Hiring a moving company just 20 years ago meant loading your belongings onto a truck and hoping they arrived safely at your destination. Fortunately, technology has since optimized the moving process, offering greater ease, convenience, and peace of mind. If you’re dreading the prospect of packing up and hauling the contents of your home, you can breathe a sigh of relief. Freedom Moving & Storage is a tech-savvy moving company that leverages the latest tools to ensure seamless moves.
You can expect efficient project coordination, real-time item tracking, highly responsive customer support, and more. Read on to explore how technology plays a crucial role in facilitating a smooth move with your moving company.
How Technology Enhances the Moving Process
One of the biggest concerns for businesses and consumers who entrust their items to moving companies is the fear of losing contact or control over the process. Years ago, there was no feasible way to ask questions or get updates while movers were on the road. There was also a sense of disconnect from project planning and justified wariness about over-the-phone quotes.
When moving companies coordinated these projects, much of the work occurred behind the scenes. From the very outset, people worried whether their movers were quoting them accurately and fairly and giving enough attention to overall organization. Today’s advanced technologies address all these concerns.
Improved Communication and Coordination
One of the most popular advancements is the use of branded mobile apps by moving companies. With these apps, homeowners can:
- Schedule their moves
- Track their movers’ progress with real-time GPS updates
- Initiate and receive communications
When additional needs arise during the move, homeowners can browse their movers’ apps to look for optional service add-ons or service partners.
Virtual Surveys and Estimates
In the past, the only sure way for movers to offer accurate and honest quotes was to visit a prospective customer’s home in person. Now, technology allows for virtual home surveys. These digital inventory tools are highly accurate, gauging the average weight and volume of items for transport. They also make it easy for consumers to submit questions about their quotes and tailor moving services to fit their budgets.
Streamlining Packing and Organization
Imagine having your movers deliver each box, piece of technology, and furniture item directly to its destination room. This is far preferable to having movers deposit random boxes in communal spaces or pile everything in the foyer. Companies and homeowners can use moving apps to create and manage detailed inventory lists.
Digital Inventory Management
From furniture and lighting elements to scrapbooks and picture frames, you can know exactly where every item is and maintain detailed records of each item’s transport. When you arrive at your new home, you won’t have to open ten different boxes to find your toddler’s favorite blanket or a serving spoon. For companies, this level of inventory management minimizes downtime and makes it infinitely easier to get things back up and running.
Labeling and Tracking with QR Codes
QR codes are among the top residential and commercial moving tools. With QR codes, movers can color-code boxes according to:
- Destination rooms
- Priority for unpacking
- Fragility
RFID tags provide added security. These codes make it virtually impossible for movers to load a person’s or company’s boxes onto the wrong trucks. With labeled boxes and accurate box counts, QR codes and RFID tags ensure that everything gets delivered to its intended destination on time. Even before movers start their trucks, they’ll have digital verification of complete, ordered loads.
Enhancing Security and Safety with Technology
Watching your belongings roll out of sight on a moving truck doesn’t have to be unnerving. With GPS tracking, you can monitor your mover’s location every step of the way.
GPS Tracking for Moving Trucks
GPS tracking helps homeowners coordinate with delivery drivers. Along with QR codes and RFID tags, it also:
- Prevents asset loss
- Keeps drivers accountable
- Ensures fleet security for moving companies
- Facilitates strategic route planning
With GPS, moving companies can anticipate areas of heavy traffic, low-clearance underpasses, and other transportation challenges. Effective route mapping can minimize travel distance and time. Best of all, with easy mobile app-based tracking, homeowners can ease their anxiety and focus on other things.
Enhanced Security Measures
Advanced surveillance technology safeguards assets during transit. In-truck and truck-mounted cameras are excellent crime deterrents. They also provide valuable records for law enforcement agencies and insurance companies if the unexpected ever occurs.
For greater protection and assurance, Freedom Moving & Storage uses smart locks and alarms on all our trucks. Smart locks leverage the latest encryption technology, and our movers can engage or disengage them remotely. Even as we’re hauling boxes and furnishings into your home, we can easily ensure that the rest of your items are completely secure.
Customer-Centric Technologies for a Better Experience
In addition to app-based features, companies, homeowners, and renters can use online portals to connect with movers, submit questions, use GPS tracking, request estimates, and more. Whether you prefer using a laptop, tablet, or mobile phone, you’ll always have multiple ways to get answers and updates in real time.
Online portals and mobile apps also offer:
- Easy document management
- Secure payment processing
- Customer support ticket tracking
Augmented Reality for Space Planning
Many moving companies now offer augmented reality tools for space planning. With AR, you can better define the destination rooms for each of your furnishings and boxes. You can also determine ahead of time whether your new space is too small for all your items. After all, it makes no sense to pay for the transport of furnishings that you’ll have to give away or sell when they reach their destination.
The Future of Moving with Technology
As moving technology continues to evolve, AI and machine learning will increasingly enhance efficiency. In the future, you can expect to see artificial intelligence optimizing moving routes, predicting potential delays, and suggesting strategies for overcoming these and other problems. The integration of AI and machine learning in moving technology will also allow for a more personalized moving experience by tailoring services to each customer’s needs, preferences, and goals.
Sustainable Moving Solutions
The integration of AI and machine learning will also make coordinated moves more eco-friendly. Businesses and private consumers can expect less fuel waste through route optimization and entirely paperless processes. With large trucks and long hauls, sustainability is of the utmost importance in the moving industry.It’s no longer enough for movers to have reliable trucks and experienced staff. The best movers are now using advanced technologies for enhanced safety, security, and peace of mind. If you want your next move to be completely seamless and hassle-free, contact Freedom Moving & Storage today!
