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Automotive Services Company Chooses State-of-the-Art Mapping Technology and Saved £5,000 in a Week It Measured Cost Savings

Overview Automotive service company Inchcape Automotive wanted to track where its customer assets were at any point in time. It also wanted to ensure that its drivers always took the fastest route to collect or deliver a vehicle. Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Anglia Business Solutions implemented a new infrastructure based on Microsoft MapPoint Location Server, Microsoft MapPoint Web Service, Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003 software for Pocket PCs, and Microsoft SQL Server 2000. With the new technology in place, Inchcape and its customers can see where their vehicles are along the delivery process so customers have greater confidence in the safety of their assets.

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Publisher	Microsoft	File Format	WORD
Date Published	November 2006
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Infrastructure Management, Mobile - Wireless Communications

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