Mobile Business Applications from iQlink

On Mobile

On mobile applications enable remote workers to access their company's business systems from PDAs, iPads and BlackBerry smartphones.  Remote workers can generally be categorised as 'blue collar' and 'white collar'.
 
Blue collar applications include mobile service management and proof of deliveries. 

Handyman is a real time wireless solution that connects field service personnel to business processes, boosting productivity and cutting costs, via:

• Better job and task scheduling
• Standardised reporting
• Real time status updates
• Field force coordination
• Prompt invoicing 
• Improved employee productivity

A technician using Handyman is much faster than one using paper. Handyman means efficiency gains, improved cash flow and more control.

Proof of delivery enables drivers to obtain a customer signature on their mobile device, and if required print the delivery note in situ; this reduces the number of disputes that customers make regarding both the content and the time of their deliveries and thus saves our customers the costs involved in resolving customer issues.

White collar mobile business applications include sales force automation/CRM, and merchandising applications which enable staff to retrieve and update customer data at or around the time they are facing the customer, often making use of what would otherwise be idle time.  Product availability can be checked online, orders processed and invoices issued with less risk of error, at lower cost and more promptly.

The Movilizer provides blue and white collar applications which are cloud based, easy to implement and require very little by way of initial investment.
 
Business managers can be away from their desks frequently; a key part of their job is to approve requisitions and orders.  iQlink workflow applications enable mobile managers to look at leave/expenses and purchase order requisitions, for example, and approve or reject them on their mobile device thus avoiding delays, frustrations and out of stock situations.  ExpressSuite from 10Seconds Software installs quickly and is very simple to use. 

Click here for further information http://onmobile.iqlink.co.uk. 

On Premise

On premise mobile applications enable employees working in company warehouses and on production lines to access corporate ERP systems from hand held and truck mounted wireless (RF) devices, voice picking systems and RFID recognition.

The wireless warehouse for is a bar-code inventory and warehouse management solution that doesn’t change your standard ERP applications and which is out of the box, fully functional and with customisable configuration opportunities. iQlink’s customers include major companies in food and beverage, motor racing, retail, logistics, pharmaceuticals and high-tech manufacturing markets.

Production line preventative maintenance enables manufacturing companies in many vertical markets to improve the availability of their lines and ancillary equipment by equipping the service engineers with handheld RF devices and sending them scheduled and urgent jobs. They can verify they are working on the right machine or section of a conveyor belt, view machine history, record meter readings, locate and order parts, record time and open and close tasks from their RF handheld device thus saving time, improving productivity and reducing the frequency of data errors caused by duplicating data entry and losing bits of paper.

Mobile Quality assurance enables QA employees to record which units they are checking, start and end times, take photographs of problems that require reworking and provide statistics and audit trails of productivity. The result is higher levels of throughput and less post delivery problem reporting from customers.

Our on-premise capabilities also extend to connecting weigh-scales directly to our customers' ERP systems to ensure that the computer records are accurate and kept up to date with minimal or no manual intervention. 

Click here for further information http://onpremise.iqlink.co.uk.

Workflow

Mobile workflow applications enable managers to approve requests for purchase orders/ requisitions, leave, travel, and/or expenses wherever they are and whenever they have some time available.

iQlink’s mobile workflow business applications send approval lists or individual cases to a manager’s PDA, laptop or mobile phone where he can review it at his/her convenience, approve it or reject or request further information.

Our customers, including Warburton’s Bakeries tell us that the mobile workflow applications are so straightforward and simple to use that their managers prefer to use their mobile device for processing approvals even whilst they are in their office in front of their PC.

The benefits of mobile workflow applications include a faster turnaround of requisitions which can reduce the frequency of out of stock situations or having to pay higher prices for urgent deliveries as well as a reduction in the amount of time managers spend approving the various types of requisitions they receive. Managers also tend to scrutinise requisitions more thoroughly because they can avoid them piling up waiting for their return to their office, where the processing becomes a chore to be got through as quickly as possible. 

Click here for further information http://workflow.iqlink.co.uk.

Mobile Device Management

The amount of technology provided in PDAs and smartphones, plus employees’ increasing dependency on them, means that companies need to acquire the capacity to support their users over the air (OTA) and identify and resolve quickly those issues that may reduce mobile workers’ productivity. New enterprise application software updates are sometimes required and, because the mobile devices are relatively small and can be lost or stolen, security becomes an important concern for any IT manager when mobile devices are connected to the company's business applications systems. 


MDM secures and manages all of the PDAs and smartphones that run on the more popular operating system platforms, including Windows Mobile, Apple ios-4 and Google Android. Users frequently want to attach their own consumer-grade smartphones to the company’s IT systems. With MDM devices can be prevented from browsing Internet sites that are likely to transfer viruses, devices can be locked down so that only company approved applications are enabled and the devices can be wiped if they are lost or misplaced, thus ensuring that the smartphones used by nomadic workers comply to a company’s security guidelines.

iQlink Mobile Business Applications At A Glance

Application/ Handheld options	Tablet	Mobile	BlackBerry	RF Handheld /  Barcode Scanner	Vehicle Terminal	Browser / WWW
Warehouse bar coding
Time & Expenses Entry
Mobile Workflow
Mobile Field Service
Mobile Plant Maintenance
Vehicle Routing & PoD
Weighbridge Automation
Shop Floor Data Collection
CRM/Sales Force Automation
Bespoke Configuration