Street Fleet
Delivering Exceptional Local Service Through World Class Data
Street Fleet is the premier same day delivery service located in the Twin Cities Metropolitan area. They provide immediate same day delivery services as well as scheduled runs. Street Fleet has contracts with thousands of companies for the delivery of their goods including, documents, medical supplies and equipment, parts, office supplies, mortgage documents, bank deposits, mail, and countless other items.
“Our customers rely on us to provide timely delivery of medical devices, lab specimens and other life-saving medical supplies on a daily basis. In order to accomplish this, it is imperative that we are using the most advanced technology to guarantee each delivery from dispatch to delivery.” – Joe McGraw, CEO, Street Fleet
The Challenge:
- With business booming, Street Fleet recognized the need for real-time data communications between the company’s 100 vehicles in the field––including cars, pickups, vans, delivery trucks and bicycles––and its dispatching system
- Street Fleet needed a rugged mobile computing device to tie into its real-time dispatching system to provide real-time data communications
- Street Fleet wanted its choice of rugged mobile computing device to:
o Be user-friendly
o Incorporate signature capture
o Maintain all functionalities in extreme environments
o Sustain battery life through entire work day
o Integrate seamlessly with dispatching system
o Work with a specific data carrier, and
o Run on Windows Mobile®
The Solution:
- Street Fleet implemented 90 Psion Teklogix Ikôn rugged mobile computing devices in all dispatch vehicles
- The Ikôn by Psion Teklogix is rugged, user-friendly, sustains a long battery life, allows for signature capture and is capable of running real-time data – which enables Street Fleet to communicate more efficiently and track the GPS coordinates of all its drivers
The Benefits:
- 20% increase in real-time information process
- Easy to use – results in happier and more productive mobile workforce
- Improved customer service
- Sustained battery life for entire work day
- Maintains all functionalities in extreme working conditions
