Mobile Computing Thought Leadership

  1. Four Critical Steps To Ensure Field Techs Adopt Your New Mobile Solution 6/6/2017

    You’ve done your homework, analyzed the numbers, reviewed your results. Even with very conservative assumptions, it is obvious that your field technicians can be 30+% more effective with a mobile solution. The decision is a no-brainer, yet you hesitate to pull the trigger. What’s holding you back?

  2. Five Strategies For Maximum Productivity In Smart Field Devices 6/2/2017

    Field service personnel, from repair techs to salespeople to delivery drivers, are more reliant on smart devices than ever before. And those smart devices are changing.

  3. How To Ask Your Sales Rep The Tough Questions About Rugged Mobile Devices 6/1/2017

    Sooner or later, you’ll be in one of your conference rooms with a sales person touting a mobile device they swear will be perfect for your business needs. Whether it is a smartphone, tablet or notebook PC, what you need to know is if it is rugged enough to survive the ropes with your field technicians.

  4. Transforming Field Service With Augmented Reality 5/31/2017

    As more field service organizations turn to technology to drive business, augmented reality (AR) is one of the latest trends to shake up the industry. Goldman Sachs predicts that virtual and augmented reality will be an $80 billion market by 2025. Gartner lists augmented reality among the critical technologies that businesses should prioritize to meet the rapidly increasing demands of digital business innovation. It’s clear that AR has piqued the interest of the enterprise.

  5. Making Your Loading Operations Smarter And More Connected 5/23/2017

    Using real-time visibility to optimize trailer loading, enhance worker productivity, and reduce operational costs.

  6. Putting Real Numbers Behind Mobile Device TCO 5/23/2017

    The Workforce Mobility Revolution is well underway and the landscape is no longer static. Devices, operating systems and configurations are constantly changing. Field service workers, DSD drivers and Parcel Courier/Postal drivers need devices that are intuitive and can continue to support them as workflows change. These factors combine to create a big challenge for all field teams. Should they select and then customize consumer-oriented devices, or go with purpose-built enterprise devices?

  7. The Automation “Handshake”: How Mobile Devices Make It Happen 5/4/2017

    Automation is happening quickly across all industries, no real news there. But McKinsey Global Institute, in a new report, has identified new areas of work that are now susceptible to automation. We all know that manual, repetitive work has long been a target of automation. But high-skill activities that require interaction with machines will also benefit from automation; or, perhaps better described as the act of converting skilled workers into information workers.

  8. Transportation And Distribution Rugged Computer Feature Checklist 4/26/2017

    This checklist outlines features of rugged mobile computing devices that commonly come into play in the Transportation and Distribution industries. It is recommended you pay special attention to these points as you research different rugged mobile PC options for your own specific applications.

  9. Oil & Gas Rugged Computer Feature Checklist 4/26/2017

    This checklist outlines rugged mobile computing features commonly required by the Oil & Gas Industry for both onshore and offshore operations. Evaluating the necessity of each capability for your organization’s workflows and your workers’ daily flow is a critical first step as you research different rugged tablet PC options for your specific mobility requirements.

  10. Betting On Mobile Coverage: What Is The True Ante For An Online Application 4/26/2017

    Market maturity in field mobility applications has continued to improve in recent years and as such, these initiatives become more central to organizations’ strategy and differentiation. As a result, project steering committees are made up of a wider group of people from the organization, which unfortunately dilutes the focus on the challenges faced by remote fieldworkers. One example of this are projects where the ability to work out of mobile coverage is removed with reckless abandon. After all, offline capabilities are hard to implement and mobile coverage is effectively everywhere, isn’t it?