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Picture yourself purchasing a can of Coke at the store. The store clerk picks it up to scan it at the register, but it lacks a scanable barcode. Instead, the clerk moves the can in front of a scanner with image recognition technology. The system recognizes the red and white label as a can of tradit Read More

The U.S. Army has to keep track of a lot of assets. There are big ticket items like planes and missiles, firearms, basic IT equipment and computers. It isn’t always easy. In 2014, it was reported that, the Department of Defense’s Inspector General’s audit for 2013, said that the 401st Army Field Su Read More

For many small businesses, growing revenue and increasing profit is a constant objective and often a worry. Growing revenue is the top business challenge for companies with 11-50 and 51-100 employees (and the number two challenge for companies with over 100 employees). Read More

When a business grows, a lot of small business owners feel pressured to keep their focus on the day-to-day challenges of the business. That means seemingly mundane tasks, like inventory management, gets pushed aside. Read More

Investing in a time and attendance systems may not be the first thing small business owners think of when considering ways to achieve their expected revenue growth. Improving customer service and investing in new customer acquisition methods are cited far more often, but failing to do so is taking Read More

In an increasingly globalized world, there may be no greater asset to a company’s bottom line than a well-managed supply chain. Dell Computers once said that their supply chain is “the biggest leverage point we have,” and many of the planet’s leading companies are finding a correlation between the Read More

Towns, cities, counties and states across the country need to keep track of a lot equipment. From big ticket items like fire trucks and police vehicles to smaller assets like mobile computers and tablets, every municipality needs to know the whereabouts and condition of thousands of pieces of equip Read More

Bring your own device, commonly referred to as BYOD, has become the most viable way for business workers to access company information on mobile devices. These devices can pull up database information, access dashboard features, and share documents without being confined to the office computer. Read More

When you are fighting flames and trying to save a home or rescue a person you can’t be thinking about whether you have all the gear you need. You need to know that it is where it is supposed to be. Tracking their assets and equipment was the problem facing Lipscomb Fire and Rescue. Read More

Many business owners start out with a pen and paper system or an Excel based spreadsheet to track their assets and inventory. Poor inventory management practices, like these, are listed as one of the top 8 reasons that small businesses fail. Read More