Savvy managers and business owners are always on the lookout for time saving and money saving solutions that are relatively easy to implement. In the digital age, there are plenty of choices, not all of which deliver on the initial promise. But the winners survive and thrive based on results. That’s the main reason cloud-based storage caught on in a big way, GPS devices built a loyal following, and asset tracking remains one of the favorite technology-based solutions among today’s managerial experts. The bottom line for busy managers is keeping expenses low and income as high as possible. Here are details about their top choices.
GPS for Commercial Fleets
Fleet management teams and transport company owners like the savings they get from using a relatively old type of technology. Today’s enhanced GPS (global positioning system) devices deliver money saving results and higher levels of safety for fleets. Transportation of commercial goods calls for highly efficient operations, and GPS contributes to that effort in several ways.
In an environment where expensive assets are driven by humans across vast areas, GPS offers fleet supervisors a way to pinpoint the location of every delivery and know where drivers are always. The devices offer a low-cost way for transport company owners to keep employees safe and follow trucks in real time. Managers can keep drivers on route when road closures make instant changes necessary. GPS devices make such adaptations easy in any circumstance.
Tags for Asset Tracking
Tracker tags come in four varieties. The older two are QR codes and barcodes, both of which have been around for almost 20 years. They allow users to scan the codes and find out all the pertinent details about the asset in question, like who owns it, where it should be located, etc. Barcodes and QRs are low-cost ways to stamp an ID on everything a business owns and store large amounts of data about each item.
Radio frequency identification and Bluetooth low energy (RFID & BLE) are the newer, more sophisticated trackers that offer owners a chance to locate lost items, store huge databases in password protected files, and manage thousands of assets in any number of locations. BLEs require no human interface and can communicate with devices on their own, which makes them ideal for large construction sites and vast geographical worksites.
Automated Social Media Posting
For online merchants, blogs and social media posts are the backbones of developing a strong online presence and creating a healthy outreach program. Finding new customers via the internet is not a new idea, but there are fresh twists that are gaining traction among managers and owners at all levels of commerce. One is a solution that allows users to create multiple blog articles and stagger their publication according to a detailed schedule.
The second part of the plan is to outsource the creation of the content, which streamlines the entire process. Managers and entrepreneurs need to oversee and take part in quality control for all articles, blog posts, and social media announcements, so the effort does require a minimal time commitment. Marketers have discovered that consumers can detect AI generated content quickly, so there’s been a renewed emphasis on original, human created articles and posts.
