Drive Workforce Productivity in Your Operations
Are you considering to modernize your workforce’s mobile computer solution as a means of improving productivity and staff enablement? The Zebra TC72 and TC77 Touch Mobile Computers provides the latest mobility platform that enables you to maximize benefits of mobility today, with future proofing the needs to serve your business tomorrow.
Ideal in the transportation and logistics applications such as delivery, package track and trace, route optimization, fleet management, payment collection, electronic driver logging, and voice communications. Give your workers the ultimate user experience in all conditions. The- ultra rugged construction is designed to withstand years in the toughest conditions, year in and year out. With a Gorilla Glass touch panel and imager window that offer maximum scratch resistance and shatter proofing, these touch computers are waterproof, drop-proof, and tumble- proof.
Advanced scanning technology delivers lightning fast capture of printed and on screen 1D and 2D barcodes including Digimarc. Drivers can scan barcodes from near or far away without ever to align directly to barcodes with omnidirectional scanning. Unlike consumer smartphones, the Zebra TC72 and TC77 mobile computer is built to last, high capacity battery up to 15 hours of power, and comes with enterprise applications for device management that can improve uptime, operational efficiency, and visibility.
Features:
- Advanced scanning of 1D and 2D barcodes
- TC72: Android 9 Pie TC77: Android 8.1 Oreo (Both OS upgradeable through Android R)
- 4.7 Inch high definition display with best in class outdoor readability
- Android Enterprised Recommended
- 13MP color rear camera to capture proof of delivery photos
- Rich location support
- Full shift power that lasts up to 15 hours
- Highest voice quality in its class
Expand the capabilities of your mobile computers to improve operational efficiency and workforce productivity with the Mobility DNA Apps that Zebra provides.
Introducing 4 New Mobility DNA Apps–
- Worry Free Wifi– deliver dependably superior WiFi connectivity to boost workforce productivity
- Power Precision Console– easily identify all your devices on one screen and remove unhealthy batteries before they reduce productivity
- Life Guard Analytics– to stay ahead of updates and extend the lifecycle of the device.
- StageNow– restricted mode which allows you to control access to Google Mobile Services
Contact Barcodes if you have any questions regarding the Zebra TC72 and TC77 Touch computers and see how it can help you increase efficiency at your workforce.
What You Need To Know About The ELD Mandate
What is the ELD Mandate?
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) published the final electronic logging device rule — or ELD Mandate. An electronic logging device is used to electronically record a driver’s record of duty status, which replaces the paper logbook for drivers to record their hours of service (HOS) requirements. Fleets that were equipped with electronic logging technology (AOBRDs) before Dec. 2017 have until Dec. 2019 to ensure compliance with the published specifications.
Benefits of an ELDs:
- Save driver time by reducing paperwork to ensure it is recorded properly
- Keep a dispatcher up to date on driver’s status
- Reduce a hassle of keeping a paper log
- Easy tracking driver’s HOS
- Ensure driving segments are recorded from truck’s engine
- Ease of data transfer from driver to fleet manager where one can see e-logs
Rugged Handhelds:
The FMCSA addressed that rugged handhelds and tablets can be used as long as the system meets the ELD requirements. With the overwhelming adoption of rugged handhelds, truck drivers find them easy to use and easy to track their hours of service while they are on the road.
What are some mobile device options?
While there are hundreds of devices to choose from, here are some of the newest technologies that are ideal for the on-the-go driver:
To learn more about the ELD Mandate or need an ELD solution, reach out to our one of our dedicated account managers.
Route Planning Solution: Descartes and the MC45 Mobile Computer
When managing a mobile workforce, one of the first steps to ensuring success is proper fleet management and route optimization. Expanding your workforce’s potential begins with proper planning for pickups, deliveries and service calls.
Having the right software and mobile device is key to providing the tools to maximize fleet and mobile resource utilization and efficiency. At the end of the day, the right tools will allow you to get the most out your workforce while reducing costs and improving service to your customers.
Descartes Route Planning Software and the MC45 from Zebra form powerful combination for any mobile workforce aiming for maximal efficiency. Pairing Descartes’ real-time visibility and flexibility with the robust wireless connectivity and data collection capabilities of the MC45 makes for the perfect companion to any mobile workforce.
Descartes Route Optimization Features:
- Automated Vehicle Location – GPS-based fleet wide visibility in real-time
- Dispatch – Facilitate new orders, manage exceptions
- Turn-by-Turn Navigation – Reduce miles driven and maintenance costs
- Interactive Voice Response – Automated IVR solutions for pick-up/delivery scheduling
MC45 Rugged Mobile Computer Features:
- Wi-Fi, WWAN, and Bluetooth connectivity options
- True field durability – IP64 rated
- Industry-leading 1D scan engine with Adaptive Scan technology
- 3.2MP Camera
- Outdoor-viewable 3.2″ screen
- VoWWAN handset mode with active noise reduction
Driver Vehicle Inspection Reporting for Private Fleets: Pitfalls and Opportunities
As time marches on, many of the influences on our businesses change as well. This change alone is a great reason to frequently review your operations and make sure you are employing the very best practices in every facet of your business operations. In a recent research study conducted by Vanson Bourne trucking professionals reported that only 61% of their companies had conducted any type of process re-engineering effort in the previous 12 months. That leaves 39% of transportation operations as a whole (33% of private fleets and 53% of for-hire operations) that have not made a focused effort to innovate and improve their operational processes.
When you contrast that static approach to business against constantly evolving regulatory requirements, you have an obvious disconnect. For example, let’s take a topic like commercial vehicle inspections. All commercial fleets perform them since they are required by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) initiative1 . Yet, how many companies execute these inspections and reports in a manner that not only improves the fleet’s Vehicle Maintenance BASIC score, but also improves the efficiency of the operation, positively impacting everything from driver performance to customer satisfaction?
Gammatech T7Q Tablet – Designed for the Most Demanding Applications
As tablets become one of the most common computing devices today along with smartphones, many businesses are finding that the consumer grade products are not capable of handling the rigors of real life applications.
While you iPad works well at home and the office, it was never made to handle the rough use outdoors or on the production floor. This is where the new Gammatech T7Q comes to rescue.
A small and lightweight rugged Tablet PC designed to meet the demands of fleet industry professionals. The T7Q has a 7” TFT LCD display with resistive touch screen panel and LED backlighting, an m-SATA SSD drive and Intel Atom Processor, as well as numerous I/O port options including USB, RS-232, and RJ-45 ports and an integrated 5.0 Megapixel camera at the back of the unit. It is a convenient ultra-portable Tablet PC for use on the move or in an office, and the best choice for special applications such as the fleet management market.
