Have you ever wondered what those IP ratings really mean?

When you’re in the market for industrial computing equipment or rugged mobile computing devices, it can be daunting to browse through pages and pages of products to narrow down what you’re looking for. Then, when you click on the product specification page, it can be even more daunting to read technology terms, abbreviations, and acronyms…

A Quick Look at the Panasonic 5-inch Handheld Toughpad

Panasonic has been in the rugged computer business for a long time. They started with the Toughbook CF-25 laptop in 1996 which has evolved into the current CF-31. During that time, they also added rugged convertible laptop/tablets (CF-19), semi-rugged laptops (CF-54) and in 2011, the Toughpad. The original Toughpad, released in the wake of Apple’s…

Follow or Get out of the Store

In retail today, the competition is fierce.  Considerable changes in customer expectations over the years have put increasing pressure on the customer service function. In order to differentiate themselves, retailers are working hard to find ways to improve customer interactions in innovative and techno-savvy formats.  They are also looking to create high-performance operational environments as…

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…

What’s my ROI (Return on Investment)?

When presented with an opportunity to automate your warehouse operations, what are the chances you’ll be asked, “What’s the ROI?” Not to worry, calculating ROI on process improvements may not seem as daunting as you think. The first step in determining the ROI to improve your warehouse operations is to take a look at your…

Which Came First, the Bar Code or the Label?

Thank you to Bernard Silver and Joseph Woodland for inventing the very first bar code. It has saved businesses countless dollars, time and energy. When you think about all the processes that go on in many businesses today it’s truly a competitive advantage to have automated processes. Think of things like asset management, inventory management,…

Bringing Bar Code Automation to Your Business

  It’s clear that the advent of the bar code has simplified our lives – we can check-in at airports, see a movie, and pay for lunch just by showing the clerk the bar code on our phone. We’re reducing our footprint more and more each day – when was the last time you wrote…