Can AI do field service visit?
An expert breakdown of a typical process from public sources, worked out by the same rules as your own check.
2 of 9 steps go to an agent
Goes to an agent (2)
An agent does these steps on its own.
Take the request: problem, address, equipment, urgency
An agent can do this step alone: everything it takes is a strong suit of AI.
- Extracting structure from an unstructured source
- Scripted or regulated dialogue with an external party
Prepare the visit: site history, spare parts into the van
An agent can do this step alone: everything it takes is a strong suit of AI.
- Checking against a reference and finding discrepancies
AI drafts, a person checks (4)
AI prepares the work; a person reviews and confirms it.
Qualify the request and create the work order
A person confirms it: the step changes something outside the company.
Confirm the window to the customer and the access instructions
A person confirms it: the step changes something outside the company.
Escalate when parts are missing or the job goes out of scope
A person confirms it: the step changes something outside the company.
Close the work order, invoice, payment
A person signs off: the step needs a formal approval.
Stays with people (3)
These steps need a person's judgement or presence.
Pick the technician by skill, location and time window
Stays with people: it takes judgement that depends on your business context.
- Judging risk or priority in a business context
Diagnostics on site
Stays with people: someone has to be there in person.
- Instrumental reading of a value from an object
- On-site sensory assessment of the condition of an object or a person
Explain the work done to the customer and get the acceptance signature
Stays with people: it takes judgement that depends on your business context.
- Open-ended dialogue with an external party
1 step outside what AI can work on
Physical work, or nothing AI could apply itself to. These steps count in no figure.
Repair or replace the unit
Stays with people: someone has to be there in person.
- Physical action on an object
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