Buyer's guide

What should a fleet dispatch system do? 7 essentials for moving dispatch off the phone

Sites and goods, work orders, route planning, the driver side, matching dispatch to trajectories, permissions and a phased rollout — plus how dispatch differs from ride-hailing.

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Buyer's guide

ERP for traditional manufacturing: off-the-shelf or custom, where to start, and how to roll out in phases

Whether your processes fit packaged ERP, why to start with inventory, why numbering and locations come first, and how to design lookups and floor work — a checklist from our stone-industry ERP.

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Buyer's guide

How to implement an RFID inventory system: 7 things to settle before you start

RFID vs barcodes, required read range, ID formats, tag mounting, readers and system integration — a pre-implementation checklist from our work in stone plants.

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Buyer's guide

Commissioning custom software: what to know about requirements, quotes, launch and maintenance

When custom software is worth it, how much to prepare, where quotes come from, why to launch in phases, and six things to settle before signing.

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Buyer's guide

How to choose a fleet management system: 8 questions to ask before you buy

Reusing existing devices, dashcam video, multi-operator permissions, driver dispatch, regulatory reporting and data export — what to ask vendors, and when packaged or custom software makes sense.

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Technical notes

How to connect e-paper labels to your existing systems — without replacing your MIS

Adopting e-paper doesn't mean replacing your systems: a five-step architecture for plugging e-paper into an existing MIS, how data syncs automatically, and choosing between Advantech wireless and battery-free NFC e-paper.

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Field notes

Designing permissions for a fleet platform: five roles and reseller self-service

One platform serving around 200 fleet operators, with resellers onboarding their own customers: how the five roles are split, which interface each uses, and the reseller onboarding flow.

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Technical notes

Integrating GPS tracking devices: notes on JT808 and environmental-agency devices

What matters when building your own device server: JT808 escaping, checksums and general replies, plus reply formats, configuration commands and LED diagnostics for environmental-agency devices.

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Field notes

Where is the stone? Storage-location visualization and mobile lookup in stone plants

When only veterans know where material is: site maps and location numbering, a visual inventory screen, mobile lookup, then RFID tags and dual positioning.

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Field notes

How can a stone plant take inventory with RFID? Lessons from outdoor blocks and upright slabs

How we attached UHF RFID tags to ten-tonne outdoor blocks and to slabs standing on edge, made tags reusable, and designed handheld counting and locating — from the pilot system we built with SRDC.

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Testing

Letting an AI agent query the ERP for people: what we're testing

Letting an AI agent look at the screen and operate a stone-industry ERP to handle everyday lookups for warehouse and sales staff. We designed six tasks — including one that tests whether it makes up answers when nothing is found.

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