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by Derick Kessler Published 2 years ago Updated 2 years ago
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ServiceMax is a leader in Field Service Management
Field Service Management
Field Service Management (FSM) is a means of organising and optimising operations performed outside of the office, i.e., out in the field. Common examples of field services include consultations, sales, repair and maintenance, customer support, and regular inspections.
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and the go-to platform for hundreds of companies globally
. Built on the Salesforce Platform, ServiceMax helps service organizations exceed customer expectations with innovative software and services.

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What exactly does Salesforce do?

salesforce is basically a CRM Platform which is used to make a good customer relationship management. it is totally work on cloud. it has many cloud like service, sales, marketing, commerce.

What exactly is Salesforce?

What exactly is Salesforce? In easy terms, Salesforce is software that allows companies to better manage their relationship with customers by focusing on the relevant areas. It is offered as a SaaS (Software as a Service), which means that you don’t need to download or install it on a server or dedicate a lot of storage to it.

How to enable Salesforce CRM content in Salesforce?

The profile of the user doing the sync should have the following permissions enabled:

  • Manage Salesforce CRM Content
  • Create Libraries
  • Manage Content Permissions
  • Manage Content Properties
  • Manage Content Types and
  • Deliver Uploaded Files and Personal Content

Is Salesforce a SaaS?

SaaS means one or more applications—available on the cloud—can be accessed through a network or over the internet. Salesforce is the leading SaaS provider with its flagship CRM platform, available exclusively online, as well as its SaaS platforms for marketing, service, and the Internet of Things.

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What is ServiceMax used for?

ServiceMax is a Service Execution Management company. ServiceMax provides a cloud-based software platform designed to improve the productivity of complex, equipment-centric service execution for OEMs, operators, and 3rd-party service providers.

Is ServiceMax cloud-based?

ServiceMax is the first and only complete suite of cloud-based, collaborative and mobile field service management applications that is built on the salesforce.com Force.com platform.

Is ServiceMax a CRM?

Built on the proven Force.com Platform, customers are up and running quickly with ServiceMax in a low-cost subscription model, tightly integrated to their CRM, and can quickly take advantage of cloud innovations such as the most intuitive user experience and our partner portal. .

Is ServiceMax public?

ServiceMax to go public at $1.4B valuation by merging with blank-check company. ServiceMax Inc., whose cloud services are used by companies such as General Electric Co. to maintain industrial equipment, is set to go public at a $1.4 billion valuation. The company announced the upcoming listing late Thursday.

Is ServiceMax part of Salesforce?

ServiceMax is a leader in Field Service Management and the go-to platform for hundreds of companies globally. Built on the Salesforce Platform, ServiceMax helps service organizations exceed customer expectations with innovative software and services.

Who owns ServiceMax Inc?

ServiceMax JV, LPServiceMax / Parent organization

Is ServiceMax part of GE?

--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Digital (NYSE: GE) today announced it has acquired ServiceMax, a leader in cloud-based field service management (FSM) solutions, for $915 million.

How do I install ServiceMax in Salesforce?

Installation Steps Print PageOpen a web browser. ... Copy and paste the installation link into the browser, and press Enter.Enter your login credentials. ... On the Install ServiceMax screen, select Install for All Users, and then click Install.Install ServiceMax Screen.More items...•

Is CPQ part of Salesforce?

What is CPQ Salesforce? CPQ Salesforce, or Configure, Price, Quote Software by Salesforce is a sales tool for companies to provide accurate pricing with any given product configuration scenario.

What is ServiceMax software?

ServiceMax's platform is a SaaS (Software as a Service) software running on Salesforce force.com cloud technology. ServiceMax's cloud-based, mobile-ready field service software solution supports companies across industries to manage work orders, plan and schedule work assignments, and provide mobile technician enablement, contracts and entitlements, proactive maintenance, and parts inventory management. The ServiceMax platform is designed to optimize the service execution processes and is used by service technicians, dispatchers, service planners, and their managers. Customers include medical device manufacturing, industrial manufacturing, food and beverage equipment, buildings and construction, technology, oil and gas, and power and utilities industries. ServiceMax software is primarily used by enterprise size customers.

When did Servicemax acquire Zinc?

In February 2019 , ServiceMax acquired Zinc, the company providing a frictionless way for service workers to get and share knowledge in real-time.

Who is Maxplore Technologies?

Maxplore Technologies was founded by Athani Krishnaprasad and Hari Subramanian as a consulting company focusing on customer relationship management. A client requested Maxplore build a field service module on the Salesforce platform. The project took 2 weeks and in 2007, was entered in the “AppExchange Challenge” at the Dreamforce conference. The project won $2 million in funding from Emergence Capital and went on to win the Force Million Dollar Challenge in 2008 when the company changed its name to ServiceMax. In February 2019, ServiceMax acquired Zinc, the company providing a frictionless way for service workers to get and share knowledge in real-time.

When did GE acquire Servicemax?

The acquisition was completed on January 10, 2017. On December 13, 2018, GE Digital and SilverLake announced an agreement for GE Digital to sell a majority stake in ServiceMax. GE retained a 10% equity ownership in the company.

What is Salesforce like?

Salesforce is like a bucket of legos. Everyone gets the same bucket, but can build anything you want out of it. I've worked on Salesforce instances for: construction, non-profits, job training, music industries, medical insurance, medical billing, paid parking, and international medical diagnostic companies.

Does Salesforce work with Gmail?

Salesforce is head and shoulders above any other CRM available on the market. It integrates with Gmail and almost any other third-party tool that your company plans to use, making it the most robust and integrated tool available.

Is Salesforce a perfect solution?

While it's not perfect and can be overly complicated at times, there is not another solution out there that can do what it does. To get the same functionality you would need numerous disparate tools to match the amount of functionality Salesforce has. Having it all aggregated on one platform makes the complicated parts far more bearable

Bottom Line: Which is Better - Salesforce CRM or ServiceMax?

ServiceMax is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Salesforce CRM, Salesforce CRM is rated higher (98/100) than ServiceMax (93/100). Salesforce CRM offers more features (21) to their users than ServiceMax (6). There is a clear winner in this case and it is Salesforce CRM!

How Salesforce.com compares with ServiceMax?

Salesforce.com: Salesforce.com Inc. is a global enterprise software company headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States. Best known for its customer relationship management (CRM) product, through acquisitions Salesforce has expanded into the "social enterprise arena".

Who's more expensive? Salesforce CRM or ServiceMax?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of CRM software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance & support and other related services. When calculating the TCO it's important to add all of these "hidden cost" as well.

Target customer size

Salesforce is optimal for people as well as companies. ServiceMax is best for small and medium sized growing companies.

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