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Video: TeleNav Track demo’d at Interop NYC
Nov 25th
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Last week, we spent some time with AT&T at Interop in NYC. Take a look at this video to see AT&T’s Patrick O’Connor and TeleNav’s Chris Johnson give a demo on TeleNav Track and explain how it might help your business save money and improve operations.
Are you already using TeleNav Track or another GPS service for your business?
What results have you seen?
Can tracking buses with GPS keep your kids safer this year?
Aug 25th
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(image source: Alabama Farmers Federation Friends & Family)
…the Pike County School system in Troy, Alabama believes it can.
According to the local newspaper today, the Pike County School system has installed GPS phones on all of its buses this year. The Sprint Nextel phones run TeleNav Track and allow the transportation department to monitor where each bus is during the day as well as keep detailed mileage reports for each bus.
If needed, the school officials can notify parents of the whereabouts of each bus without having to call each driver to determine their location.
According to the Pike County transportation department, buses in other places have been hijacked so this system helps prevent similar incidents happening in their school district.
The Pike County School system is not alone in using GPS on school buses. The Anaheim Union High School District and the Napa Valley Unified School District (both in California) are also using GPS to improve safety, efficiency and communication with concerned parents.
What do you think? Does GPS on school buses improve safety for kids? Would you feel better knowing that your child’s bus had GPS?
Report Indicates GPS Solutions Deliver Substantial ROI to Businesses
Jul 24th
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TeleNav Track Delivers Location Information from a Mobile Handset to an easy to view Web-based system
As some of you may know, in addition to the consumer turn-by-turn navigation applications we develop here at TeleNav, we also develop a suite of location-based products for business customers called TeleNav Track. These products range from our “LITE” solutions that provide the back office, through a Web-based interface, with location information for mobile workers and resources to our Premium services which build on the capabilities of the LITE services by providing deeper operational tools such as wireless timecard entry and form completion, mileage tracking and vehicle diagnostic monitoring right from the field.
We currently have approximately 9,000 organizations using our TeleNav Track products through our carrier partners AT&T and Sprint and we’re constantly receiving feedback from our customers explaining how the improved visibility into the location of their mobile workforce has cut costs through reduced mileage, more efficient dispatching and better customer service. Check out some of our case studies.
But don’t just take our word for it. A recent report from Aberdeen Group provides the results of a survey of companies using GPS enabled services and the findings indicate that GPS services are certainly providing substantial ROI for businesses. This TMCnet article outlines some of the survey findings.
According to Aberdeen Group, use of GPS enabled solutions by businesses with mobile workers and resources has reduced idle time and increased fleet utilization. The survey results indicated that these companies have experienced substantial reduction in fuel costs and cut their miles driven by nearly one-third. Reduced time spent behind the wheel means more time on the job site, which might also explain why these companies have experienced a 23 percent increase in workforce productivity.
Our customers have reported similar ROI after implementing TeleNav Track into their operations. This ROI is likely the reason Aberdeen Group reports that monitoring of workers and vehicles by companies responding to the research have increased by 12 percent over last year’s figures. Aberdeen Group expects that number to continue to rise as more companies look to benefit from integrating location information into their operations.
If you’re a small business owner with mobile employees or the manager of a large fleet, now may be a good time to look into location-based solutions. In the current economy, any solution that has been proven to lower operating costs could be a wise investment.
AT&T Expands TeleNav Track GPS Services
Jul 7th
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We’re excited to announce with AT&T today the expansion of TeleNav Track for businesses.
Later this month, AT&T customers with mobile workers will have the option of using TeleNav Track LITE – a version of our service that does not require GPS nor additional software on AT&T devices including nearly all AT&T mobile phones, laptop cards and wireless equipped notebooks.
With TeleNav Track LITE, business managers can monitor their mobile workforce and resources on a Web-based map, even when they are inside buildings. Whether you have a small construction business or are an IT or department manager at a large enterprise organization, knowing where your mobile employees are can be extremely beneficial. For example, by analyzing routes and time spent on various job sites, managers can determine where their businesses can be more efficient. In addition, if dispatchers know where workers are, they can better communicate with customers to provide updates on delivery or service times.
AT&T’s director of industry solutions, Igor Glubochansky, said that by expanding AT&T’s TeleNav Track portfolio, the company is able to provide customers of all sizes with the ability to leverage mobile resource management solutions to gain a competitive advantage.
Are you using tracking services in your business? How have they improved your operations or customer service?
Frost & Sullivan Names TeleNav Track Best Mobile Resource Management Solution on a Handheld Device
May 6th
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Does it drive you crazy when a delivery or service company gives you a five hour timeframe for when they will show up at your house? Well, if you thought you loved us before, get a load of us now … TeleNav has developed a technology called TeleNav Track that helps companies better manage mobile workers so they can work more efficiently and better track their locations using their mobile phones. This makes everyone’s lives a little easier as shipments can be tracked better, companies can easily be made aware of their workers’ locations and the mobile workforce can complete timecards, business orders and more without having to make a trip into the office.
TeleNav Track is used by thousands of organizations from local HVAC companies like One Hour Air and Conditioning, to government departments like the City of New York, to large enterprise companies like CR England.
Last night, we were thrilled to find out that industry analyst firm Frost & Sullivan named our TeleNav Track solution as the ‘Best Mobile Resource Management (MRM) Solution on a Handheld Device’ as part of its 2009 North American Mobility Awards. This is the second year in a row TeleNav Track has won the award.
It’s clear TeleNav Track has really impressed Frost & Sullivan’s analysts. Research analyst Jeanine Sterling explained why she felt TeleNav Track was the best solution, saying, “In our side by side comparisons, TeleNav Track clearly offers the most robust functionality . . .” We’re looking forward to impressing the analysts again for next year’s awards.
If you’re a business owner with a mobile workforce, check out TeleNav Track and learn more about how it can reduce your costs and improve your workers’ efficiency. For those of you who have received those long delivery or service setup windows, you might want to suggest they use TeleNav Track to give you a better experience.
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