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Incoming Goods Are On the Move with Forklift Mounted Mobile Printers
Challenge:
Moving inventory from dock to stock was a time- consuming, costly process that needed to be improved.
Solution:
Mobile-mounted printers, handheld terminals, and RF data communication enable receiving personnel to process incoming stock and deliver it to inventory.
Product:
Zebra® Encore 4TM mobile printers
As incoming inventory arrives on the receiving dock, it is unloaded onto a forklift. While the goods remain on the forklift, the operator simply keys in to the terminal the product and supplier. The terminal is linked by radio frequency (RF) communication to the automated warehouse host computer. Information on the incoming stock is accessed in seconds. The Zebra Encore 4 mobile thermal printer then prints a routing ticket indicating the specific warehouse location at which the material will be stocked. The operator can then proceed directly to the warehouse location to deliver the material.
MIM labels three times faster with Zebra mobile printers
Objective:
Improve efficiency by enabling store staff to automatically print product labels when handheld terminals display a change of price.
Solution:
The roll-out of 300 QL 220 mobile printers for MIM stores
To boost its efficiency, the MIM chain has just equipped its stores with 300 QL 220 mobile printers. Integrated with the stores IT system, the printers have enabled the company to become more reactive, and store personnel can now do price checking and labeling tasks three times faster than before. MIM is extremely satisfied with this rise in productivity.
Benefits:
Time saved: price labeling is three times faster than the previous solution using a manual labeler.
Reduced risk of errors: data used for label printing is sent directly from the central store system. Staff do not need to enter this information, thereby reducing the risk of error.
Improvements in working conditions: ergonomically designed and very simply to maintain, the PDT and printer combination is easy to use.
Less development needed: implementing the QL 220 and interfacing it with the system, required almost no extra development due to Zebra’s open interfaces.
Motorola MC9500-K Presentation
Motorola has created a slideshow that provides and excellent overview of the Motorola MC9500-K rugged mobile computer, it’s features and benefits.
Click on the image below to view the PDF.
Zebra Xi4 High-Performance Label Printers to be Announced at PACK EXPO
Zebra’s announced via Twitter that it will be unveiling the Zebra Xi4 high performance label printer at PACK EXPO in Las Vegas next week.
Little about the Xi4 series has been publicly announced, but it is expected to carry on the high-performance characteristics of Zebra’s rugged, reliable all-metal 110XiIIIPlus, 140XiIIIPlus, 170XiIIIPlus and 220XiIIIPlus printers.
Kudos to Zebra for not naming this update to the XiIIIPlus printer line the XiIV, XiIIII, XiIIIPlusPlus or XiIIIPlus+. 🙂
Mobile printing solution for price mark down labeling sees improved customer service
The Challenge
- Old fashioned manual process of price marks downs.
- How to apply retail price mark downs to only selected clothes items as opposed to whole collections which consisted of several hundred items in store.
- Use of fixed location printers for price mark downs resulted in many financial mistakes being made, not to mention wasted time and resources.
- Use of an external supplier for promotional labels caused delays and errors.
The Solution
- Zebra® QL 320 Plus mobile printers connected to a data terminal using 3rd party software to record stock levels, receipt and delivery of clothing items and price mark down labeling. Continue reading »
Orthopedic Supplies Manufacturer Improves Inventory Control with Bar Codes
Challenge
The company needed to establish a labeling program, and many of DePuy’s distributors and hospitals were implementing automated receiving systems, which required inventory to be bar coded when it reached their receiving docks.
Solution
The system, consisting of 20 on-demand label printers from Zebra Technologies, allowed DePuy to minimize manual data entry, reduce shipping errors, and eliminate the need for costly preprinted forms.
Product
DePuy installed several Zebra® high-performance thermal transfer bar code printers.
On-demand labeling delivers great savings in forms costs by eliminating the need for preprinted forms. Many organizations apply bar coding to improve internal operations, while others adopt the technology to comply with customer or regulatory labeling requirements.
That’s how bar codes came to DePuy Orthepaedics, Inc., an international manufacturer known for its orthopedic products. Implementing bar coding turned out to be a blessing in disguise for DePuy–-they are expecting a $100,000 savings in forms costs alone when all facilities have been converted to the new technology. During the 1980s, DePuy embarked on a plan to widen its distribution channels. Management realized that for the expansion to meet corporate objectives, the company needed to establish a bar code labeling program.
Zebra Mobile Printers Ease Invoicing for Over 2 Million Heating, Water and Electricity Meters
Unique precision meter-reading system
Brunata A/S uses its own hand-held terminals and the market’s leading portable printers to read two million heating, water and electricity meters a year. Fewer scanning errors, trimmed-down administration and improved customer service are some of the advantages of the new portable scan-print system used by Brunata A/S.
Most work can now be done at the customer’s site
Because the company’s meter readers now use water and heating meters that operate digitally, they are able to complete much of their work at the customer’s premises or home.
The project means that most of all readings are now done by tapping the figures into the handheld terminal. Individual electronic heating meters can be read directly via the terminal. The meter reader can see on the hand-held terminal all the important information for each individual appliance and, in the vast majority of cases, rectify any errors on-site instead of returning to the office and looking up the appliance in the system
Cherry Stream XT Keyboard: Slim, Quiet, Spill Resistant
New Ultra-Flat Cherry Keyboard is Spill Resistant
Cherry’s new Stream XT ultra-flat keyboard with whisper keystroke technology provides nearly silent operation and high resistance to liquid spills.
With an overall height of just over 0.7 inches, the Stream offers a flat but ergonomic design that complements a contemporary workspace. The Stream has been recognized with the AGR seal of approval for ergonomic, back-friendly work.
The Stream is also built for durability, with standard keystroke life of greater than 10 million operations. Plug & Play means no software installation is needed, and the Stream comes with 6 HotKeys for volume control and Mediaplayer functions.
The Cherry Stream XT is a USB corded keyboard, but it comes equipped with a PS/2 adapter.
Honeywell Scanning and Mobility
Honeywell Scanning and Mobility (official website) is a Honeywell Automation & Control Solutions business specializing in barcode scanners and mobile computers.
Through the acquisition of Metrologic and Handheld (previously known as Welch Allyn, and HHP), Honeywell has 40 years of barcoding experience.
Honeywell is a leader and 2D imaging, and has a full line of mobile computers for almost any application.
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