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| Type | Private company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software as a Service |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Headquarters | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Products | vWorkApp job dispatch software. iPhone and Android smartphone applications. |
| Services | Job dispatch and scheduling. |
Number of employees | 11–50 |
| Website | www |
vWorkApp is an online dispatch and job scheduling software for medium to large businesses. The product is sold and distributed over the Internet using a distribution model commonly known as cloud computing. [1]
The company was founded in 2008 and has offices in Auckland, New Zealand; Brisbane, Australia; and San Francisco, United States. [2] The Board of Directors includes Sam Morgan, who founded New Zealand’s highest-traffic website TradeMe in 1999 and sold it for NZ$700 million in 2006.
vWorkApp is an online job dispatch and scheduling product for transportation and services industries. Some of vWorkApp's features include GPS tracking, step-by-step job instructions, automatic data synchronization, electronic signature capturing, and built in reporting. The vWorkApp smartphone application is currently available for the Android OS and iOS.
With vWorkApp, a dispatcher can create and schedule jobs for mobile workers via an account on the app's website. After a dispatcher schedules a job, mobile workers receive real-time push technology notifications with job details on their smartphones. [3]
The dispatcher will receive real-time updates when a mobile worker edits job details, completes a job, etc. within the smartphone application. [4]
In July, 2011 vWorkApp won the TUANZ Mobile Application of the Year Award. [5]
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