Mobile Computing Thought Leadership
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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…
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Mobile’s Most Daunting Challenge: Support
11/9/2017
Day Two complexities demand expert help, lifecycle oversight.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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Mobile-Enabling Field Service Teams For Immediate Financial Impact
9/1/2017
When we think about field service professionals, they are everywhere. They work in utilities (such as power generation), communications (including cable and satellite TV, internet, or mobile operators), construction, and a host of other industries. Field service teams are a key part of the business, responsible for the creation, maintenance and/or activation of your products and services. To a large degree, these professionals work at the mercy of paper-laden (pen, paper, clipboards, forms, etc.) and time-consuming processes to perform their duties – from delivery drop-offs to installation and on-boarding. Data quality problems are commonplace and processes take too long, impacting productivity, billing and budgets, bottom-line revenue, and compliance reporting.
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From Mobile-First To Process-First
8/29/2017
For the better part of the last 10 years, mobile-first has been the catchphrase for designers, CX/UX/UI professionals, and front-end developers. The phrase is straightforward. It describes a user interface that accounts for how a person uses an application on a mobile device — how the app looks and is organized, the sequence of screens and possible actions, and how the app captures, uses and conveys information.