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Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Get a tighter provider-customer relationship by using GPS
As the cost of GPS equipment plummets, businesses increasingly reap benefits from knowing where their valuable equipment and goods are. Business world finding more ways to use GPS technology specifically talks about rental of farming equipment, but also covers the general corporate case.
'Experts say GPS is taking the guesswork out of many business transactions and improving efficiency. Within the next decade, some say, even the smallest mom-and-pop companies will be forced to use GPS-enabled equipment.'
Be forced to sounds harsh. It's more likely they will want to, to protect the stuff they own.
'Of course, commercial systems aren’t quite so inexpensive [as $200]. They must, for example, link to a company’s back office, include tracking technology that works inside a building, or have other professional-grade bells and whistles. But they do cost less than they used to, a reflection of the declining price of the hardware and software they’re made from.'
'Today 30 percent to 40 percent of fleet operators use “telematics” services, data-sharing applications that rely on GPS technology to link an employee in the field to the home office. In the next five years, Koslowski said, 60 percent to 70 percent of fleet operators will have the services.'
'Experts say GPS is taking the guesswork out of many business transactions and improving efficiency. Within the next decade, some say, even the smallest mom-and-pop companies will be forced to use GPS-enabled equipment.'
Be forced to sounds harsh. It's more likely they will want to, to protect the stuff they own.
'Of course, commercial systems aren’t quite so inexpensive [as $200]. They must, for example, link to a company’s back office, include tracking technology that works inside a building, or have other professional-grade bells and whistles. But they do cost less than they used to, a reflection of the declining price of the hardware and software they’re made from.'
'Today 30 percent to 40 percent of fleet operators use “telematics” services, data-sharing applications that rely on GPS technology to link an employee in the field to the home office. In the next five years, Koslowski said, 60 percent to 70 percent of fleet operators will have the services.'
