Ford Helps Truck Owners to be More Productive

Ford wants their sales to pick up. Last January, their F-series was leading by only 5,000 over the Chevrolet Silverado. Their solution? The Ford Works Solutions. Ford Works Solutions is what Ford is going to offer to their customers. This package is meant to aim productivity among the truck owners. Ford Works Solutions is an effort which would hopefully solve the issues that some truck owners encounter. Some of the concerns of truck drivers are tool theft, doing office work in their trucks and keeping track of their trucks (when in a small business). This new package is supposed to make things more convenient for businessmen who are constantly on the road and on the go.

Ford Works Solutions include the following: one in-dash computer, a digital system meant for tracking tools inside the vehicle, a digital system designed for keeping track a group of trucks, an 8-foot cable laced on the truck’s bed for protection of the truckers’ things and keeping their tools in place. With today’s increasing need for both safety and productivity, the Ford Works Solutions aims to give ease to the drivers out there. Whether they are traveling and on the road for their business or simply in their trucks managing their dealings or concerns, Ford Works Solutions make it possible for them to be able to attend to their responsibilities. At the same time, the drivers wouldn’t have to worry about their safety any longer.

Ed Pleet, one of the product and business managers at Ford Works Solutions, said that “It’s geared toward improving productivity.” Although the price for the package is not yet given, the Ford Works Solutions will be available on most F-Series pickup trucks as well as all of the 2009 E-Series vans. Ford teamed up with well-known partners such as Microsoft, Sprint and ThingMagic.

The in-dash computer with Internet access is powered by Microsoft while the internet access is made possible through the Sprint Mobile Broadband Network. The computer’s navigation system is handled by Garmin. It is touch-screen for expediency handiness and has a high resolution for easier at-a-glance checking of information. Being 6.5-inches and having 2 gigabytes worth of memory, the Ford Works Solutions package also comes with the following:

- secure digital slot for additional memory
- one USB port
- thin wireless keyboard that comes with a mouse pad
- stylus (for the touch-screen)

With added improvements made for ease and convenience, the Ford Works Solutions seems to re-define the words “dependability” and “capability.”

source: Free Press