The AI features in communications software, such as voice-to-text and message-flagging, have made for faster, easier customer-contractor communications that are also more personalized and have less room for misunderstanding.
HVAC software companies Bluon Inc. and Sera Systems Inc. intend to join forces, bringing a new level of modern productivity to the HVAC industry from OEM to distributor to contractor to technician and all the way to the consumer.
Software can increase productivity, better manage labor, encourage retention, and keep things consistent and organized. But it’s up to HVACR contractors to choose the right software and take the proper stops to implement it.
Since software can already do so much, manufacturers at this year’s AHR Expo focused on how to expand what can be digitized and how AI can be utilized in order to save contractor’s time and simplify the process.
The Contractor Services & Software category winners include an app that provides access to online product information, an app that helps contractors install and diagnose geothermal equipment, and a computer-based platform for home service businesses.
In the world of HVACR, there are industry standards, but the way that we each work can vary as much as the systems we work on and the tools that we use. The solution to this inconsistency is better training and tools, such as the Job Link System App.
A collaboration between Daikin
and XOi Technologies is now providing HVAC contractors field services solution driven by augmented reality and AI that’s built to remove inefficiencies and improve bottom lines.