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IVO Sales Process

Our sales process at IVO Systems is carefully designed to make sure we’re a good fit for you, the potential customer who is looking to add software to your toolbox. 

We have several ways for you to reach out to us- we’re on social media platforms, our website has request demo forms and a live chat, and our company contact information is easy to find. We also send out different emails and our sales staff makes calls in order to find the right customers at the right time. 

But overall, our sales process is focused on you. Whether you submitted a form or our staff caught you at a good time, we want to understand what your operational challenges are and how you are looking to solve them. We will generally ask about your current operations, fleet, company size, and other questions to determine what you need. 

All of this information helps us tailor the next step, a Zoom or in-person demo, specifically to your needs so that we are not wasting your time with irrelevant features or modules. We understand that you are very busy and will be very up-front with you if we don’t think we can help- in fact, we’ll even recommend other software platforms if we aren’t a good fit. 

On the demo, we will again discuss your challenges and show you exactly how we would meet your needs within the IVO Systems platform with one of our co-founder(s).  As Eric Christensen likes to say, “It’s really a free consultation…” from industry professional. At this point we also provide you with pricing and your own login to the IVO platform so you can go back into the system and try it out for yourself. 

We tend to do a second demo, usually with more members of your team so that you can be confident that everyone’s questions have been answered. We generally go into specific details about implementation and training, although we can also do this on the first demo. 

If you decide to move forward with IVO Systems, we will send you a final contract and invoice, and immediately start working towards your implementation schedule. We’ll help you import your data into the system, set up your projects, schedules, maintenance history, and more. 

Once your data is imported, we can begin training, whether that’s on a Zoom call, on the phone, or in-person. You should be up and running within a month, depending on your records, availability and schedule. 

Finally, you’ll have access to our support team that will help you resolve any issues that come up or train new staff members. We’ll communicate any updates or fixes with you to make sure you are always in the know of what’s coming to the IVO Systems Platform. 

We hope to serve you and add value to your company. Please let us know if you have an interest in discussing our software. 

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Dispatching/Scheduling IVO Blog IVO Software Updates

Dispatch Ticket Filter Update

[00:00:00] Hi, Eric Christensen here at IVO Systems, and we just recently released a software update that really goes into allowing users to better sort and filter their dispatch tickets. This was requested by our users and what we love here at IVO Systems is getting requests from our customers that, we’re using this software so much that we need to filter and see more information faster. So of course, we would make that logical update to our software.

Then from there, we also updated some of the looks and feel of the software as well, just to again, improve the user experience. That’s, a cool place for us to be with IVO Systems since we’re really moving our software forward, along with our customers to address their specific needs and how they can, better use our software to improve their operations Hopefully, you get a chance to enjoy that update as a customer, or if you want to see what we’re offering, we would love to set up a demo to quickly demonstrate how we might be able to help you.

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IVO News

Thank you World of Concrete!

The IVO Systems crew could not have been more thrilled to be at World of Concrete 2021 in Las Vegas.

After a long winter of Zoom demos, it was great to meet with customers, prospects, and other vendors in-person. World of Concrete was our first major trade show as a company, and we learned quite a bit (such as guaranteeing that we will buy padded carpet for every future show).

We really appreciate everyone who stopped by our booth. It was great meeting with you to discuss your challenges and how we’re moving the construction industry forward.

Our next stop on the road is The Utility Expo (formerly ICUEE), September 28-30 in Louisville, Kentucky. Stay tuned for our booth number, and we hope to see you there!

IVO Systems is an web-based and mobile-friendly operations software platform built for heavy civil construction. Our “online magnet board” helps our customers manage equipment locations, hour meters and preventative maintenance, and schedule employees and crews with text notifications.

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Equipment Parts & Service

Transcript:

[00:00:02] Hi, Eric Christensen here with IVO Systems, and today we’d like to talk about why different companies- some companies run the same equipment manufacturer, some companies run mixed fleets. It depends on where you are in the country and being from Wisconsin, we’ve heard we’re maybe a little bit unique in this area. And in my experience and our experience is what people care about here is support. If you’ve got a piece of equipment, they don’t care what is on the side of it. You know what manufacturer it is, does it do the job and does it have support and can it get fixed when it inevitably breaks? And that’s what truly matters, is having equipment that works and is available and ready when you need it. You need some of these pieces that aren’t used regularly. Maybe you only have two or three hundred hours of runtime a year, but that two hundred hours is incredibly important in your critical path sequence for getting this large project done on this aggressive timeline.

So that’s really- with our unique Wisconsin- our winters are tough here and we only have a set amount of time to get work done. So what we’ve seen is people who use anything and everything and what they really care about is the support. And that’s what we understand- you need the support from all aspects, from your mechanics to your dealers to your software to all come together and to have your employees, management and field have access to that information to really improve your operations, make your money in the field and improve your operations. And that’s really just something that we think is maybe a little bit unique to Wisconsin but is very applicable to everyone out there. Hopefully that’s helpful. And please reach out if you’d like to learn more about how IVO systems might help you. [00:00:02][0.0]

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What is the future of IVO Systems?

We created IVO Systems to be the operations software that we wished we had when we were working as heavy civil contractors. When we think about the future of IVO Systems, we are focused on the heavy civil market and the operations- where you lose and make your money. Scheduling, employee management, equipment and telematics are just a few of the things we believe are most important in keeping your operations running. Creating a software system that aggregates all of that information and makes it easy to review so that you can make informed decisions was incredibly difficult for us to make, but we’re happy with where we are at now with IVO Systems.

We understand our customers needs and how they are using our software, and we are excited to stay working within our niche market and double down on what we wanted to do with IVO Systems. We believe IVO Systems is the best operations software in the heavy civil construction industry, and we are excited to grow and help others as a company.

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How do you ensure your data is backed up?

Many customers ask us how IVO Systems is hosted and what our backup procedures are. We host IVO Systems on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud, and our backups run automatically all the time. AWS is a subsidiary of Amazon that provides on-demand cloud computing platforms to companies such as ours.

We know how important availability of our app is and we also know how important your data is. We’re always working to make sure our app is available when you need it, and to ensure the security and availability of your data.

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What experiences have customers had after implementation?

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What experiences have customers had after implementation?

[00:00:02] Hi, Eric Christensen here with IVO Systems, and today we’d just like to talk to you about what have our customers experienced after implementing IVO Systems and really as a new company, that is our main focus. And what we care about most is our current customers and are they getting value out of our software, and we’ve been very pleasantly surprised that they’re actively using it every day, even on the weekends. They’re using it how we hoped. And that’s what makes us most excited about our future here at IVO Systems and hoping we can help more customers help improve their operations. Please reach out, give us a call or fill out a form. And we’d love to chat about our software options and others that are out there and see if we can help you and you can help us. [00:00:02][0.0]

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Get real value out of your telematics enabled equipment

Sometimes, the toughest part of using telematics is getting value out of the tools and software that you may already have. Typically with our customers, they often have a lot of equipment that already has telematics on it- whether it’s from Caterpillar, Deere, or a third-party telematics system.

IVO Systems does not provide GPS trackers, instead you can bring all of that different equipment telematics data into one easy-to-use place, so that you can use it to help automate your maintenance processes. You can bring in your hour meters and update your equipment locations on our magnet board without having to sign into each manufacturer’s portal and input each individual hour meter or location. In addition, we help you get value from your idle time data so we can create reports from this information that you can actually use.

We know the importance of having a simple and easy system that works for you and your company, and that’s what we’ve accomplished with IVO Systems.

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What kind of pricing does IVO Systems offer?

Watch below to learn about IVO Systems pricing.

Hi, Eric Christensen here with IVO Systems, enjoying the unseasonably warm weather in Wisconsin, so when it’s nice, you go outside, which leads us into IVO Systems pricing. We offer a full suite of products that will serve all of your operational needs. But we are a new company and we understand as a new company the value of getting good customers and really partners moving forward. So we are able to offer and lock in some favorable long term pricing right now. So please see the link below to fill out a form to learn more and schedule a demo or consultation, if you’d like to call it, with Bob, myself and/or Jacob here at IVO Systems. Thanks and have a great day.

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How can I schedule a demo and what can I expect from one?

Watch below to hear from co-founder Eric Christensen to learn more about demos.

Transcript:

Hey, Eric Christensen here with IVO Systems, enjoying the beautiful April weather, unseasonably warm here in Wisconsin, the state capital, and wanted to touch base with you about what can you expect with setting up a demo with IVO Systems. We really, to start off, understand the construction industry and want to help move the construction industry forward. We know what accounting software is out there. We know what building software is out there. And frankly, we created an operations software for your day to day that we think you need. But when we say schedule a software demo with IVO Systems myself, or Bob Lien, one of the co-founders, usually tries to be on a call because we really are going to have a consultation about what your real software needs are now and in the future. And we’d love that opportunity. And please see the link below to fill out a form to learn more and set something up. Thanks and have a great day and season.