Growing Profitability with Affordable Technology and Labor Savings

There is a high likelihood that your business has endured a series of challenges of late. It could be in the form of higher demand volatility, supply chain disruption, labor shortages or higher costs — or all four at once. As a result, many of us have had to reconfigure our go-to business strategy. At Bell, our goal is to provide you with the highest-quality rodent control products. Additionally, it is also our goal to assist you in alleviating some of the above pressures that face your business. This is why we made a major program announcement at PestWorld in Boston that we are eliminating the recurring monthly app and portal fee associated with our IQ line of rodent monitoring products. Going forward, there will be no usage fees whatsoever. This means that all pest control company technicians can deploy an unlimited amount of iQ sensing devices without having to pay for the data.

The iQ line of products, in addition to delivering enhanced efficacy, can assist with your labor concerns. That is because IQ products have a demonstrated ability to extend the productivity per labor hour of a technician. In turn, you will realize a reduction in unit-of-labor per account serviced. Consequently, you can service more accounts with your existing labor force, or service the same number of accounts with fewer technicians.

To illustrate the time savings our rodent control technology can bring to your business, Bell conducted a comprehensive time study. Using a combination of multiple catch mouse trap devices and rat bait stations across a 600,000-square-foot commercial manufacturing facility, we timed a technician servicing all the devices as standard devices. Afterward, we replaced the standard multiple catch traps and bait stations with 24/7 iQ sensing traps and Express iQ sensing trays.

Our technician conducted six separate services on these 228 smart iQ devices and the average time savings was astounding, with much of the reduction coming directly from more efficient service. iQ devices communicate rodent activity from 30 to 100 feet away, which significantly shortened the walking route. It eliminated the need to bend, open and visually inspect the devices that didn’t have rodent activity. The technician still receives proof-of-service time stamps as validation that traps were inspected via its data connection.

The average time savings of iQ devices compared to the standard device equivalents adds up to an overall 78% time savings.

In essence, the iQ product enabled the technician in this study to be nearly 5 times more productive than without the iQ products. Clearly that kind of a result will address both labor shortages and higher labor costs.

I would encourage to reach out to your Bell technical rep as they would be happy to review the study details with you and see how these products can provide a positive impact to your existing business, affordably.

We appreciate your support and thank you for your business.

Steve Levy

President and CEO

Bell Laboratories