The 96th convention for the California Moving and Storage Association was a success. The convention looks to the future of the moving business, what new technology there is available, and benefits for the moving industry as a whole.
A new proposal for tracking the hours a driver is on the road continues forward. It is important that drivers and other road users are protected from driving for too long on the roads without proper tracking. It is important that technology moves forward in this area because it has stagnated due to some problems in accessing the information tracking the vehicles.
Times have changed and this is true of many people who have worked in the moving business. There is no need to have boxes of paperwork for each client that comes through the door, and the sales teams and the accounts departments no longer need to have shares in the paper industry to reduce the cost of the company’s stationery requirements.
It is important to remember that as each year passes so, too, does the technology advancement in many areas. This improvement allowed the TOPS system in the military movement area for family and equipment to move to a new and exciting system called DP3 or Defense Personal Property Program.
If you are looking to update your systems and want to show customers the best deals for their move, then using modern technology can speed up the process. However, it is time to have caution too. There are new technologies out there, not to help or promote your business, but to download information that could harm your software and risk the details of your customers, too.
Understanding available technology is difficult for those who are used to using pen and paper. But in the moving business it is one component that is saving time and money. To cut down on the time and expense of going to a person’s home for a survey of their items, moving companies can use Facetime.
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