Mobile Computing Thought Leadership

41. Imagine A Fitbit-Like Field Service Experience 1/18/2018

    It’s the New Year, and gyms are packed full with people full of resolve to get healthy. Many of those people, including myself, now use an exercise-tracking device like a Fitbit, Garmin, or Apple Watch to track their activity and help stay motivated. The question is, what can we in the field service industry learn from the use of these exercise-tracking devices?

42. Weighing Your Options: The Mobile Versus Portable Scale 1/10/2018

    The words “portable” and “mobile” have been used interchangeably for years to talk about how easy it is to move a computer from one workspace to another. Correctly, dictionaries now describe “portable” as something that can be moved, while “mobile” is moved freely or easily. As a result, the word “mobile” has increasingly dominated as an adjective to describe a plethora of goods: There are mobile homes (weighing 12 to 14 tons) and portable potties. There are mobile cranes and portable generators. While each of these are much larger than most of the mobile devices that we think about like cellphones, they still have meaning when considered in reference to something stationary. A mobile home is smaller than a house. A portable generator is smaller than a fixed power plant.

43. Optimizing Maintenance, Efficiency, And Quality With Mobile HMI 12/6/2017

    The HMI Solution: From flashing lights to action insight. Human-machine interface (HMI) systems have been helping managers and line supervisors optimize plant floor operations for years. In fact, many consider the first HMI system in manufacturing to be the “e-stop” button, which workers used to stop production – and often set off a flashing light – when a machine went down. Fortunately, HMI systems have come a long way since the days of emergency stop buttons and flashing lights…

44. Mobile’s Most Daunting Challenge: Support 11/9/2017

    Day Two complexities demand expert help, lifecycle oversight.

45. Digitizing The Construction Industry – How Mobility Delivers Business Value 10/31/2017

    The construction industry has a tremendous impact to any nation’s economy.  While the sheer volume of people and partners employed and the demand for enabling materials – steel, cement and chemicals – generates enormous economic activity, managing the complexity of these large projects is a challenge. According toMcKinsey, large construction projects typically take 20% longer to finish than scheduled and are up to 80% over budget.

46. Total Cost Of Ownership: Important Considerations When Comparing Rugged And Consumer Mobile Devices 10/10/2017

    Mobile computing is becoming more prevalent in the enterprise today as consumers ranging from executives in the C-Suite to forklift operators in a warehouse use a mobile computing device to carry out their jobs. Mobility is the key to advancement, power, and efficiency for both consumers and companies.

47. Professional's Roadmap: Evaluating Mobile Technology The Right Way 9/29/2017

    How to Select Everything You Need for Your Environment the First Time Around.

48. The Real Reason Why You Shouldn’t Go All-In On All-In-One Mobility “Bundles” 9/13/2017

    If you had to choose between replacing your company’s back-office desktop and servers, or replacing all of your company-issued mobile tablets, smartphones and other devices, which would you choose?

49. Connecting The Back Office: Mobile-Enabling Field Teams 9/5/2017

    Our latest post on mobile-enabling field teams highlighted the greatest challenges to achieving efficiencies among field workers. This infographic provides more detail on the data needed by field teams and how mobile field service apps that provide access to back office systems pay off.

50. Five Tips For Optimizing Field Service Teams With Mobility 9/5/2017

    Companies are  increasingly realizing that mobile workforcce solutions could be a huge transformational opportunity, but aren’t sure where to start. We find many of our customers start with mobile enabling field teams. The fact that these employees are “on the move” servicing customers and equipment and away from computer for most of the day is one reason.