{"id":444,"date":"2014-08-23T22:54:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-23T22:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autoshopwriter.com\/?p=444"},"modified":"2022-02-09T22:40:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T22:40:41","slug":"will-your-shop-benefit-from-a-tablet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/autoshopwriter.com\/?p=444","title":{"rendered":"Will Your Shop Benefit From A Tablet ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/autoshopwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WP_20140418_002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"WP_20140418_002\" src=\"https:\/\/autoshopwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WP_20140418_002_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"WP_20140418_002\" width=\"244\" height=\"139\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\"><\/a>Tablets are popular everywhere, and are often advertised as the solution to all of life\u2019s tasks.&nbsp; In fact, they are compact, light, go with you, and can do quite a few things.&nbsp; This leads to the question:&nbsp; \u201cWill your shop benefit using tablets to handle data ?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s first distinguish between the types of tablets.&nbsp; There are two.&nbsp; Android and iPad tablets run small applets that are specific to individual tasks.&nbsp; They are popular for reading the news, sharing on social media, playing games, and perhaps with photo work.&nbsp; Windows tablets are quite different.&nbsp; They are actually full computers with touch screens.&nbsp; They usually have slightly larger screens, and can run full business applications just like your desktop and notebook computers.<\/p>\n<p>A Windows tablet can be great for working in your business, if it uses software that takes advantage of the touch screen, and onscreen keyboard.&nbsp; To make this work you will want a tablet that has a docking station ( for wired internet, connection to a large monitor, and that keeps the tablet charged ).&nbsp; It also should have Windows 8.1 installed.&nbsp; You will also want a bluetooth keyboard and mouse.&nbsp; The tablet resides in the docking station, and it\u2019s screen is off, but your program displays on the large monitor.&nbsp; This is particularly effective for a service writer\u2019s workstation.&nbsp; The bluetooth keyboard and mouse make it quite easy to use as a regular workstation, and the monitor makes it always easy to read.<\/p>\n<p>When a client comes in, the Service Writer can simply grab the tablet off the dock, walk out to the vehicle, make the inspection, take photos, and create the Estimate.&nbsp; The tablet remains in the program and seamlessly connects via the wi-fi.&nbsp; It\u2019s functioning is always live, so all lookups, and data entry, are immediate.&nbsp; In fact, from the car, the service writer can send the Estimate to the printer, and the customer can go back to the front desk, sign the master, and receive their copy.<\/p>\n<p>The service writer can move from one client to another very quickly, initiating individual workorders as they go.&nbsp; When the \u201coutside\u201d work is done, they simply put the tablet back on the dock and continue their work at the desk.&nbsp; There are no switches to throw or complicated procedures to follow.&nbsp; The screen automatically comes on when the device is removed from the dock, and transfers to the large monitor when it is replaced.<\/p>\n<p>With this in mind, what type of tablet works best ?&nbsp; Look for those answers in the next post on this site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tablets are popular everywhere, and are often advertised as the solution to all of life\u2019s tasks.&nbsp; In fact, they are compact, light, go with you, and can do quite a few things.&nbsp; This leads to the question:&nbsp; \u201cWill your shop benefit using tablets to handle data ?\u201d Let\u2019s first distinguish between the types of tablets.&nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,22],"tags":[18,40,41,42,39],"class_list":["post-444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devices","category-main","tag-auto-shop-writer-2","tag-shop-management","tag-shop-technology","tag-surface-pro-3","tag-tablet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/autoshopwriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/autoshopwriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/autoshopwriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autoshopwriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autoshopwriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=444"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/autoshopwriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":616,"href":"https:\/\/autoshopwriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444\/revisions\/616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/autoshopwriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autoshopwriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autoshopwriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}