hello june.
- Thread starter ebsprintin
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You mean to tell me you allowed a kidney stone to put you in bed?
I bet you rolled up in a ball too.
I know I always do. Lol
Can you imagine app software that is interactive with Sylectus/Fleetvision where your phone would be your truck master box.....Instead of that bulky box we have now?...Our phones would have all the keyboard functions....The less costs associated with that box for a carrier over time.....The person that would invest in such software development would be a real innovator of this industry.
Lots of really good mobile apps out there. Sylectus has one. Heck the old nextel integration was pretty good. But alas they are not commercial grade and enterprise level and the most common weak point was simply the phone had an off button. Too often used when a unit was late or other situations, or left it home, or battery died.
Larger customers look for true tracking vs cell phone tracking. They can normally figure out the difference pretty quick. It is easy to look at the satellite tracking as an expense, but on the flip side is it also a sales tool that generates revenue for your unit? We could look at customer service as an expense the same way. Is it an expense or an investment to generate sales and revenue. I don't like to spend either, I prefer to invest.
I think systems will keep evolving. I would anticipate the box in the truck will do less and less but will be the location tracker and the communication portal. I think phones and tablets will blue tooth to it and companies will develop the software to go on them. The phones and tablets will be the input unit and the brains to an extent (other than tracking and data push).
I think systems will keep evolving. I would anticipate the box in the truck will do less and less but will be the location tracker and the communication portal. I think phones and tablets will blue tooth to it and companies will develop the software to go on them. The phones and tablets will be the input unit and the brains to an extent (other than tracking and data push).
I was without a QC for a week. Fax BOL, drive to a fax. Dispatch didn't know where I was have the time. Phone calls for updates. I will be more than happy to pay the money for a QC.
That is exactly what I was saying.....a portal for our use.....The Location tracker would still be the same.....technically there should be no need for them big bulky boxes....
I am guessing within the next two to three years that is what it will evolve too. I know they are already working on developing the platforms for it right now. I see the tablet becoming the next head unit...
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that could be a real plus for Load 1....the operator would be responsible for the head unit/tablet...there would be less to install in truck/van and no more of them costly repairs to unit!....
ebsprintin
Veteran Expediter
After completing my service work on the van, loaded up in Ohio with Georgia on my mind
Colorado Springs is nice this time of year.
eb
After completing my service work on the van, loaded up in Ohio with Georgia on my mind
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Well I hate to do it to whoever is sitting in Laredo so I apologize that I am planning
to bump you had enough of San Antonio
Texas..Love it or please I wanna leave it soon lol
Had that happen once to JuJu and I...at a CVS distribution center in Texas...
thank goodness..slow poke.....took ya long enough.....LOL
Well............not every corporation tries to move as "expeditiously" as Load One! This project involved more companies than just mine to make it happen. Granted I have to write the check....
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