Warehouses today are fast-paced operational centers—moving goods, data, and processes at high speed. But as facilities expand, managing separate vendors, outdated systems, and unsupported devices often slows efficiency and creates unnecessary risk.

Where Gaps in Operations Hurt the Most

When critical technologies aren’t connected or supported, the ripple effects can impact every corner of the warehouse. As a Levata company, Barcodes, Inc. shares the guide, Total Warehouse Solutions: Transforming the Connected Warehouse, where we outline five common areas where gaps cause measurable setbacks:

• Wireless Connectivity: Weak WLAN coverage leads to downtime, scanning delays, and poor inventory accuracy.
• Technology Alignment: Disconnected systems and legacy IT raise costs and expose vulnerabilities.
• Mobile Devices: Unsupported or aging hardware frustrates workers, reduces throughput, and introduces errors.
• Labeling & RFID: Compliance failures result in rejected shipments, chargebacks, and lost visibility.
• Training & Support: Without proper onboarding and continuous tech support, downtime and mistakes multiply.

Building a Unified Technology Ecosystem

Rather than piecing together solutions from multiple providers, a total warehouse approach delivers an integrated environment across:

• Infrastructure & Networking: Wi-Fi, private 5G, structured cabling, servers, UPS, and smart storage.
• Data Capture & Mobility: Rugged tablets, handhelds, barcode scanners, powered carts, vehicle-mounts, wearables.
• RFID & Labeling: Fixed and handheld readers, dock door portals, conveyor tunnels, tags, and industrial printers.
• Automation & Handling: Vision systems, dimensioning and weighing stations, yard management solutions.
• Safety & Security: Cameras, kiosks, access control, and worker-assist exosuits.

Why Total Warehouse Solutions Matter

Disparate technologies create inefficiencies. A comprehensive warehouse platform brings:

• Simplified planning and rollout
• Seamless device and software integration
• Infrastructure built to scale
• A single point of contact for support
• Clear productivity and cost savings

The Value of a Full-Service Partnership

True optimization comes not just from equipment, but from services that support it across the lifecycle:

• Strategic IT Alignment to match technology with business transformation goals
• Managed Device Services for monitoring, maintenance, and secure operations
• Field Expertise from 600+ service professionals handling installations, repairs, and training
• Flexible Financing to balance operational needs with budget requirements

With Levata, you’re not just purchasing technology—you’re gaining a partner with deep warehousing expertise and the services to keep your operation future-ready.

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This article highlights insights from Levata’s Total Warehouse Solutions Guide. Discover how to unify your technology ecosystem and prepare your warehouse for tomorrow.

Operational issues such as inaccurate information, lack of visibility, and paper process marks the greatest hindrances to a flawless fulfillment system inside a warehouse. To combat that and drive a better warehouse,  automation and connectivity enable the modern warehouse to stay compliant, deliver on time, and ensure more overall customer satisfaction.

With the shift towards smarter technology, increasing mobile devices in your operation can improve accuracy in item selection, packing, and shipping. Create a more efficient, compliant, and profitable warehouse with these six steps. 

1. Deploy Industrial Wireless Solutions– connectivity to deliver real time access to the WMS to optimize productivity and workflow
2. Improve Staff Communications– ensure efficient task management through voice and data communications
3. Mobility for Order Picking Process-  accurate locations to conserve time so workers can process more orders with fewer errors
4. Advanced Inventory Capabilities– real time inventory data collection to improve efficiency and accuracy leading to better trend analysis and improve buying practices
5. Upgrade Inbound Handling Operations– quickly validate and update any returns, overall increase in accuracy and productivity to process more shipments
6. Accurate Outbound Handling Operations– improve shipping and delivery times as trucks are fully loaded with the right contents

To learn more, read the 6 Steps to Flawless Fulfillment e-book below and discover how mobility can bring new levels of efficiency, accuracy, and visibility to your warehouse. Contact us if you have any questions or would like to know how Barcodes can help develop a solution that best meets the needs and goals of your business.

Food Labeling Compliance Made Easy with the Zebra ZC300!

The US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) regulations require prepared foods to be clearly marked with calorie count and other specific nutritional data. When you have all that information that needs to go on a label, how do you comply and keep all that information accurate and updated?

Three Reason Why You Need This Solution:

1. You can have the right, compliance information, at your fingertips
2. Customizable, Food-safe, and cards are dishwash-able
3. Quick to print, update, and long lasting
4. Avoid penalities from FDA by labeling the nutritional info you need

Find out how to create instant labels for food, making it customizable, accurate, professional and perfect for your displays with the Zebra ZC300! Click and read the short brief below!
If you have any questions or need a food labeling solution, contact us and our dedicated account managers will be happy to help.

Higher Expectation: As consumers have grown accustomed to more shopping choices in our connected world, they have raised the demands they make of retailers. Leading to now the retailers must offer a more compelling value to entice customers to make a trip to a brick- and – mortar store.

Solution: Read the e-book below to learn about the solution that the retailers came up with to respond to shopper’s demands more quickly and efficiently to improve their shopping experience.

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What is a WMS?

Your warehouse management system (WMS) is the brain of your distribution operation. Having the right
WMS, you’ll be able to raise your efficiency, increase your on-time, accurate shipping percentage, and lower
overtime costs.

Benefits includes:

• Detailed transaction audit
• Productivity report
• Manage inventory movements
• Inventory adjustments and reporting
• Supports both physical and cycle counts

Read the e-book below, and learn how your operation can benefit from a warehouse management system.

Contact us and we can help recommend the right software and equipment for your solution. We can help you find a compatible warehouse management system along with enterprise handheld devices that can move your business forward, decrease manual operation, eliminate paperwork, and reduce operational costs by increasing accuracy and warehouse functions.

Barcodes can be found on everything from consumer goods, mailing labels, coupons, driver licenses, airline, train, or concert tickets. They convey complex data in a compact machine readable format. As technology advances, so has barcodes adding on a new dimension allows businesses to store more information on their products.

2D barcodes store data both vertically and horizontally unlike the average 1D barcode. In a smaller space, they can hold much more data than just 1D codes.

The Advantages of 2D Barcodes In the Warehouse:

1. Streamline Shipping and Recieving with quick scans in any direction
2. Boost Pick and Pack with 2D barcodes and scanners- an increased in speed and accuracy in your daily operation
3. Track and Trace Components with 2D barcodes which can hold much more information such as serial and lot numbers, plant location, date, and more!
4. Increase Efficiency and Productivity

Read this ebook to learn how 2D barcodes can help you and your business run more efficiently and increase accuracy in the warehouse.

Let us know if you have any questions and speak with our barcodes experts to help you find the solution that best fit your business.

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Enterprises have adopted mobile computing as the new force to reshape the workplace. Equipped with mobile devices, employees are not tethered to a desk or a workstation. They have the ability to enter data. access information, collaborate with colleagues, and provide personalized service to customers, wherever and whenever it’s needed the most.

The benefits of perfect mobility deployment:

A carefully designed mobile computing solution will provide significant ROI for your enterprise:

Greater Efficiency and Productivity
Employees will be able to do their jobs more quickly and easily, resulting in greater productivity and efficiency in a shift.

Accuracy
Without the need or paper records or manual keying data at a workstation, accuracy will improve you to gain visibility into operations.

Improved Workflows
Streamlined processes made possible by mobile computing solutions will mean better customer service, with fewer delays and errors.

Reduced Training Time
Spend less time training overall with enterprise- grade devices with longer support life cycles.

Check out the different forms of mobile devices that we have available. Selecting the right device can lead to a greater ROI by maximizing opportunities for increased productivity, efficiency, and accuracy.

Is your business getting all the advantages of a mobility solution tailored to the unique needs of your business? Contact our dedicated account managers to learn more.

Read more about mobile computing, click on this link provided that will take you to our ebook on Mobile Computing 101.