Motorola Survey Reveals Significant Savings From Mobile Worker Use of GPS-Enabled Technologies

Reductions in Industry-Wide Fuel and Labor Expenses Could Save Enterprises Billions HOLTSVILLE, N.Y., /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- North American Information Technology (IT) decision makers within the transportation, manufacturing and trucking/warehousing industries stated that global positioning system (GPS) technologies are an essential tool for their mobile workforce, according to a recent survey commissioned by Motorola Inc. (NYSE: MOT). GPS-enabled technologies are helping to increase mobile workforce productivity and enabling enterprises to become more efficient via a reduction in annual labor and fuel operating costs. According to the research study, the main cited benefit in the nearly 50 percent of enterprises currently using GPS-enabled technologies was a significant reduction in fuel consumption -- which was reflected... [read full story]