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Keeping an Eye on Enterprise Engines
Study unveils U.S. managers are in the dark when it comes to monitoring corporate vehicle whereabouts
According to a recent study of business supervisors commissioned by TeleNav Inc., 94% of those who deploy corporate vehicles are completely unaware of their fleets’ location during work hours.
Mobile Resource Management (MRM) software and GPS-enabled cell-phones allow companies to know where their vehicles are at any given time. Through this, businesses of all sizes are able to increase their productivity and reduce costs.
For example, line managers can use GPS tracking to review routes to see if trips are running longer than expected, or determine the vehicle nearest to the customer and dispatch more efficiently. Additionally, MRM services can estimate how long it will take a vehicle to reach a customer’s location, which can help increase overall customer satisfaction.
GPS navigation provides vehicles with direct routes, reducing mileage driven and unnecessary fuel use, while also saving valuable time employees might spend lost in the field. Furthermore, as employees travel on direct and shorter routes, less routine vehicle maintenance is needed.
TeleNav’s MRM service, TeleNav Track™, uses cost-effective GPS mobile phones and an Internet-connected computer to give companies visibility into their fleets. Since TeleNav Track is a Web-based hosted service, companies do not need to install special software on their computers and do not require an upfront IT investment.
TeleNav Track includes a variety of workforce management features, including GPS tracking / reporting and navigation, as well as wireless job dispatching, wireless forms and barcode scanning. Currently, more than 9,000 organizations rely on TeleNav Track to help manage their mobile resources. Industry analyst firm, Frost & Sullivan, recently recognized TeleNav Track with its 2008 North American Mobility Award for Best MRM Solution on a Handheld Device.
Executive quote
“The results of our survey are staggering. Not knowing where your fleet is throughout the day can result in higher fuel costs, increased payroll expenses and sub-par customer service. By actively managing the location of these fleets, companies can unlock hidden savings and improve overall service,” said Sal Dhanani, co-founder and senior director of marketing at TeleNav.
Analyst quote
According to industry analyst firm Frost & Sullivan, “MRM services appeal to all sizes of companies, with customer rollouts reaping a high, hard-dollar ROI based on a number of business benefits, including reduced fuel and labor costs and improved job completion rates.”
Pricing and availability
For a free consultation or to order TeleNav Track, customers should visit http://www.telenavtrack.com or call 1.88.TeleNav.2 (1.888.353.6282).
About the company
TeleNav, Inc., a privately-held company headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, was the first to launch a cell phone GPS system in the United States. Deployed by 15 carriers in 21 countries, TeleNav is a global leader in wireless location-based services (LBS). Currently, the company's solutions are available in four continents, including North and South America, Asia and Europe.
TeleNav's solutions include GPS navigation, Mobile Resource Management (MRM), asset GPS tracking (AVL), social networking and local search. The company's flagship product, TeleNav GPS Navigator™, is comparable to in-car systems found in luxury vehicles, offering a superior experience with functionality, such as automatically-updated maps and business locations, full color 3D moving maps, traffic alerts and one-click rerouting, location-sharing, business reviews, speech recognition, Wi-Fi hotspot finder, lowest-price fuel finder and more. TeleNav's enterprise application, TeleNav Track, incorporates GPS-enabled tracking, time sheets, wireless forms and navigation. TeleNav Track is a widely adopted service with over 9,000 customer organizations using it today.
TeleNav products are available on more than 450 wireless devices and run on all major mobile platforms currently available. TeleNav's partners include Sprint Nextel, AT&T, T-Mobile USA, Alltel, Boost Mobile, Qwest, SouthernLINC Wireless, Rogers, Bell Mobility, T-Mobile UK, T-Mobile Austria, China Mobile, Vivo Brazil, NII Holdings, Research In Motion (RIM), Motorola, Samsung, Sanyo, LG, Palm, HTC, Hewlett Packard, Nokia, NAVTEQ, Tele Atlas, deCarta, INRIX, Qualcomm and SiRF Technology Holdings.
For more information on TeleNav, please visit www.telenav.com.
Contact details
Mary Beth Lowell
TeleNav Inc.
425-531-0122
Cari Goodrich / Melanie Wehrman
LEWIS PR for TeleNav
Cari: 408-573-3663
Melanie: 408-573-3665
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