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Outfitting the Mobile Lifestyle with Mobile Desks
Posted: 04/13/2007
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Since 1995, a manufacturing company in Grand Rapids, Michigan has been leading the effort to bring the mobile lifestyle to the forefront of the business workforce thanks to its Auto Exec line of desks that are specially designed to fit in the passenger seat of most automobiles.
Auto Exec desks are lightweight, molded plastic desks that can easily be placed in a passenger seat and safely secured using the car's seatbelt. There are a variety of desks to choose from; some even come equipped with power invertors so computers and other electronic devices can operate with ease. Each desk has a skid-resistant surface, lower bulk storage area, file folder sorters, and small compartments for office supplies. Certain models even have slide-out surfaces that allow for greater desktop surface space for writing.
"The Auto Exec line of auto desks is the foundation of a successful working environment for individuals who regularly work from their cars", says Mobile Office Incorporated CEO Chuck Lippert. "Our clients, who range from pharmaceutical sales representatives and real estate agents to utility and service repairmen, tell us that Auto Exec allows them to work comfortably and safely from their automobile."
Gone are the days of mastering the art of steering with your thighs so you can write down a phone number. Auto Exec desks allow individuals to work in an organized, safe manner while sitting in the drivers seat of a car. Mobile Office officials stress that the safest way to utilize the Auto Exec desk is by parking the car.
Testimonials
"I'm a traveling salesperson who is on the road a lot", says Robert Thompson, an Auto Exec user. "Time is so important for me and nothing affects my time more than having all my vital information right at my finger tips, when I need it."
"The difference between the way I worked then, and how I work now, is unbelievable. I don't think I could even function without the Auto Exec", says an Auto Exec user who is a mobile sales representative. "It's the best investment I'e ever made", he adds.
Auto Exec desks are ideal for fleet managers who are looking to create a more efficient and effective mobile office environment for sales staff. With the Auto Exec, critical tools and documents can be neatly organized and within quick reach, allowing individuals to store and use folders, binders, laptops, PDAs, and cell phones all within a single, convenient system.
Each Auto Exec desk is designed to optimize productivity according to a person's unique needs, be it storage space and writing space to a non-slip desktop to prevent laptops from sliding onto the floor.
Workforce research has indicated that mobile workforce employees spend an hour or more a week trying to stay organized in their vehicles. That's twelve minutes a day searching through the stacks of folders, or struggling to use a laptop, or just looking for a pen to take a message. At the end of a year, the employee has lost over fifty-two hours of production. Spread that out over a workforce of ten people and those 52 hours of lost production becomes 520 hours per year.
"We sell to many sales representatives and insurance adjusters", says Mobile Office's head of sales Diana Chettleburgh. "In fact, one of the world's largest Insurance companies equips their entire claims adjuster fleet with the Auto Exec."
The reason for creating Auto Exec? Demand and changing business landscape. "The competitive nature of business today has stimulated new investments in laptop computers, car cell phones, PDA's and other wireless technology", adds Lippert. "The cubicle we have been working in for so long suddenly has wheels. Offices today are portable and traveling with us because customers demand immediate sales and service. The paradigm that once said our customers will come to us has changed dramatically."
Productivity has to remain high to compete. While doing this, mobile professionals face the daily challenge of keeping the laptop batteries charged, the files organized, and above all, enough workspace organization to actually get work done. Mobilegear.com and its Auto Exec line of auto desks aim to help mobile professionals have a competitive advantage. |
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