A digital pen provides an alternative way to capture signatures for proof of delivery and proof of collection, for delivery drivers.

It provides a different option to smart phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs), tablet PCs and other data capture devices (DCD) used by delivery drivers.  So what advantages does the pen bring to the logistics industry?

Here are ten reasons a logistics or haulage business should consider a digital pen.

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Managing patient safety presents some very unique and difficult challenges to hospitals, as healthcare workers have to provide high quality patient care at the same time as making sure patients:

• Don’t “wander” and disappear e.g. patients with cognitive disorders get lost somewhere in the hospital
• Are administered the right medication in a timely manner
• Do not cause other patients distress or pose a risk to hospital workers or visitors
• Who move around and exercising as part of their healing process can be easily located
• Being a curious child can disappear in seconds and not be found for hours
• That suffer from dementia might walk out the front door and not be noticed by anyone

The overall challenge is that the hospital staff may spend hours finding these patients, and every hour that passes by the patient under search is not receiving the critical care he was scheduled for, such as getting medication, having vital signs measured or receiving a treatment or therapy.

So how can technology help?

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A big challenge in hospitals is managing mobile equipment.  With thousands of mobile devices and medical equipment in an average sized hospital and more equipment constantly being added to meet new advances, this puts a strain on inventory and engineering personnel to maintain equipment, not to mention a financial strain on operations who require a access to a broad range of equipment for patients.  So how can hospitals best manage the maintenance, cleaning and re-calibration requirements and reduce the financial burden by ensuring timely availability? (more…)

If you work in logistics, transport or delivery services here are 8 tips for what to look for in a good GPS tracking system. (more…)

A large multi-national third party logistics company has improved their health and safety standards with Juniper Innovations’ technology recommendations.

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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) report that over £512 million a year is the cost to UK businesses for major injuries.  As the HSE explain “Legal actions brought as a result of an injury can be extremely damaging to business…..(and) insurance covers only a small proportion of the costs.”  So in a warehouse environment with storage, transport and many operational dangers it is imperative to ensure training, risk assessment and health and safety compliance.  But how efficient are traditional manual warehouse processes for checking that training and risk assessments have been carried out, are complete and being applied effectively?  Can a digital pen improve both efficiency and effectiveness in a warehouse environment?

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If you already have a GPS tracking system for your fleet of delivery vehicles however want ways to easily add electronic proof of delivery, you can with market leading mobile apps and epod solutions. (more…)

Following the latest round of government spending cuts the police are expected to find most savings through greater efficiency in the back office.  They are also expected to look at their front line operations and redesign them to make them cheaper.  So how can a digital pen help?

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