The durability of the devices had become a roadblock for the Green Bay, Wis.-based fleet.
In late 2017, Samsung introduced a rugged, enterprise-grade tablet, the Galaxy Tab Active2. The purpose-built device is able to survive excessive pressure, temperatures, vibrations and drops and has easy-to-replace batteries.
Peter Covach, director of IT for Paper Transport, credits the Active2 devices and Samsung’s latest security and device management software for being able to rapidly scale its deployment of mobile technology.
Three years ago, the Green Bay, Wis.-based fleet had approximately 570 drivers. Today its Active2 tablets are used by 920 drivers.
“We took a potentially fringe use case and turned it into something a lot of people can grab onto,” he says.
The tablets have proven especially beneficial for driver training.
