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Diagnostics & Testing Equipment : White Papers

The Chief Service Officer's Guide to Service Revenue
A wise person who chose to stay anonymous once said, "Revenue is vanity, margin is sanity, cash is reality." There are many iterations of that postulation, but it is often referred to in books and journals to highlight where the true focus of business should be. There is no argument about the importance of cash and margins to the overall sustainability of any business, not just one that services and maintains assets or products. However, more organizations, specifically those in the service sector, are beginning to look at top line revenue to help them stabilize and improve overall margins. This was confirmed at Aberdeen's 2009 Chief Service Officer Summit where revenue was stated to be the top goal for 2010.
Rugged or Non Rugged!
Field Service and Asset Management applications touch nearly every outdoor practice in the general Service Management arena. Most organisations have by now moved away from pen and paper based solutions to mobile computing with varying degrees of success.
Astea White Papers
NetMotion Mobility XE Scalability, load balancing and failover
NetMotion Mobility™ XE was designed to support small and large deployments of wireless devices. Very roughly, deployments that involve 1,500 or fewer simultaneously connected clients can use one Mobility XE server; larger deployments can use a pool of up to twelve servers to handle as many as 15,000 simultaneously connected clients, all centrally configured and managed from a unified, web-based console.
Granular management of wireless bandwidth, security and mobile productivity through Policy
Policy Management provides centralised, flexibility for managing applications, devices, and users in a wireless environment. It enables IT managers to control network costs, improve productivity, and ensure data security over any wireless network, so that usage and performance are aligned with corporate IT policies and ROI goals.
VPNs: One Size Doesn’t Fit All Selecting the Right Secure Remote Access Solution for Your Mobile Workforce
The business productivity and service benefits associated with mobility are compelling. However, many organizations are still unfamiliar with the latest remote access technologies and are unsure how to address their biggest mobile deployment concerns, namely cost and security.
The Invisible Barrier to growth
We live in an era during which the economies in the UK and Ireland are doing very nicely thank you, but its manufacturing output is slowly decreasing. At the same time there is a rapidly growing demand for ever more efficient installation and service of a huge range of equipment, wherever it is made (On-shore or Off-shore).
The seven deadly sins of Mobile Deployments
Enterprise decision-makers can overcome barriers and accelerate strategic mobility initiatives by avoiding common pitfalls for wireless, device management, telecom expense management etc. It is aimed at Senior Exec, Director level, VP of IT, CIO, Operations director, or VP of sales or operations.
When the Boat Rocks: Sailing into Service Profitability
Again, technology comes to the rescue: Keeping tabs on multiple details and keeping them all balanced is an ideal job for computer software.
The Mobile Field Service Solution Selection Report
This Report should be used as a guidebook for effective assessment of mobile field service strategies and solutions, helping enterprises assess their mobile field service competence, scope solution requirements, and select the best-fit solution.
How to Change Like a Champ
Service optimization has been getting significant attention recently, as the number of worldwide implementations is growing.
Handhelds: In Search of an Enterprise Class Device
If your interested in; Major General Mobility Trends, The Enterprise Class User, The Enterprise Digital Assistant5, Extending the Ecosystem, Cost Benefit Analysis, Find out more here.
Batch vs Wireless
Real-time transaction processing: The benefits of migrating from batch mode to a wireless or Blended batch-wireless environment. Read more here.
Recycling, disposal and WEEE directive SPC International
Why is the WEEE Directive required? As one of the fastest growing domains of manufacturing industry in the Western world, electrical and electronic equipment has proliferated throughout every aspect of our day to day lives. Technological innovation and market expansion continue to accelerate the manufacturing process and reduce product life cycles, with new applications of electrical and electronic equipment increasing significantly.
Product lifecycle white paper
Product lifecycle white paper
Mobile Data White Paper
This white paper focuses on wireless solutions developed for the service management industry by Hamilton Hall. An introduction outlines current wireless networking options available on the market.
Assett Management White Paper
The aim of this paper is to demonstrate that management of the five core assets: people, things, time, space and money is the same same for all market sectors.
802.11 WLAN Security
802.11 wireless LANs are quickly gaining market momentum.
WINDOWS IN THE WAREHOUSE
Best in class warehouse operations put wireless mobile computers in the hands of the workers actually moving the material.
SAP® R/3® ENTERPRISE
SAP® R/3® Enterprise is the next version of SAP R/3, following SAP R/3 4.6C. SAP R/3 Enterprise will be available as a part of the standard SAP R/3 maintenance agreement with every SAP R/3 customer.
RUGGED vs. COMMERCIAL
Considering the Total Cost of Ownership of Handheld Devices
Getting to Deployment
STEPS AND CONSIDERATIONS TO DEPLOYING MOBILE SOLUTION
What You Need to Know Before Purchasing A Rugged Mobile Computer
A Buyer’s Guide To Understanding and Interpreting Rugged Mobile Computer Specs.
The Mobile Enterprise: Defining Your Strategy
Centrally managing and optimizing the unique needs of mobile workers such as field service technicians and executives requires structured approaches across technology and your organization. Find out more in the report
Inventory Management
The subject of inventory management and ownership has been pushing its way to the top of the agenda in discussions between MVSPs, OEMs and other companies involved in providing support services. Not so long ago inventory management was seen by MVSPs and OEMs as something they had to own in order for them to deliver their contracted service levels.
The Mobile Data Challenge
Implementing Effective Business to Workforce Solutions
How will you serve customers today?
Managing the Telco Field Force in the 21st century
Understanding RFID and Associated Applications
Psion Teklogix Inc. May, 2004

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 Industry News 
Handheld Group receives certifications for both quality and environmental standards
Romex reduces Next Systems costs through new software
Trimble chosen as MRM solution provider by British Gas's smart metering service
Barclays outsources maintenance of ATMs to NCR
LXE announces new field computer launch
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 Features 
Technology and processes combine to help SCL expand
Interview with Interserve commercial managing director
Service parts pricing: delivering value across the entire field service chain
Spotlight on service management within the social housing sector
Focus on service management in the social housing sector
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 Exhibitor News 
Tesseract's On and Off-Line REA provide a host of benefits for Toshiba and Elopak
Astea International Expands Presence to South Africa with Fullcircle Technologies
Release of Astea Alliance 10.0, the Most Comprehensive Release Enabling the Virtual and Connected Enterprise
BYBOX TRANSFORMS NEXT DAY PARTS DELIVERY
BYBOX EXPANDS INTO THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
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 White Papers 
The Chief Service Officer's Guide to Service Revenue
Rugged or Non Rugged!
Astea White Papers
NetMotion Mobility XE Scalability, load balancing and failover
Granular management of wireless bandwidth, security and mobile productivity through Policy
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 Case Studies 
Jeol UK Ltd
Copy IT Digital Solutions Ltd
omTom Work partner with the world’s leading Service Management Software provider – Tesseract
PSN IT Solutions
FujiFilm UK- Case Study (2010)
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 Commentary 
How well do you know the service market?
HAVE YOUR SAY
Comment: Making your mark with benchmarking
Comment: Mobility to continue to drive the service business
Comment: Back to the glory days?
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 Multimedia 
Mobilising the workforce - extending the office boundary
Mobilising asset management on the Tube
How innovative data capture can create a market differentiator
Case study: Service Lifecycle Management
Creating an efficient structure for field resource management
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