The Visible Factory of the Future

Zebra Technologies’ recent white paper, The Factory of the Future: A Practical Guide to Harnessing New Value in Manufacturing, is, as its title suggests, a practical guide, and focuses on deploying automatic identification and data capture (AIDC) systems to eliminate waste in manufacturing supply chains. The paper introduces its topic by citing IDC Manufacturing Insight’s…

Transitioning from Advantech XP Pro Platforms

When I tuned in to Advantech’s April 18, 2014, webinar, Windows Embedded 8.1 Overview and Lock-Down Features, available here via YouTube, I got more than I bargained for. As Advantech Product Sales Manager Tze Chew introduced the event’s keynote speaker, Sylvain Ekel, Microsoft’s Senior Account Technology Strategy Manager, he paused to address – straight up…

You Know You Need A Mobile POS Solution When…

The past few weeks, I introduced two blogs discussing the benefits of a mobile computer and a mobile printer in the retail industry. Now it’s time to put this information together and see where specifically a mobile point of sale (POS) solution would have the greatest benefit. Some retailers are best fit for a standalone,…

Zebra Technologies will Acquire Motorola Solutions’ Enterprise Business

It’s not every day that one of L-Tron’s technology partners is featured in the mainstream media, but Zebra Technologies’ April 2014 announcement of its proposal to acquire Motorola Solutions’ Enterprise division was big, mainstream news.   Motorola’s Enterprise business focuses on mobile computing, communications and data-capture technologies, while Zebra is best known for its barcode-printing, asset-tracking…

Advantech Sponsors the 2014 Edition of Automation World’s Factory & Machine Automation Playbook

Behind the scenes, L-Tron technology partners do much to support their industries, as well as the people and enterprises that rely upon them. Case in point: Advantech’s sponsorship of the Automation World: Factory & Machine Automation Playbook, 2014 Edition, a 167-page compilation of hands-on, practical advice designed to aid industrial automation end users in “selecting…

Mobile Printers at the Hip in Retail

It’s easy to adopt old habits and stick with them – especially when they’re a part of a grand process such as checking out customers in a retail setting. For decades, that process consisted of a standalone computer next to a printer, as customers filed through the – sometimes long – lines to checkout. But…

Zebra Sponsors a Handy Video Primer on RTLS

Although it’s now almost two years old, the webinar titled Understanding RTLS: What it is, How it’s Used & What You Need to Know Before Deploying, produced by VDC Research and sponsored by Zebra Technologies, remains a particularly effective RTLS primer. It is available in recorded audio/video via Zebra’s Webinars link and is also available…

Cutting Down the Line, Gaining Loyal Customers

I’ll be going on a much-needed vacation early next month, which calls for some new clothes for the trip. Something tells me that what I normally wear in Upstate New York won’t do me any favors for the Florida heat. Shopping at the mall last weekend, I found myself waiting in lines at the counter…

Zebra Technologies Rack & Container Location Solutions

L-Tron technology partner Zebra Technologies announced its Rack & Container management system at the Automotive Manufacturing Solutions conference held in September 2013 in Detroit. The new manufacturing-execution system was specifically designed to assist automotive manufacturers to track the “location, status, condition and history of each reusable rack and container within the automotive supply chain.” Loss…