ServiceMax is a Service Execution Management company. It 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.
Products & Services
ServiceMax's platform is a SaaS (Software as a Service) software running on
Salesforce
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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.
The most recent areas of innovation include capabilities for complex jobs with functionality such as crew management and shift planning.
History
Maxplore Technologies was founded by Athani Krishnaprasad and Hari Subramanian as a consulting company focusing on
customer relationship management
Customer relationship management (CRM) is a process in which a business or other organization administers its interactions with customers, typically using data analysis to study large amounts of information.
CRM systems compile data from a ra ...
. A client requested Maxplore build a field service module on the
Salesforce
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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. In November 2022,
PTC signed a definitive agreement to acquire ServiceMax. for $1.46 billion in cash. The acquisition completed in January 2023.
Investors
The company completed a $82 million Series F round in August 2015 led by
PremjiInvest and
GE. In November 2012, ServiceMax received a $27 million Series D funding round. On November 14, 2016,
General Electric
General Electric Company (GE) is an American multinational conglomerate founded in 1892, and incorporated in New York state and headquartered in Boston. The company operated in sectors including healthcare, aviation, power, renewable energ ...
Co.'s GE Digital unit announced a deal to buy ServiceMax for $915 million. The acquisition was completed on January 10, 2017. On December 13, 2018,
GE Digital
GE Digital is a subsidiary of the American multinational conglomerate corporation General Electric. Headquartered in San Ramon, California, the company provides software and industrial internet of things (IIoT) services to industrial companies.
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and
SilverLake announced an agreement for GE Digital to sell a majority stake in ServiceMax. GE retained a 10% equity ownership in the company.
See also
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Software as a service
Software as a service (SaaS ) is a software licensing and delivery model in which software is licensed on a subscription basis and is centrally hosted. SaaS is also known as "on-demand software" and Web-based/Web-hosted software.
SaaS is con ...
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Field service management
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Cloud Analytics
Cloud analytics is a marketing term for businesses to carry out analysis using cloud computing. It uses a range of analytical tools and techniques to help companies extract information from massive data and present it in a way that is easily catego ...
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Salesforce.com
Salesforce, Inc. is an American cloud-based software company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It provides customer relationship management (CRM) software and applications focused on sales, customer service, marketing automation, a ...
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Cloud computing providers
Project management software
Companies based in Pleasanton, California
Silver Lake (investment firm) companies
2023 mergers and acquisitions