I'm at the HDMA CVOC meeting listening to a panel discussion related to technology's impact on the workforce, particularly the driver and the service technician. It occurs to me that we use tablets ...

A program that generally prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills in the adjustment, maintenance, part replacement, and repair of tools, equipment, and machines. A program that ...

Mobile technology has changed the way contracting firms operate, thanks to a wide array of smartphones and tablets that allow the real-time exchange of information. As a result, many technicians in ...

A large field service organization with technicians working around the country had a problem. Every day, the technicians performed their work well. They had the instruments, knowledge, tools and gear ...

Rugged smartphones and small handheld devices end up being a great fit for OHS specialists who spend time at a wide variety of work sites, from oil and gas wells to petrochemical plants to refineries.

It is a great time to be a technician using technology. Work done in the field is getting easier, more efficient and more accurate as the tools we use get smaller, faster and more precise. And we can ...

Air conditioning and heating systems are perhaps the most consumer-facing products in the HVAC industry, but technicians’ tools are the products that make it all possible. Though end users might not ...

Kenneth Calhoun, fleet optimization manager for Altech, has been a longtime board member of the American Trucking Associations' Technology & Maintenance Council and an early voice calling for the ...