2 min read It’s that time of the year again! FedEx says it expects deliveries between Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve to rise 8.8 percent over last year, to 290 million. Similarly, UPS is anticipating an 11 percent increase in shipments over 2013.FedEx plans to hire 50,000 seasonal workers, up from 40,000 last year. UPS says it will add […]
3 min read Monitoring & Tracking your field employees during work hours can be effective but challenging to implement. On one hand, employees have a right to their privacy. On the other hand, businesses also have a responsibility to maximize productivity and efficiency for all stakeholders i.e. customers, employees, vendors etc. During work hours it is critical for […]
2 min read John Huggins, Vice President of Sales at FX Logistics says that freight broker software makes his organization’s communication with drivers much more efficient as it reduces the routine calls to the trucks by almost half, and that alone enables their traffic personnel to concentrate on potential exceptions before they become exceptions. Freight […]
5 min read As businesses expand their operations beyond the office walls, field workers have become an integral part of the workforce. However, managing the attendance and working hours of these employees can be a challenging task. This is where an Automated Time Clock System for field workers comes into play. Automated Time Clock Systems have become increasingly […]
2 min read A new way to do business for fleet managers and load brokers with innovative cloud-based technology? We seem to be at the beginning of a new trend in the trucking industry. Freight brokerage software technology for load tracking using drivers cell-phones makes it a lot easier and hassle free to track loads from their source […]
3 min read When you’re reading up on management tips and tricks on how to improve your business, you often run into people declaring new profit centers, or ROI centers, for businesses like yours. But you don’t have to look far to rediscover your most valuable profit center – your *own* mobile employees. You can save thousands of […]
2 min read A contract workforce gives you the flexibility to expand and contract your workforce based on your business needs. But when employees are constantly added and removed from your workforce, it can be a challenge to manage this process efficiently since it touches many divisions within the company, from Operations to IT to Finance.
2 min read Customer service is a critical core competence that many field service organizations have to master. It can very often determine the success or failure of the company. Customer service is not something that organizations with a mobile workforce can learn overnight but is a collective skill that is honed with proper use of mobile devices […]
2 min read Business needs seem to be ever-changing – from evolving customer requirements to changing workforce devices and technologies. Businesses need mobile solutions and platforms that are versatile and can be easily adapted to their unique needs with minimal impact to back-office / IT support staff, optimal reuse of existing investments in devices & infrastructure, and no […]
3 min read It’s that time of the week when you find yourself helplessly in the middle of the off-site employee time sheets that are all over the place, difficult to read, verify, calculate and process. With all the business demands you face, you’re probably in a hurry to just get done with workforce payroll management. It is […]