SXSW & RFID: Tracking “Assets” for Crowd Control and Growth

South By Southwest (SXSW) is a film, music, and interactive festival has been an annual event hosted in Austin, Texas every March since 1987. Drawing international attention, crowds of increasing size have flocked to Austin for the festival to experience the lively atmosphere, see popular bands and keynote. Now with crowds exceeding 32,000, SXSW has…

Logistics and Package Tracking: Mobile Computers that Deliver

When it comes to mobile computers, there are a wide variety of devices to choose from. Each task using mobile computers requires different features, sizes, and specs. Package tracking and logistics workers need to make sure that their mobile computers can scan barcodes, capture images, access internal software, integrate with current systems, and more. When…

Choosing a “Smart” Device for Consumer Transactions in Five Steps

It has become increasingly popular for stores and mobile employees to now use smartphones and/or tablets as an efficient method of completing consumer transactions. This trend is of no surprise based on the estimated number of shipments for tablets and mobile phones in 2013 at just over 2 million! However, with so many smartphone and…

How To Improve Efficiencies With Mobile Computers

Manual process presents challenges in areas of organization and real-time visibility. Improving your inventory management through the use of mobile computing will reduce errors by improving accuracy, saving time for better resource allocation and give you the visibility you need. This type of inventory management/tracking technology is especially important in the highly competitive and growing…

Ease of Use Just Got a Little Easier

Small. Light. Portable. Simple.  These words have quickly become part of our vocabulary in an age of “can’t wait” “what’s next” and “I want it now”.  For some, it’s just for convenience.  For others, it’s a whole new world of efficiency when a new product comes along that seems leaps and bounds above the rest. …

Are you Spending Too Much Time & Money on Your Warehouse Processes? Reduce Manual Processes.

It is highly likely that you spend a significant amount of time trying to come up with ways in which you can boost worker productivity without taxing the worker or the company’s capital expenditures.  Many organizations are now using wireless scanning devices, in partnership with a warehouse management system (WMS) to bring real‐time computing and…

Reducing Downtime with the Right Bar Code Scanning or Mobile Device

Many companies are working to get every bit of use out of their existing equipment in their warehouse operations, while trying to reduce overhead costs at the same time.  As a result, this has forced an awareness of the importance of support and maintenance services to keep data collection equipment in good working order, and…

Better Data In, Better Data Out – Improve Productivity with WMS

There is a lot of talk about improving workforce productivity with data automation, and it’s not too difficult to identify the areas that lead to increased profitability — like increased customer satisfaction and ability to handle more orders in the same amount of time.  But what are some of the other “behind the scenes” productivity…