dependent on them. Also, tasks like waiting on physical signatures or using a scanner and printer can stall the process as a bottleneck.

Environmental

Sustainability is another consideration. The cost of paper may initially seem low but adds up over time, both in price tag and environmentally with the generated physical waste.

Here are a few Gomocha key features that showcase real-world benefits:

Go Paperless in the Field

Gomocha digital forms are fully customizable. Your construction company can create and adjust digital forms attached to workflows, cutting out paper so technicians fill out forms on devices to build instant reports.

Paper breeds chaos and errors. Digital forms, such as customer surveys and inspection forms for assets or installs, cut clutter, save time, and provide instant data for quick, in-the-field analysis.

By building paperless checklists and reports, you go more paperless in the field, saving time and money and immediately making information available to techs. Plus, in doing so, you make better decisions based on the latest information, not outdated information or (gasp!) gut feel.

Simplify Asset Management

With Gomocha, your construction business can instantly collect data. Custom Portal Integration creates shortcuts to customer portals for technicians to access asset information easily.

Asset information overload is real. When customers have thousands of assets, quickly finding the right data can be a major challenge for field technicians.

Simplified asset management changes this. By creating shortcuts to customer portals, you put critical information at your techs’ fingertips. No more system-hopping or calls back to base … just easy access to asset information exactly when it’s useful.

The results? Faster service, fewer mistakes, and happier customers.

Adapt Technology to Your Processes (Not the Other Way Around)

Gomocha’s digital forms integrate with your workflows. One-size-fits-all often fits none. A flexible platform keeps you updated with the latest field services approaches while addressing your organization’s unique needs.

In field services, unique processes often define a company’s competitive edge.

ASSA ABLOY, a global leader in access solutions, faced this challenge head-on. They needed a system to handle their specific workflows without forcing them to conform to rigid, pre-set standards.

Thanks to the highly configurable nature of the Gomocha Platform, ASSA ABLOY was able to digitize its distinctive processes, including specialized data collection for assets and locations. This meant it maintained its industry-leading practices while gaining all the benefits of modern field service management.

The flexibility of Gomocha meant ASSA ABLOY could fully modernize operations without sacrificing what made their service stand out. In an industry where differentiation often determines success, the ability to digitize without compromise proved to be a significant advantage.

Ultimately, paper is impractical and inefficient in today’s innovative modular construction space. Gomocha gives your construction company the tools to take ownership of digital forms, empowering you to manage streamlined processes. Gomocha technology is one step ahead of what you need most for effective project management.

Read the full Copperberg and Gomocha whitepaper, Modular Construction Meets FSM: A Strategic Blueprint for Enhanced Efficiency and Innovation, for further insights into this informative topic.