Feature Articles
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Optimizing Fleet Maintenance With Wireless Vehicle Management
9/24/2013
For fleet managers, nothing is more important than keeping vehicles running and productive. Maintaining vehicles, including repair, upkeep and downtime, has a huge impact on a fleet’s bottom line. A proactive, preventive maintenance program helps fleet managers keep vehicle repair costs to a minimum.
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At The e-Commerce Register: Customer Satisfaction Without Employee Interaction
9/17/2013
E-commerce resources are generally focused on supporting the online storefront with good reason. It’s important for the customer to be able to find their product quickly, for the company to be able to recommend associated products, and for the checkout process to be completed quickly once the customer has decided to make a purchase.
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Return To Vendor Labels - Take Out The Detective Work!
9/17/2013
Improving the Return to Vendor process saves the retailer associates’ time – so that they can focus on assisting customers – and the vendor operators’ time – so that merchandise can be quickly reallocated.
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Transform Your Forklifts: The Complete Solution For Materials Handling
9/11/2013
In today's distribution centers, forklifts are becoming sophisticated information technology hubs.
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Mobile Solution Simplifies, Improves And Expedites OSHA And EPA Compliance & Mobile Audits
9/9/2013
For companies like WasteStrategies LLC, success is dependent on OSHA and EPA compliance. Streamlining this process to ensure accuracy while promoting productivity and speed is key.
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Solving The Fundamental Challenges Of Today’s Mobile Workers
8/26/2013
According to Mary Meeker’s latest Internet Trends report, there are about 1.5 billion global mobile subscribers, up from 1.1 billion a year before. It is no surprise then, that by 2015, IDC predicts that the world's mobile worker population will reach 1.3 billion – that’s 37.2 percent of the total workforce.
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Fighting Retail Return Fraud
8/20/2013
It’s after Christmas and consumers are lined up at stores to return merchandise – the scratchy sweater from Aunt Helen, the toaster oven that doesn’t fit on the counter. But not all returns are legitimate and return fraud costs Retailers billions of dollars every year- $8.9 billion dollars according to the 2012 Return Fraud survey conducted by the National Retail Federation (NRF).
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Effective Rostering For Communications Service Providers Field Operations
7/29/2013
This paper introduces a workforce management approach designed to place field operations managers ahead of the curve. It identifies the classic areas of conflict faced by most field service organizations, including those imposed by regulatory requirements, employment contracts and Service Level Agreements (SLA).
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Metrics That Matter: An Intelligent Approach For IT Service Providers
7/9/2013
A recent survey indicates that successful IT service providers are increasingly realizing that their business data is the most powerful tool in their toolbox. Specifically, businesses with a better grasp on core metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) find themselves able to make accurate, fact-based decisions, meet realistic staff utilization goals, and recognize trends and market opportunities.
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Bar Code & RFID Label Printing: Options For Printing From SAP
7/8/2013
Generating bar code and RFID labels from the SAP environment is not always a straightforward process. The various versions and generations of SAP solutions are oriented to document printing and do not offer native support for most the specialized thermal printers used for bar code and RFID labeling. That means either the SAP solution or the printer has to be enabled to be compatible.