How Mobile Apps Are Changing Small Business
Posted by Sean MacKenzie on Mon, Sep 21, 2009
These days everything is mobile, and mobile device technologies are
changing small businesses because it enables them to extend their data
capture into the field like never before.
Forget about just sending emails or making calls while in the field.
Whether it is consultants, home care workers, electricians, or architects,
they are entering time, expenses, distance to the job, and product sales
on their mobile devices while at the site instead of waiting to use a
computer.
Most people have a mobile device, and in many cases they use a mobile
device more than they use a computer because they are always in the
field. Contractors and installers are receiving workorders and
instructions on their mobile devices while sitting in their truck, and
no longer have to wait for phone authorizations, printed instructions,
or other things that waste time. Technology project managers are
running quick reports and receiving automatic notifications while at the
airport.
On the other side of things, small business owners or project team leaders are
getting the benefit of real-time oversight of their billings and
resource usage, when they need it.