Entitlement Management
The Entitlement Management module provides options for managing entitlement definitions including Warranties, SLAs, and Service Plans. It also includes options for configuring entitlements on Case & Work Order and for setting up invoice generation processes.
Use ServiceMax to easily manage Warranty and Service Contract Entitlements. ServiceMax Entitlement Verification is a combination of automation and informed decision making. It allows you to do the entitlement verification interactively or automatically. You can perform entitlement on a Support Case or Work Order. In the Interactive entitlement process, all the relevant warranties and service contracts are listed. You can select the required warranties or service contracts to entitle the customer. In the auto-entitlement process, you can create rules to perform entitlements automatically for a Case or Work Order.
Warranty Terms can be linked to individual part numbers or a group of products identified by Product Family or Product Line. When an Installed Product record is created, the warranty is calculated automatically based on the warranty terms defined.
The Service or Maintenance Contracts module can be used to manage extended Service Agreements for Serial or Lot, tracked as well as non-tracked items. Coverage in service or maintenance contracts can be based on a group of products (identified by product family or product line), part numbers, installed products, customer contacts, locations, and service types. An existing contract can also be renewed easily with a click of a button. At the renewal stage, users can retain all coverage details as it is, or modify them.
ServiceMax Interactive Entitlement Verification is an intelligent collaboration of automation and informed decision-making. After the product and customer are identified on a support case or work order, all the relevant warranties and service or maintenance contracts are displayed to the user in a grid format. Users can then select the relevant warranty or service or maintenance contracts to entitle the customer. Rule-based Auto-Entitlement fully automates this process, providing an alternative or complementary option for IBs that are simpler and predictable.
The complete history of service entitlements made to customers is tracked automatically in ServiceMax. With the help of powerful dashboards, reports, and advanced service performance metrics, management users can quickly learn the history of customer entitlements, grouped by products, regions, customers, and contacts.
The following screen displays the Entitlement Process.