Tablet PCs With GPS Can Increase Profits And Productivity

By MobileDemand

In a global marketplace, business is where you find it. Employees travel far and wide: selling, collecting and delivering products as the need dictates. "GPS," or global positioning system, plays a vital role in 21st century commerce. GPS satellites issue signals that can be received anywhere on the planet and sent back. This technology allows companies to keep close track of shipments, products and personnel, as well as facilitating unprecedented communication between "home base" and people in the field. A GPS ensures that shipments start on time, notes delays through breakdowns or employee difficulty, and presents real-time data on the location and status of each shipment. Considering the amount of money saved on lost time and reduced efficiency, a GPS system becomes absolutely necessary for companies looking to thrive.

Ruggedized devices and rugged tablet PCs further increase the efficiency of GPS technology. GPS enables mapping software which provides quickest routing and rerouting information to get drivers where they need to go fast, including turn-by-turn directions.

Rugged tablet computers have been tested to withstand the bumps and shocks of fieldwork—while keeping the GPS running at all times. Rugged Tablet PCs contain larger screens for easier viewing of key data, and numeric keypads to add data quickly and efficiently. GPS monitoring combines with larger functionality to keep track of countless items instantly, and to make changes on the go without slowing a given shipment down. Downtime is reduced to an absolute minimum with a rugged tablet computer and you can track your transported goods as they move across the country… even if they're scattered across dozens of different transporters.