Tom Gruich is a professional database designer with 40 years experience in systems analysis and design of database software applications. For more database business mapping thoughts and design ideas please visit Software Database Validation or his Smart Database website at => http://www.adaptcode.com
GPS customized mapping tools have many business applications. They are useful for a lot more than conducting a scavenger hunt. They can help you help your employees and your customers. Here’s a look at some of the possible applications.
Moving & Delivery Companies
Whether you own a fleet of moving trucks or you have two men and a truck, a GPS system is a valuable tool. The receiver can be used to verify a truck’s location and with other software, it can be used to get directions. Nothing makes a person angrier than waiting on their belongings to arrive at their new home. By the same token, nothing is more frustrating to a driver than being lost in an unfamiliar place.
UPS and other big delivery companies are already making use of the available technology to ensure that their customer’s packages arrived as promised. Small delivery companies, such as the ones that carry car parts from wholesalers to garages, are making use of the same technology. Whether you deliver flowers or pizza, you can be more efficient and make more money if you have the latest tools.
Taxi and Limousine Services
Customized mapping seems to have been designed for taxi and limousine services. With a receiver in each vehicle, the dispatcher can verify a driver’s location, help them with directions and track mileage, all from the office computer. The tools help to cut waste and costs. There will be no need to worry about unauthorized use of company vehicles, without the dispatcher being aware.
Inventory Tracking and Control
Big companies with lots of equipment can verify the equipment’s location, without doing any legwork. Car dealerships, particularly dealers that specialize in custom cars or imports, can keep track of the inventory on their lots or in their showrooms, from the comfort of their office PC.
Although customized mapping is not geared specifically towards inventory control or tracking, there are instances when it comes in handy. For example, construction sites are common theft sites. If a forklift is reported stolen to the police, they aren’t likely to get it back. But, if the lift has a GPS receiver attached to it, the owner can locate it easily. The receivers are small enough to be used on practically any item.
The GPS customized mapping applications mentioned in this article are just a few of the many. Use your imagination to make your business more efficient.
- Related Videos
- Related Articles
- Ask / Related Q&A
- Creating a Business Database: Some Things to Consider
- Overcoming Complexity with Good Business Database Design
- Enhanced Requirements Embedded as Metadata into your Business Database
- What a Good Business Database Design Can Do For You
- Adding Autoresponder Reservation Software to Your Business Database
- Strive for Virtual Centricity in Your Business Database Designs
- Database Sensors and Business Applications
- Boosting Business with Articulately Assisted Autoresponders
GPS Jammer and Wireless Camera Hunter- Prevent People from Spying You
By: Article Manager | 18/12/2009The GPS jammer and hidden camera hunter is a device that is used to prevent people from tracking you. It is a useful device but can't be used for public or personal use in the American and European country.
Best GPS Devices Dealer in Global Market
By: Rahul Chadha | 16/12/2009Technology also contributes in finding customers quickly. If, you just want to type in an address and go, there's nothing like GPS. It brings the latest Salespeople are finding GPS mapping hardware and software with step-by-step guides helpful in locating the exact address of customers in unfamiliar areas. It helps to track on difficult areas with available alternatives.
GPS Technology – Best Part of Technology Revolution
By: Rahul Chadha | 16/12/2009GPS means Global Positioning System that enables you to find out the right path. It is also named as Satellite Navigation system. It operates by satellites which orbit the earth at approximately 12,000 miles above the surface and make two complete orbits every 24 hours.
Australia Vehicle Tracking
By: Andrew Walters | 11/12/2009Vehicle tracking is an important component of any large-scale fleet management system. Even if you do not have a large fleet of vehicles that you need to monitor, vehicle management systems can be successfully used to monitor even a single vehicle.
Car Gps Tracking System
By: Heinz Golz | 09/12/2009GPS uses twenty four satellites in a constellation to find out the location of a vehicle. A car gps tracking system unit is a device that permits an individual choosing it to verify the definite spot of a car, person, or different asset which it is attached to and to trace the spot of the asset at repeated intervals.
Garmin Nuvi 260W 4.3 Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator Review - Best GPS In Its Class
By: Kent Lee | 09/12/2009One basic feature needed for a car GPS system is ease of use. And the Garmin Nuvi 260W 4.3 Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator is the leader in its class. This GPS is portable and can be fixed to any car. It is the best product for customers looking for basic navigation aid.
GPS Cell Phone - Pros And Cons
By: Roberto Sedycias | 07/12/2009The GPS cell phone has many features and it works well. There are a few things that will make it not work.
Advantages of TomTom XL 335 series
By: Tommy Harington | 06/12/2009TomTom is renowned for its innovative GPS and Digital Maps solution devices. Recently they have introduced its new series of navigation device called TomTom XL 335s portable navigation device (PND). The device incorporates several new enhancements to its predecessor such as IQ Routes, Advanced Lane Guidance etc.
The Uses of GPS and RFID in Your Company’s Database
By: Tom Gruich | 15/12/2009 | Information TechnologyWith the right database design and the use of GPS and RFID tagging any company can keep track of their inventory, anywhere, anytime, regardless of the inventories ability to "move". Large farms are making use of the technology to keep track of cattle, without having to "beat the bushes".
Integrating a Customized Software Interface Design Into Your Database
By: Tom Gruich | 15/12/2009 | DatabasesYour company’s database needs may have been met. You could be getting by on existing products that are not fully customizable. You might be tired of just getting by.
Adding Autoresponder Reservation Software to Your Business Database
By: Tom Gruich | 20/11/2009 | Small BusinessAutoresponder reservation software can become part of your business’ growing database. Here’s a look at the features and benefits of the programs currently on the market.
Autoresponder Mapped into Database Tracking Software Improves Business Inventory Orders
By: Tom Gruich | 20/11/2009 | Small BusinessEvery company needs a good database design. Anyone that has an online or traditional business will benefit from today’s integrated autoresponder inventory tracking software.
New Tools for Your Employment Agency Database
By: Tom Gruich | 20/11/2009 | Small BusinessIf you have an employment agency, a good database that includes autoresponder job placement software will allow you and your employees to do everything more efficiently. The programs available today have a great deal to offer and they can be modified as time goes by and your business continues to grow.
A Database Design comes Alive with an Embedded Message Center
By: Tom Gruich | 16/11/2009 | DatabasesBy thinking of business data transactions as messages you open your mind to new database design possibilities that can help you articulate more effective business models. The metaphor becomes a reality when you begin to actually incorporated the idea into the software.
Strive for Virtual Centricity in Your Business Database Designs
By: Tom Gruich | 16/11/2009 | DatabasesVirtual centricity is a concept that places business data at the center of your database design efforts and forces your application requirements into the role of becoming the embedded reality of your operational software.