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Time is money in the competitive world of vehicle after-sales. Thus, boosting vehicle throughput has a favorable effect on the effectiveness of the shops. Otherwise, workshop waste causes businesses to collapse. Automobile repair shop software management can be helpful here. Retention of customers is a positive factor for auto repair shops. It’s more difficult to keep clients in section two once the warranty has […]

Law enforcement encounters challenges more complex than ever before. In addition to historic criminal strategies, a new wave of constantly-evolving digital misconduct makes police work even more difficult. Fortunately, public-sector officials can adopt advanced technology themselves. Two examples of these solutions are rugged tablets and laptops, tools that have become essential to law enforcement officers. It is vital to get technology access to police […]

For many organisations, new technology deployment can be a daunting prospect. Not only are there business continuity concerns during the transitional phase, but teams need to consider many factors long before deployment begins. These are enough to leave heads spinning at both executive and IT levels. On top of that, switching vendors, partners, devices, operating systems, and configurations, potentially all at once, can often […]

Global natural disasters have increased more than ten times from 1960 to 2019, quantifying a trend many people have observed. During this period, the number of natural hazards exploded from 39 to 396 events per year. In addition to the tragic loss of human life, these events carry billion-dollar economic losses that local and federal governments must cover. As a result, regions feel the […]

Tree pruning and other forms of vegetation management are becoming increasingly critical in the safe and effective operation of power lines and related utilities. Vegetation management includes the effective removal of unwanted plant growth from areas surrounding utilities areas of operation. These regions have the immediate vicinity of the power lines and the right of way for utilities to operate safely. Utilities need access […]

Rugged mobile PCs exist primarily to enhance mobile worker productivity and efficiency while on foot. Docking stations take these benefits a step further by improving productivity and efficiency while using such a device while seated, or at least generally stationary, whether in a vehicle, a workshop, or your office. What is a Docking Station? A docking station is an apparatus that fixes a portable […]

Since the pandemic, many employees can work from home. Those who work with machines or deliver frontline services, like the utility and manufacturing sectors, usually cannot. The United States employs a whopping 50 million frontline workers, and the pandemic is far from over. A question that is front and center in many industries is: How do we keep employees safe while still getting work […]

Commercial vehicle fleets are a popular tool for doing business, from transportation and trucking to school busing to local package delivery. While some companies outsource entire fleets or their management, many others manage their fleets internally. Maintaining vehicle oversight is critical to optimizing vehicle “up” time and minimizing costs. Before uncovering current trends and challenges, it is worth defining vehicle fleet management in more […]

Voice recognition software assistive technology is a growing trend that COVID-19 has pulled into the mainstream. Consumers have gradually integrated phrases like “Alexa” and “Hey Google” into their daily lives. Speech-to-text recognition has enabled secure, contactless professional communication while assuring workforce safety in the past few years. But how do you re-open in-person business while maintaining the demand for the global work-from-home setup? This […]

Given the general rise in ransomware and cyberattacks and threats across various industries and sectors, users expect rugged devices to offer more security layers and options than a consumer-grade tablet or notebook would deliver. And given the growing threat of cyberspace as a theater of war, that goes double for military and defense applications. However, when parsing out a rugged device’s security features, vendors […]

Transportation and logistics is a service industry providing movement and management for goods and materials to meet the demands of its customers. It is the backbone of every company’s supply chain. This involves planning, implementing, and controlling goods’ forward and reverse flow and storage. During the Covid-19 pandemic, all modes — airfreight, railroads, trucking fleets, ocean shipping, and warehouses—were disrupted to a large degree. […]

Android is already a very popular rugged tablet operating system (OS), and its relative share of the market is expected to keep growing. However, when it comes to industry field services, Android has even more potential. This is due to the recent shifts in how field service jobs are done, recent evolution, and diversification in the form factors that offer it. What Field Services […]