TeleNav Tracking Helps Managers Keep Track of Mobile Workers

The result of a research conducted by TeleNav, Inc shows that about 48 percent of businesses with mobile workers have no way of knowing where those employees are located at any given moment. This has raised some serious vital issues which include accountability and how likely the managers are going to respond on time to their workers in case of any emergency. According to a statement released by Sal Dhanani, co-founder and senior director of marketing at TeleNav; "There's no question that we're seeing a huge influx in the amount of mobile workers — Forrester Research recently estimated they will make up 73 percent of the workforce by 2012(1). In an ideal world, mobile employees would never find themselves in a dangerous setting. However, our survey results demonstrate the need for companies to consider ways to reduce safety concerns." It is a known fact that GPS-based tracking services, such as TeleNav Track, allow managers to keep tabs on the current locations of employees. Some solutions even have distress alert functions for mobile workers to warn dispatchers if they are in trouble and need help. Also, Jim Powers, president of Powerline Freight Systems offered that "Years ago, we lost a driver to a heart attack. It took us a whole day to locate the truck. If we had a solution like TeleNav Track in place, he might still be with us today. Now that we have the service, our employees feel safer knowing we can quickly locate them in case of an emergency and it makes us more comfortable with them on the road as well."