{"id":2017,"date":"2016-12-08T02:00:26","date_gmt":"2016-12-08T01:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e3mag.com\/?p=2017"},"modified":"2022-02-06T14:42:07","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T13:42:07","slug":"mobile-natives-in-the-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/mobile-natives-im-ausseneinsatz\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile natives in the field"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Mobile still not a matter of course<\/h3>\n<p>Also in the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-ndmqx81z6fsd994c7sd6o1lrfg79xi54\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Professional life<\/span> includes a mobile device with Internet access for most of us who follow the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-ajy4lsng7w4ei13aubrrdc8hjv3edh61\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Generation<\/span> of mobile immigrants have been part of everyday life for years.<\/p>\n<p>But there are still <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-i2uiezhuaedz3at7o6dpef9m5hzvfsym\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Industries<\/span> and work areas where this is not a matter of course. However, this is now changing with the mobile natives, who are becoming more and more numerous in the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-7q7egox58jw0d8busfbivmrsi9tbtgqf\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Professional life<\/span> be<\/p><div id=\"great-3420192936\" class=\"great-fullsize-content-en great-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6ZGXMPyM-nU\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"banner_26-04_29_1200x150\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-400x50.jpg 400w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-768x96.jpg 768w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-100x13.jpg 100w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-480x60.jpg 480w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-640x80.jpg 640w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-720x90.jpg 720w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-960x120.jpg 960w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-1168x146.jpg 1168w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-18x2.jpg 18w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-600x75.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"150\"  style=\" max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-lavo07pvwqbvcpt9eoic5l4o7xoqu6to\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-place\">Goods<\/span> just a few years ago, field service employees or service technicians were skeptical when it came to replacing paper with a mobile solution, now it's increasingly said when younger colleagues start at a new company:<\/p>\n<p><em>\"Why don't we have a mobile solution for this yet? And where is my tablet that I can use to process the orders?\"<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Companies therefore also need to be aware of their role as an employer for the younger generation. <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-ek8lcn1n4w7m58z1jmpfqpfgskx9ehdd\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Generation<\/span> want to remain attractive, with mobile applications for <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-j313p2alkxtmka6tm0vngklwo9mkxr5s\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Business processes<\/span> deal with.<\/p>\n<p>And this concerns above all <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-2jj1w2zceqqiccrzlhdymxp98y12snqn\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Industries<\/span> and sectors that have been reluctant to do so in the past, such as energy suppliers or the technical <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-sc1oi7v3kijdyosldv5dawymvk3oyc0n\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Field Service<\/span>.<\/p>\n<h3>Mobile increases motivation<\/h3>\n<p>In the next few years, current mobile <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-kedj3nvkwp5h0m14sdcypsz5ety9lrme\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Trends<\/span> the mechanization in the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-jsqrxhj30rkqyglpxkjdmre5da01ibrs\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Field Service<\/span> and in the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-y5v8myvjwxjfjda1spc5pcy63ugpkqr2\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Maintenance<\/span> continue to drive forward.<\/p>\n<p>On the one hand, this allows the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-jo39l5gd5cnosxm5wxv0kqdsk6vygokx\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Comfort<\/span> and the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-i41b5fcosxv2ezlbfetjo3po78q2msi5\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Motivation<\/span> of field service technicians and, on the other hand, increase the quality of customer service.<\/p>\n<p>Let's take the example of wearables: In the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-5rvz03psw8maszxwi2o83pi8gr61be20\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Consumer<\/span>-Wearable computers such as smartwatches have long since arrived on the market.<\/p>\n<p>In the professional world, they are still a <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-shaiajgn4uf8zd3ornf7gngr5cv1eihl\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Trend<\/span>since the applications here have so far been the exception rather than the rule. But there is potential here, too.<\/p>\n<p>In the future, service technicians could receive an impulse via their smartwatch when they are called to an urgent fault, instead of receiving a text message or call on their cell phone as they do now.<\/p>\n<p>Wearables can thus improve customer satisfaction through faster response and repair times and the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-6jtxzneo7mw8h8qwoeqq9pgbe380mlzc\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Motivation<\/span> the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-x5wznd6afsm5zzr6e4aeztwf1tc4jl4n\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Technician<\/span> increase<\/p>\n<p>The forecast market volume in the wearables sector is enormous. The market research institute Abi Research expects 485 million devices to be sold by the end of 2018.<\/p>\n<h3>Augmented reality<\/h3>\n<p>Augmented reality is also finding more and more applications in professional fields.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-tfsdg6hmkps2f0un5bxfktm9ka5etos7\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-place\">Goods<\/span> Data glasses for <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-zold5bi5fozi3zltdxr0jw0sjp4y621d\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Consumer<\/span> rather a flop so far, they open up completely new possibilities for field service technicians.<\/p>\n<p>They show the user additional information in the form of maps, exploded views and pictures, enabling him to perform his tasks more professionally and quickly.<\/p>\n<p>Today, for example, an installer in the utilities industry could literally see the course of a gas, water or power line on his data goggles by accessing a geographic information system, even if the line is five meters below the surface.<\/p>\n<p>Various scenarios are also conceivable in the field of plant engineering in the future. For example, an elevator installer could have the exploded view of the elevator displayed via the data glasses and have both hands free for the repair <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-d52h3ugiaj4gsrq9uexb5e6outeamg2j\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">free<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Today, however, this is still pie in the sky, as the 3D data for this scenario is still lacking.<\/p>\n<h3>Hands free<\/h3>\n<p>The dramatic increase in computing power and storage capacity of mobile devices over the past few years also allows a completely new <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-1e2thn9ueau9htjdi6mznfryres6zfyh\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Comfort<\/span> during interaction.<\/p>\n<p>Current smartphones or tablets recognize natural speech without much pre-training by the user, even in adverse environments with background noise.<\/p>\n<p>This facilitates operation in situations where the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-crk6d6f4rmfh4qx4a4fsf27ikkrve4b9\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Technician<\/span> or fitter both hands <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-ljmfsddixht61w2rzpdleisrlmuh0z3t\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">free<\/span> must have, such as in the acquisition of measurement data.<\/p>\n<p>From these examples, you can see that the future lies in the field of technical field service and <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-tom5mxjs2wsatd8rtdsheje2pismuf5w\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Maintenance<\/span> lies in mobile applications that contribute to this, <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-9lalobf6ic79fq3i8sioj8qfgv7hb1dk\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Business processes<\/span> in companies faster, more conveniently and in a more customer-friendly manner.<\/p>\n<p>The new <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-ehm006n58frrftul9h5hq40tp7xppmyc\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Generation<\/span> the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-mb9at2gil259ma2rbsrmeys39719wgkc\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Technician<\/span> will help drive this forward through its digital expertise and mobile affinity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/partners\/mobilex-ag\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mobile natives in the field\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11371 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CI-MOBILEx.jpg\" alt=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/partners\/mobilex-ag\/\" width=\"1000\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CI-MOBILEx.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CI-MOBILEx-768x86.jpg 768w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CI-MOBILEx-100x11.jpg 100w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CI-MOBILEx-480x54.jpg 480w, 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Zugriff aufs Internet, auf Informationen und Unterhaltung sowie der st\u00e4ndige Austausch mit Freunden, wo auch immer man sich gerade befindet \u2013 das charakterisiert die Generation der Mobile Na\u00adtives, die mit Smartphones und Tablets aufwachsen bzw. aufgewachsen sind.<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"<a href=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/category\/meinung\/das-aktuelle-stichwort\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Das aktuelle Stichwort<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/category\/meinung\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Die Meinung der SAP-Community<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/category\/mag1612\/\" rel=\"category tag\">MAG 16-12<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"Hannes Heckner, MobileX","url":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/author\/hannes-heckner\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 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