Scoring Off the Field: RFID and Printing at Stadiums

With the World Cup underway, I have a feeling most of the world is tuned in to Brazil to experience the excitement that only comes around every 4 years. I wouldn’t normally consider myself a fan of soccer, but I found myself watching the second half of the USA vs Portugal game and getting a little…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Scanning to the Extreme with the Honeywell Tecton

If you’re working in the field or in a warehouse, chances are you’re either looking for a reliable mobile computer or using one already. Empowering the workforce to get the job done efficiently and safely – isn’t that what mobile computers are meant to do? Those using mobile computers expect their devices to:   Withstand…

Zebra’s MotionWorks Tracks Vital Player Data

I wrote recently of Zebra Technologies’ sponsorship of the 2014 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference at Boston’s Hynes Convention Center, specifically noting the participation of Jill Stelfox, Zebra Vice President and General Manager of its Location Solutions division, in the panel discussion, Big Data: Lessons for Sports. Stelfox was also on hand at Zebra’s SSAC14 exhibit…

Business Challenges Best Addressed by RTLS

Recent additions to Zebra Technologies’ extensive white paper library include a report prepared by the research firm of Frost & Sullivan entitled Seeking Sustainable Growth: Understanding the value real-time visibility technology brings to business and people. While the 12-page report covers a range of RTLS-related topics, including current and future scopes of the global RTLS…

How Does Barcode Labeling Technology Help The Healthcare Industry?

A new trend in the healthcare industry is for organizations to implement a barcode labeling system to keep track of products. In such tracking applications, barcode labels and scanners go together like immunizations and disease outbreaks. You cannot have one without the other. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control found an efficient solution when it…