Tech Update: The Value Of Mobile Inventory Management

By Brian Albright, Field Technologies magazine

Inventory management has always been a part of retail, warehouse, and stockroom applications. But, a company's inventory management needs are rarely confined to the four walls of the enterprise; businesses that include a field service, field sales, maintenance, inspection, or delivery component must track assets that are on the move.

That's where mobile inventory management solutions come in. "Today, the mobile workforce is an extension of the overall workforce, and managing mobile inventory is as critical as managing on-premise inventory," says Khalid Kidari, director of product management and marketing at DAP Technologies.