Is your organization moving?
If not, you may be thinking about it all the time and may be overwhelmed by all the different devices you have to cater to, or don\'t know where to start your mobile strategy, in order for your staff to understand, communicate and be efficient.
From mobile phones, smartphones, tablets to e-commerce
You may not be surprised by the reader and everything in between, in order to provide an internal mobile solution for your business success, you need a clear strategy.
Develop a mobile strategy that suits you, because each business is different, it doesn\'t make sense to target the same mobile device for everyone, so when developing a mobile strategy, the first and most important question to solve is: what is the best mobile device for your organization?
Most likely, the answer to this question may not be immediately obvious or cut off and dry immediately.
Let\'s take a look at different aspects of different mobile device options.
The portability of mobile devices is important to realize that the word \"mobile\" does not mean that it can be carried with you in all cases.
Of course, you can bring your laptop to a local cafe with your backpack, but if you\'re on a scaffold on a construction site, the laptop doesn\'t make that sense, climbing a pole or delivering mail.
It\'s important to think about where your field technicians spend most of their time on mobile systems: are they in the office or in the rain?
Driving a van or digging underground?
Handheld devices are more portable than laptops and tablets, so if your priority is maximum portability and minimum size, then handheld devices are the main choice. Real-
Time to update your company, it brief in the morning and then move forward over time, or do you need to be able to schedule tasks in real time throughout the day
Time, or both?
If you answer \"both\" then a combined system may be your perfect mobile strategy.
Real-time execution of a combined system
Time optimization with accurate monitoring tools to improve real-time
Time Report, send and receive updates when an update occurs. This back-and-
The fourth type of communication is called feedback.
In order to properly implement drip feedback communication in your mobile strategy, you need not only to provide mobile software designed for this type of monitoring and communication, but also to provide devices and networks that support it.
Fortunately, some of the most common devices used today are designed to work in real environments
Time: mobile phones, smartphones, pda and tablets running on cellular networks and wi-fifi.
These devices will never \"sleep\" and will receive phone calls, meeting reminders and emails even when they are free.
However, laptops cannot always be \"alert\" and responsive.
If it is in standby mode, you may never know what changes have been made in the schedule.
Due to this limitation of the laptop as a mobile device, you can configure the laptop to never go to standby, however, it makes more sense to properly incorporate the laptop into the overall Didi mobile strategy that relies most on handheld devices.
Your organization may use the app to track time, location, project status, or other completion reports.
Converting these features into a more mobile environment can achieve real
Time updates and easy time tracking make your organization more efficient.
WAP app running on cellular-
The phone may even be enough for this purpose.
Due to the nature of the work environment, your organization may need offline features or more advanced applications that enable you to perform operations such as viewing customer history, fault descriptions, required parts, files, attachments, etc.
Handheld devices are an ideal option in this case, but for many organizations, this is not enough: you may need to store asset information on multi-layer maps, create complex documents, or manage a large number of schedules that contain complex daily activity reports.
In these cases, the limitations of handheld devices make the user experience less desirable.
With these complexities in mind, for some simpler tasks such as modifying schedules, presenting tasks, running a satellite navigator, email, etc.
-Handheld devices are a perfect match, but if it\'s just the tip of the iceberg for your organization-you might consider using heavier devices like UMPC, tablet or laptop.
In addition to considering the mobile device itself, you need to consider device components that may affect availability and functionality.
Keyboard: If your technician needs to enter short emails or text messages frequently throughout the day, handheld devices may overburden this and actually lead to inefficiency. Speech-to-
Text software is improving, which can help in some cases.
As outlined below, you may also want to consider whether the touch screen is beneficial.
Touch screen: some enterprises need touch screen in order to capture signatures, draw maps, etc.
Keep in mind that not all handheld devices come with touch screens, but many have touch screens.
Tablets and devices like the iPad have a particularly responsive high-resolution touch screen that allows users to enter emails through the touch screen and integrate more touch features
Related tasks such as signature capture.
Other accessories: you use the bar-
Or RFID?
Hands in many industries
Handheld devices now have these types of scanners built in to enable seamless ordering processes and other mobile communications.
So many features are included in devices like smartphones, so there is no need to track different devices.
Battery life: this is something to keep in mind and make sure that you have the proper charging power in case you are on the road and using your mobile device in large quantities.
Even with the strongest battery, the laptop will not fight against the handheld device.
Ensure that the vehicle or other battery backup program has a charging function to prevent potential data loss or suspension-
In daily work
Test software and hardware together: Usability has no strict relationship with software.
Devices are so different in Software UI and hardware components.
For some users,
The Pad is better than the joystick, or the keyboard is better than the touch screen.
Some devices come with more hardware buttons than others and some companies (e. g. Psion Teklogix)
Ability to define custom hardware buttons for each customer.
It all comes down to the needs of your organization and the employees who will be using the device (s)you choose.
Whatever you decide-it\'s important to test the device with a mobile app in the actual situation on site.
Let your technicians give their feedback as you develop your mobile strategy.
Keep in mind that the success of the whole project also always depends on employee satisfaction.