How is connected technology used in logistics and transportation?

Connected technology can be used in a variety of ways, from fleet management to logistics automation. Incorporating the right digital tools into your logistics and transportation strategy can revolutionize your business.

How can I automate my logistics system?

Using the right digital tools can automate your logistics systems in powerful ways. Connected scanners and cloud-connected inventory management can work together for a streamlined solution, for example.

How can technology help optimize my transportation strategy?

Efficiency is key for transportation management solutions, and technology can help optimize route selections and inventory control to start. Automated logistics tools can help streamline management strategies, while warehouse management software can optimize storage and transport between warehouses and customers.

What is a transportation management system?

A transportation management system (TMS) is a logistics system that helps businesses optimize the movement of products and is often part of a larger supply chain management system. It’s used for both incoming and outgoing goods.

Do I need fleet management software?

The right fleet management solution will optimize route efficiency, track company assets, monitor driving performance, keep track of vehicle service logs, and more. If you’re looking to reduce overhead and maximize throughput, fleet management software might be a good place to start.

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Device management for warehouse, transportation, and logistics

Easily deploy, manage, and scale your device fleet for supply chain, including logistics, transportation, or warehouse management. Remotely view and control devices, lock down tablets for safety, use Esper’s precise telemetry to ensure your Android devices are working for your business, and much more.

Device management features

When your transportation, logistics, or supply chain operations rely on connected devices, they need to just work. Esper’s end-to-end solution for warehouse management, trucking, shipping, and more ensures your tablets, rugged devices, handheld scanners, in-cab tablets, and other Android devices are always available, accessible, and configurable so your devices work for you — not the other way around.

Simplify device setup

Setup is fast and hands-off. Ship devices to locations with fully remote provisioning that update to the latest app version even if there are months between provisioning and delivery.

Lock down with kiosk mode

Ensure devices are used for educational purposes only. Lock devices in kiosk mode with custom permissions for educators or students that limits functionality to approved activities and helps protect student privacy.

Debug, diagnose and fix — remotely

Have the right tools when you need them most. Remotely control and debug devices in the field to quickly identify, diagnose, and fix problems.

Update safely in stages

Stage rollouts and easily push content to a test device, group of devices, or entire fleet based on custom groups and rules.

Protect students with SafeSearch

Ensure students are never exposed to unauthorized material updates or activities when using Esper’s applications with additional search engine filtering on computers, laptops, tablets, and phones.

Monitor devices with real-time tracking and alerts

Track devices in real-time and set up a virtual fence to ensure devices stay on mission. Trigger alerts when devices deviate, and take appropriate actions with remote control and troubleshooting.

Simplify device setup

Setup is fast and hands-off. Ship devices to locations with fully remote provisioning that update to the latest app version even if there are months between provisioning and delivery.

Lock down with kiosk mode

Lock down devices in kiosk mode with custom permissions for employees or guests that limit functionality to approved activities and dictate update schedules.

Debug, diagnose and fix — remotely

Have the right tools when you need them most. Remotely control and debug devices in the field to quickly identify, diagnose, and fix problems.

Update safely in stages

Stage your rollouts and easily push content to a test device, group of devices, or your whole fleet based on your custom groups and rules.

Monitor everything

Easily monitor your device fleet’s vitals with telemetry data such as battery levels, network connectivity, data usage, and storage.

Proactive device alerts

Set the compliance conditions for your devices or device groups and get alerts when a device has drifted away from your desired configuration

Simplify setup

Setup is fast and hands-off. Ship devices with remote provisioning that update to the latest app version even if there are months between provisioning and delivery.

Lock down with kiosk mode

Keep your mission-critical devices on your mission with custom permissions for doctors, patients, or technical staff that limit functionality to approved activities.

Debug, diagnose and fix — remotely

Have the right tools when you need them most. Remotely control and debug your systems whether in hospitals or homes to quickly identify, diagnose, and fix problems.

Update safely in stages

Stage your rollouts and easily push content to a test device, group of devices, or your whole fleet based on your custom groups and rules.

Monitor everything, manage by exception

Easily monitor your device fleet’s vitals with telemetry data such as battery levels, network connectivity, data usage, and storage.

Manage at scale with device groups

Set the compliance conditions for your devices or device groups and get alerts when a device has drifted away from your desired configuration.

Simplify device setup

Setup is fast and hands-off. Ship devices to restaurants with fully remote provisioning that update to the latest app version even if there are months between provisioning and delivery.

Lock down with kiosk mode

Lock down devices in kiosk mode with custom permissions for employees or guests that limit functionality to approved activities.

Debug, diagnose and fix — remotely

Have the right tools when you need them most. Remotely control and debug devices in restaurants to quickly identify, diagnose, and fix problems.

Update safely in stages

Stage your rollouts and easily push content to a test device, group of devices, or your whole fleet based on your custom groups and rules.

Monitor everything, manage by exception

With restaurant remote device monitoring, gain visibility on your device fleet’s vitals with telemetry data such as battery levels, network connectivity, data usage, and storage.

Manage at scale with device groups

Set the compliance conditions for your devices or device groups and get alerts when a device has drifted away from your desired configuration.

Streamline setup and device provisioning

Touchless provisioning means bringing new devices or apps into your organization is truly seamless — simply ship devices to facilities and unbox them. They’ll automatically update as needed, even if there are months between delivery and provisioning.

Fully secure devices with hardened kiosk mode

Lock devices to a specific app (or subset of apps) with kiosk mode, ensuring they’re only used for business purposes. Add, remove, and update apps on the fly across as many devices as you need to.

Debug, diagnose and fix — all remotely

Remotely access, control, and even debug systems no matter where they are — across town or across the country. With fully secure remote access, you can easily identify, diagnose, and fix problems.

Manage at scale with device groups

Device grouping makes management easy across multiple locations or use cases — from in-truck tablets to warehouse management scanners, granular device grouping lets you set custom rules and utilize management tools the way it makes sense to you.

Monitor devices with real-time tracking, geofencing, and alerts

Track devices in real-time and set up a virtual geofence to ensure devices don’t “disappear.” Trigger alerts when devices deactivate or leave a specific area, and fully automate lockdown or factory reset protocols when specific criteria is met.

Update when it makes sense

Devices and apps need updates to stay secure, but timing these updates to avoid disruptions can be challenging. Esper’s staged update rollout system lets you update apps and devices on your own time — even if it’s in the middle of the night. No human interaction required.

Kiosk mode

Lock down devices in kiosk mode with custom permissions for employees and approved activities for customers to prevent misuse, the need for repair, and potential revenue loss.

Zero-touch deployment

Setup is fast and hands-off. Ship devices with fully remote provisioning that updates to the latest app version even if there are months between provisioning and delivery.

Telemetry data

Easily monitor your device fleet’s vitals with telemetry data such as battery levels, network connectivity, data usage, and storage to ensure business-critical functionality.

Drift management

Minimize device or software malfunctions by setting the compliance conditions for your devices or device groups and get alerts when a device has drifted away from your desired configuration.

Remote monitoring and management

When things go wrong you need the right tools to be able to identify, diagnose and deploy a fix, fast. Esper gives you the power to remotely control and debug your systems.

Zero-touch deployment

Setup is fast and hands-off. Ship equipment with remote provisioning that updates to the latest app version when your customer first boots it up—even if there are months between provisioning and delivery.

Telemetry data

Easily and remotely monitor your device fleet’s vitals from a single pane of glass. Get insights with telemetry data such as battery levels, network connectivity, data usage, and storage.

Supply chain support

Get connected and communicate directly with global ODMs. Together, we can help you build a custom device solution, complete with your desired Android image and specifications.

Remote customer support

When things go wrong you need the right tools to be able to identify, diagnose and deploy a fix, fast. Esper gives you the power to remotely control and debug your systems—even before your customers notice.

Long - term support and security patches

With Esper Foundation for Android, get access to Android security patches within 30 days of publication by Google and for up to 10 years—ensuring you can extend the life of your equipment.

Fine - grained control of updates

Get the tools to manage and deploy updates exactly when and where you want. With total control of your fleet’s OTA strategy, your firmware or software updates won’t interrupt a workout.

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How Esper works

See how simple and easy it is to deploy, manage and debug devices on Esper.

Deploy and update your rugged devices reliably and seamlessly

Streamline IT support with no-touch device deployment, automated updates, and remote monitoring. With centralized tooling and automation, companies can reduce operating costs by as much as 60%.

Monitor and lock your devices at scale automatically with geofencing

Keep your devices locked to a specific configuration with kiosk mode and automate activity monitoring with advanced telemetry data. Protect crucial data with geofencing to automatically lock or reset devices if they leave a specific area.

Simplify Android fleet management with a modern infrastructure

Easily deploy, manage, and update warehouse management scanners, ELD solutions, vehicle fleet management software, and more with Esper’s modern device management system and streamlined device infrastructure. Device management has never been so simple.

A proven solution for mission-critical warehouse and vehicle fleet devices

“I'm putting tablets into 80,000 pound 18-wheelers that are out on the highway. One of my biggest fears is that a driver is going to be watching videos or playing games while speeding in my equipment. The potential of a lawsuit is just astronomical. I needed a way to lock devices down to only approved applications - Esper does this and more for me.”

Dan Locke,

Director of Safety and Compliance at Summit Trucking

A proven solution for customer-centric retail

“Parker’s customers have high expectations, so we decided to develop the most robust convenience store loyalty program in the region by listening to what our customers want — and on Esper we made that a reality.”

Greg Parker

CEO of Parker’s Kitchen

“They had other quotes that were significantly more expensive and not the screen size they wanted. BIGPOS kiosks are available off the shelf with Esper’s cloud tools for Android, so retailers like Parker’s can remotely manage the kiosks.”

Elijah Jung

Marketing Manager at POSBANK

A proven solution for innovative restaurant establishments

“To support better customer and employee experiences across our POS, tablets, and other devices, we needed a solution that worked for our next generation enterprise Android apps.Esper is a true partner. Working with them allows us to move fast, save money, and now we can make strategic decisions about what hardware to use.”

Mas Yoshida

Director, Next Gen Restaurant Technology, Taco Bell

“Traditional MDMs are only built for employee device use, but we also needed a solution for the devices we’re sending to our customers — for the devices they depend on to operate their businesses every single day. Esper’s Android expertise is a game-changer. Because that expertise is at their core, they can truly provide us with a technology partnership.”