We’re all familiar with the ways that GPS tracking solutions increase driver safety, reduce fuel costs and boost driver productivity, but GPS solutions also provide the added bonus of increased security.  Knowing where your vehicles are at all times protects these high-value assets.  When businesses set up geofences to track vehicles they are alerted to any suspicious movement.  GPS tracking alerts can be set up for businesses to monitor:

• If a vehicle has moved in or out of the facility
• If a vehicle has entered an unauthorized area
• If a company vehicle is being used off-hours

Let’s Get Mobile!  Contact DecisionPoint Systems, Inc. for additional information about GPS tracking solutions.

In past posts we’ve provided information about DecisionPoint’s Push-to-Talk solution Grapevine and the benefits it provides to field-based workforces.  Grapevine Push-to-Talk is an “always on” solution that enables instant voice communication over Windows Mobile phones or PCs and is ideal for communications between dispatch and field workers.  Check out the latest video from DecisionPoint that features Grapevine and showcases its high-quality voice and performance.

Let’s Get Mobile!  Contact DecisionPoint Systems, Inc. for additional information about Grapevine Push-to-Talk.

Our post yesterday focused on the opportunity to increase revenue by selling additional products and services during service calls with the help of mobile solutions.  Adding mobile payment functionality to the mix further enhances up-sell opportunities.  Mobile computers and printers enable field workers to close an entire deal on the spot, which has a big impact on up-selling and cross-selling opportunities.  With an end-to-end field payment solution your workers can not only offer additional services and products, they can also:

• Accept payment at the time of order
• Capture signatures
• Print out a receipt
• Send digital receipts

More and more companies are adopting mobile payment to shorten the sales cycle and increase revenues by enabling field workers to up-sell, extend contracts and more—all at the point of customer engagement.

Let’s Get Mobile!  Contact DecisionPoint Systems, Inc. for additional information about mobile payment solutions.

In our April 26th post I provided information about DecisionPoint’s partner CHARGE Anywhere and their secure mobile payment processing solutions.  Today I’d like to take a closer look at some of the benefits that mobile payment solutions provide.

• Adding mobile payment solutions to existing field applications generates more revenue opportunities by enabling field workers to cross-sell and up-sell and close these additional sales while in the field.
• Field workers can not only access critical information such as service records and pricing to provide better customer service, but they can also provide on-the-spot invoices and receipts.
• More billings can be completed with the same number of staff by reducing paper processing in the back office.
• Billing cycles are shortened through on-the-spot invoicing and payment processing.

With a mobile payment processing solution from DecisionPoint you will ensure that you meet customer expectations, speed up the billing process and increase the productivity of your mobile workforce.

Let’s Get Mobile!  Contact DecisionPoint Systems, Inc. for additional information about mobile payment processing solutions.

Many field-based workforces must manage inventory outside of the four walls and it is just as critical as managing on-premise inventory.  Industries such as Direct Store Delivery (DSD) and field service companies benefit from tracking products, materials, parts and tools out in the field.  Keeping track of this mobile inventory provides benefits such as:

• Lower costs associated with shrink or loss
• Increased revenue associated with more accurate billing
• Lower Days Sales Outstanding (DSO)
• Improved customer service

Managing assets at the point of use from a mobile computer improves efficiencies and visibility and ensures that mobile workers have the tools, merchandise and materials to do their jobs.

Let’s Get Mobile!  Contact DecisionPoint Systems, Inc. for additional information about real-time inventory solutions and Mobile Inventory Management.

Tracking products throughout the supply chain is important to ensure food safety and implementing bar code and RFID technology provides the extra layer of protection needed in the event that food contamination or a food borne illness occurs.  The Produce Traceability Initiative (PTI) is already taking steps to develop a standardized approach to enhance the speed and efficiency of traceability systems.  Their vision is to create a course of action to achieve supply chain-wide adoption of electronic traceability of every case of produce by the year 2012.

PTI is leveraging GS1 bar code labeling to identify specific growers and the 14-digit Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) based upon the GS1 standard is used to identify each case of produce.  This traceability technology provides significant benefits to growers, distributors and retailers, such as:

• Full visibility into where a product came from to identify and isolate any problems
• Increased supply chain efficiency and improved operations
• Increased consumer trust

When companies receive or ship a case of produce and scan the bar code they will gain full visibility into the source, destination and all handlers of the goods.  Similarly, RFID tags can provide deep traceability without a line of sight requirement.

Let’s Get Mobile!  Contact DecisionPoint Systems, Inc. to learn more about bar code and RFID solutions that improve food safety.

Most people are familiar with consumer GPS navigation systems and the turn-by turn directions that they provide, but GPS technology has much more to offer than just basic navigation.  Businesses can improve driver productivity with applications like turn-by-turn directions, but equipping workers with mobile computers that feature integrated GPS technology offers many more options to improve productivity and reduce costs.

Mobile workforces collect numerous types of data in the field with their mobile devices and integrated GPS enables additional information about the location, date and time to be captured when they scan a bar code, capture a signature or capture an image.  This provides the additional information needed to track deliveries and services and helps improve operations and increase customer satisfaction.  Additional popular GPS applications include:

• Breadcrumbing-collect historical location data to improve fleet performance, increase safety and reduce fuel costs.
• Geofencing-when a GPS-enable device enters and/or exits a specific area a notification is generated.  Alert customers of arrival, capture duration time of stops and reduce unauthorized vehicle usage.

Let’s Get Mobile!  Contact DecisionPoint Systems, Inc. to learn more about mobile devices with integrated GPS and solutions designed to improve fleet productivity.

Check out the DecisionPoint and MiT Systems video to learn more about mobile food & beverage distribution solutions and the industries that benefit from field workforce automation solutions.

Let’s Get Mobile!  Contact DecisionPoint Systems, Inc. for additional information about our MobileArc™ Food & Beverage Distribution solutions.

In our February 28th post I provided information about mobile food and beverage distribution solutions and a video from DecisionPoint and MiT Systems that showcased the benefits of our field workforce automation solutions.  Today I’d like to share another video that describes how partnering with DecisionPoint Systems to deploy MiT Systems software to your mobile workforce helps achieve ROI.  Check out the video to learn more about the benefits of cloud-computing and how you can expect ROI in the first month of use.

Let’s Get Mobile!  Contact DecisionPoint Systems, Inc. for additional information about MobileArc™ Food & Beverage Distribution solutions.

Distributors of high-volume items such as food and beverages perform a wide variety of tasks each day and mobile solutions enable them to efficiently and effectively manage everything from pre-sales, physical delivery, peddle sales and route accounting operations.  Mobile food and beverage distribution solutions enable you to take control outside of your four walls, reduce overall costs and increase operational efficiency—all while providing drivers with real-time access to the back-office information they need to perform their jobs.  Check out this new video from DecisionPoint and MiT Systems that provides additional information about our field workforce automation solutions designed for food and beverage distributors.

Let’s Get Mobile!  Contact DecisionPoint Systems, Inc. to learn more about MobileArc Food & Beverage Distribution solutions.