Mobile Technology

Rugged devices and mobility are playing a leading role in today’s warehousing and logistics operations

When you consider that the average age of a trucker is 56, you realize it’s high time to up efforts to recruit and retain younger drivers to address the driver shortage and ensure a future for this profession.

Are your operators moving goods excessively before putaway and walking a lot to do their work at fixed stations? Do workers wait around for goods that they need to put away? If you answered yes, then maybe it's time to make the case for mobile workstations.

Over the coming years, IoT, Big Data, and mobile devices/applications should all play a larger role in helping companies create streamlined, end-to-end supply chains that span the globe, whether they’re operating in mature markets or emerging economies, these firms will continue to rely on technology that helps improve their operations and bring them closer to their customers.

Uber has officially launched Uber Freight, the company’s new service that will match truckers with companies who need cargo shipped across the country.

In this webinar you'll learn how mobility can be used to optimize the last-mile for increased productivity, profitability and customer satisfaction.

This whitepaper describes real-world examples of how companies are using mobility to optimize the last mile for increased profitability, customer satisfaction, and compliance.

Wearable technologies are nothing new in warehouses. For decades, equipment such as ring scanners, arm-mounted devices, and voice headsets and terminals have made warehouse processes more productive and accurate. That doesn’t mean, however, that wearables are standing still.

By taking the process to the product, mobility enables a more streamlined, more accurate and faster approach to warehouse and DC management in today’s e-commerce age.

Drivers of late model BMWs can now get smartphone and Apple Watch alerts via Microsoft's Azure cloud to leave early due to traffic or walking directions to a destination after they've parked their cars.

As mobile is intrinsically woven into the fabric of enterprise, mobile security is less about protecting data and devices and more about protecting intellectual property, brand value, and customer trust.

While the government has suggested the software tool will be used to unlock only the device in question, Apple and other technology companies believe that it sets a precedent that could lead to similar unlocking requests in the future.

As the pull of shopping online via mobile devices becomes ever more prevalent, recent research from transportation and logistics bellwether UPS shows that as more consumers shop online, they also bring with them specific preferences and guidelines, too.

Seeking better efficiencies and workforce productivity, logistics organizations are slowly, but consistently embracing the idea of mobile technology within the four walls.

Mobile execution, or the ability to collect data and perform transactions at any point of activity in the supply chain, is one of the most compelling reasons to adopt a mobile supply chain.