Harnessing the
Power of Location
Location is at the heart of field activities.
It sounds like an obvious statement, but
field management often either completely
overlooks location or marginally takes
advantage of it.
Field managers and workers are likely to
make decisions faster and deliver better
customer service if they can access location
intelligence in the field. This e-book
explains how geographic information
system (GIS) technology and a suite of field
mobility apps work together to improve
performance in the field. Five case studies
show how organizations incorporated apps
into workflows and describe the returns
they gained.
Organizations use GIS to capture,
manage, analyze, and display all forms of
geographically referenced information and
use focused field apps to improve field
operations. Its ability to transform data into
useful information has proved to be highly
valuable to field operations managers
in four operational areas: coordination,
navigation, data collection, and monitoring.
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