Helping Zimmatic Irrigation Dealers Become More Efficient

The Zimmatic Dealer Challenge

Zimmatic by Lindsay Corporation has built a reputation for engineering durable, high-performance pivot systems. As a Zimmatic dealer, you're responsible for selling, installing, and servicing these systems across your territory — and that comes with a unique set of operational challenges.

Zimmatic pivot systems feature advanced technology like FieldNET remote monitoring, Zimmatic GPS guidance, and sophisticated control panels that require specialized knowledge to service. Tracking parts for Zimmatic-specific components — control panels, gearboxes, span cables, FieldNET hardware, and sprinkler packages — demands more than a generic service tool or a collection of spreadsheets.

Between managing warranty coverage on dozens of Zimmatic 9500 series pivots, coordinating technicians across wide service territories, and handling the massive volume spikes of spring startup and fall winterization, Zimmatic dealers need software that matches the sophistication of the equipment they service.

Parts and Inventory Management

Zimmatic pivots use brand-specific parts that are unique to Lindsay Corporation's product line. Zimmatic gearboxes, Zimmatic control panels, Zimmatic sprinkler packages, FieldNET base stations — each component has its own part number, availability timeline, and stocking requirements.

Purpose-built inventorymanagement lets you track every Zimmatic part across your shop, warehouses, and service trucks in real time. When a technician in the field needs a Zimmatic 9500 series gearbox, they check stock from their phone instead of driving forty minutes back to the shop only to find it's on backorder.

Set reorder points for high-demand Zimmatic components so you're stocked before spring startup hits. Track which parts are on which service truck, transfer inventory between locations, and create purchase orders directly from the field when a part needs to be sourced from Lindsay.

Work Order Management for Pivot Service

Servicing a Zimmatic 9500P lateral move system is a different job than troubleshooting a FieldNET connection issue on a Zimmatic center pivot. Your work orders should capture that distinction and carry the full context of each job.

Create work orders tied directly to specific Zimmatic equipment records, complete with model numbers, serial numbers, and GPS coordinates. Track labor hours, every part consumed, photos of the work performed, and detailed technician notes — all linked to that individual pivot's service history.

Your technicians update work orders from the field using the mobile app, even in areas with no cell coverage. Time entries, parts used, photos, and customer signatures all sync automatically once connectivity returns. The app is built offline-first, so dead zones don't mean dead productivity.

Eliminating Double Entry with QuickBooks

Like most irrigation dealers, Zimmatic dealerships typically run QuickBooks for their accounting. Without a proper integration, your office staff spends hours every week re-typing invoices, customer records, and payment details from one system into another. It's slow, it's error-prone, and it's entirely avoidable.

Two-way QuickBooks sync eliminates that double entry completely. When a technician closes out a work order in the field, the invoice flows into QuickBooks automatically. Customer records stay synchronized. Payments recorded in QuickBooks appear in your service software without anyone lifting a finger.

It works with both QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Desktop, so you don't need to change your accounting setup. Your service team and your bookkeeper are always working from the same numbers. See the full details on our QuickBooks integration page.

Dispatch and Scheduling

Spring startup is the busiest time of year for any Zimmatic dealer. Every pivot in your territory needs inspection, FieldNET connectivity checks, nozzle package verification, and test runs — and your customers expect it done before planting begins.

Drag-and-drop scheduling lets your dispatcher assign jobs based on technician location, Zimmatic certification level, and current workload. Real-time status updates show which jobs are underway, which are wrapped up, and which are falling behind schedule. GPS tracking helps route the closest available technician to emergency breakdown calls.

When a grower calls at 2 PM with a Zimmatic pivot throwing a fault code during peak irrigation, you can see who's nearby, what Zimmatic parts they're carrying, and get someone dispatched in minutes rather than hours.

Technical Library for Technicians

Zimmatic systems — especially newer models with FieldNET integration and advanced GPS guidance — involve complex wiring and configuration. Even your most seasoned technicians need to pull up a reference document from time to time, and that's hard to do when you're standing in a field with no signal.

Give your team instant access to Zimmatic service manuals, wiring diagrams, FieldNET configuration guides, and technical bulletins directly from their mobile device — even offline. No more calling the shop to ask about a Zimmatic control panel wiring layout or driving back to look up a FieldNET troubleshooting procedure.

Upload your own Zimmatic-specific documents, organize them by model and system type, and make them searchable. New hires ramp up faster when every answer is on their phone, and experienced technicians spend less time chasing down information they need once a year.

Customer Management

Your customers rely on you to keep their Zimmatic systems running. Tracking every customer, their complete equipment tracking fleet, full service history, and contact details in one system gives your team the context they need before every call and every visit.

See at a glance which customers are running Zimmatic pivots, which models they have, what's covered under Lindsay's warranty, and when their next scheduled maintenance is due. When a customer calls, you can pull up their entire history in seconds — every work order, every part installed, every invoice and payment.

Use proactive service reminders to reach out before problems surface. Schedule spring startups and fall winterizations for every Zimmatic pivot in your territory, and build your seasonal calendar before the rush begins.