Sunday, June 8, 2008

PDR and Working with Auto Dealers


My team is developing a mobile software application for a large Toyota auto dealer. They want to track the status of all used automobiles in the following manner:
  1. inventory each vehicle and apply a dealership barcode label to the window
  2. inspect each vehicle
  3. identify work that is needed to be performed
  4. assign service technicians to complete the work
  5. track each vehicle and its work status
  6. Provide a management view of the work on a website
  7. complete a quality assurance inspection of all work completed

One of the biggest challenges the dealership faced was the process of identifying the status of a large number of vehicles in a lot and keeping everything organized. My team (at MobileDataforce) developed mobile handheld software applications that allowed each of these processes to be completed using mobile handheld computers.

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Teph Seal, Paintless Dent Repair & Mobile PDA Solutions

Integrated Solutions magazine's front page article this month (June 2008) is on the subject of using mobile technology and handheld computers to grow a large paintless dent repair business.
Gain Business Control (in a PDR business) With Mobile Computing

This 2,000-employee auto detailing company used a wireless handheld computing solution to regulate service processes for its regional workers, leading to 100% billing accuracy.

MobileDataforce provided the mobile software technology for this solution.