Feature Articles

31. 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.

32. Transform Your Forklifts: The Complete Solution For Materials Handling 9/11/2013

    In today's distribution centers, forklifts are becoming sophisticated information technology hubs.

33. 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.

34. 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.

35. 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).

36. 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.

37. Greyhound Improves Communication And Streamlines Processes With On-Board Computers 7/2/2013

    Greyhound Australia is the only National Coach company, servicing over 1,100 destinations Australia wine and reaching many regional areas. The company has undergone significant transformation over the recent past, responding to changes in the people transport industry and increasing fuel prices which are now a fact of life.

38. New Technology Is Critical To Meeting Customer Demands - Infographic 6/12/2013

    Survey results show mobile solutions can dramatically improve operational efficiencies, decrease customer satisfaction, and reduce costs.

39. Reliable Mobile Printing Solutions For Public Safety 6/12/2013

    Accurate, timely distribution of data and creation of enforcement materials in the field is a necessary function of professionals in public safety. For many years these professionals had to rely on radio communications alone for receipt of critical information they needed to do their jobs, and on handwriting for summons, citations, and other documentation they needed to issue.

40. Unlocking Hidden Cost In The Distribution Center 5/23/2013

    With many businesses still feeling the effects of the recession, facing increased competition and being forced to operate on smaller and smaller profit margins, distribution managers are increasingly tasked with the seemingly impossible job of finding cost savings from existing operations. To do this, managers are learning that they have to leave no stone unturned in order to effectively evaluate current processes and technology to help identify areas for efficiency improvements.