Motorola White Paper Sample

Asset management is a critical function for public safety agencies. One that relies on internal, mostly manual, business processes, to protect, distribute, safeguard, and account for the tools that enforcement, emergency, judicial and other public safety agencies depend on for critical business operation.

Technology is adopted when and where it makes sense, but is usually driven by on-demand processes. These have been manual processes to date because there has been no viable alternative. Business process change and legacy technology adoption have provided only incremental efficiency and optimization improvements. Barcodes are used today and will continue to be used to provide significant classification and accountability services. However, new wireless technologies hold the promise for complementing existing technologies and creating the always-on, asset monitoring environments that public safety agencies require…