Given today’s changing customer demands, new safety regulations, and the e-commerce boost, managing inventory continues to be a struggle for most warehouses and distribution centers. As a result, RFID has remained popular across industries since it accelerates throughput while increasing accuracy rates in both the receiving and loading docks. To take RFID efficiency a step farther, we recommend integrating it into your mobile printers with the ZQ630 and ZQ630 RFID:

Why combine mobility and visibility?

Inventory management has been cited as one the top struggles warehouses face today, which means solutions simplifying inventory management can help sharpen your competitive edge. A few issues that further complicate efficient management are:

• Sudden demand increases
• Lagging stock updated that leads to stockouts
• Increasing labor turnover rates that lead to high adoption rates for new technologies
• Lack of real-time visibility

By empowering your workforce with mobile RFID devices, you are able to streamline crucial tasks such as data capture, data sharing, and even label printing, ultimately delivering real-time updates across every avenue your workforce uses. For example, RFID mobile printing allows you to:

• Print updated RFID tags anywhere in your workflow in the event of sudden demand spikes
• Decrease processing time by eliminating unnecessary travel paths
• Deploy an end-to-end tracking system with easy-to-use devices for faster onboarding
• Label incoming inventory immediately with RFID tags to start tracking stock in real-time
• Lower employee density in printing stations
• Increase mobility with lightweight enterprise-grade devices

Working alongside your team, Barcodes, Inc. assists with design, deployment and support services to maximize printer uptime, so your workforce can confidently manage inventory with tools that move with them. Contact us today for a free consultation to see where can implement RFID mobility in your operations.

When creating lean operations, manufacturing plants often struggle with managing, incoming materials for future orders, known as work-in-progress (WIP) inventory. If left unchecked, unidentified WIP inventory can increase operational costs by at least 20%^[1] while ultimately leading to:

• Increased labor and downtime costs
• Dwindling storage space
• Difficulty tracking assembled orders
• Missed opportunities as decision must be based on available space instead of demand

Better identification equals better visibility

To ascertain material identification for WIP inventory, Barcodes, Inc. recommends modernizing your labeling system. Industrial printers such as Zebra’s ZT610 ensure barcode legibility for both barcode labels and RFID tags, so your team can accurately identify materials as they move throughout the production floor.

By accelerating printing speeds, industrial printers empower teams to quickly tag incoming materials, securing proper storage in the correct location before materials leave the receiving dock. Furthermore, high-resolution barcodes facilitate more successful first-time scans, simplifying your inventory management process as materials move down the supply chain.

However, while industrial printers offer a good place to start enhancing operations, there are many more ways to continue eliminating inefficiency. As a Zebra Premier Business Partner, Barcodes, Inc. works closely alongside your team to design, deploy and support enterprise-grade hardware into your operations. Contact us today to see how you can pair printers like the ZT610 to scanners, mobile computers, and consumables to expand inventory visibility.   

^[1] Reduce Work-in-Process (WIP) Inventory and Costs. General Electric.

With so many advances in technology, it seems surprising that many warehouses and distribution centers nationwide still rely on paper-based systems. Slow and error-prone, manual data entry can give you a skewed perception of your inventory, resulting in missed deadlines, lost customers, and higher operational costs. On the flip side, modernized inventory systems boost productivity by integrating:

• Seamless data capture and sharing
• Real-time tracking
• Adaptable software that grows with your workforce
• Proactive repair and replacement services that preserve uptime

Working alongside leading manufacturers like Zebra Technologies, our mobility specialists are ready to help you elevate your inventory management solution with unprecedented visibility that enhances your competitive edge.

Maximized accuracy, productivity, and support – all in one solution.

When it comes to enhancing inventory visibility, Barcodes, Inc. works with your team to build a fully customized solution with durable devices, such as Zebra’s TC72 and TC77. 

See how Barcodes, Inc. unlocks the future of inventory management with Zebra’s most rugged touch-computer – the TC72/77.

Experience the ease of efficient inventory management when you contact us today for a free assessment of your current workflow.

We are showcasing our latest distribution and supply chain equipment and solutions at MODEX!

Discover how Barcodes, Inc. can help Design, Deploy and Support your automated supply chain solutions. Join us from March 9th through 12th at Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta to learn all the latest ideas and solutions to drive efficiency and productivity in your workforce.

Visit us at Booth #3106 and book a meeting with us here.

From receiving to shipping or tracking inventory in the warehouse, you need a mobile computer that can withstand drops and bumps that might occur in the busy streamline of operations. Upgrade to the AML Scepter Rugged Android Mobile Computer! Improve employee productivity and operation efficiency. The Scepter brings the “big screen” to the mobile workforce with larger display that is beneficial for reviewing more data and faster task completion. Powered by Android, the AML Scepter is perfectly suited for on premise or cloud based inventory management systems that uses modern terminal emulation clients or onboard web browser.

This rugged data capturing powerhouse is a cost effective solution that is specifically designed for industrial applications for shipping, receiving, put-away, replenishment, picking, cycle counts, kitting, returns, work-in-progress tracking and more. Made in the USA, the Scepter also have a lot of features that can make daily tasks easier and data more accessible. Engineered with a variety of options such as a pistol-grip handle and multiple keypad options for simple data entry. Proven technology with contemporary innovation the AML Scepter is an enterprise grade mobile computer that will excel in virtually any task, delivering the performance and reliability demanded by today’s industrial user.

From a successful case study, Encore Wire, a leading manufacturer of copper and aluminum residential, commercial, and industrial building wire.

“Forklifts don’t run on carpeted floors, so when a device is dropped it has to be able to bounce back, so to speak!” says Don Spence, Sr. System Administrator for Encore Wire.

Features:

• Android 7.1 Nougat operating system
• Rugged 5″ LCD with capacitive touchscreen
• Multiple barcode scan engine options
• Available with or without pistol-grip handle
• 47 key backlit alphanumeric keypad
• Optional numeric backlit keypad
• Dual-band Wi-fi and BT BLE 4.0
• Integrated flashlight
• Optional 5MP camera

When it comes to maximizing uptime and improving warehouse operations you need a device that can do it all and rugged enough to bounce back to keep operations running. Contact Barcodes to see how AML Scepter can help you improve operations in the warehouse and lower total cost of ownership in the long run.

Smaller, Lighter, and More Affordable! Improve inventory accuracy, decrease order turnaround time and eliminate shipment errors with Janam’s BTS-01 ring scanner wearable solution. Advanced barcode scanning that vastly improves warehouse management, picking, receiving, put-away, sorting, and inventory management processes. It can be worn on the right or left hand, mounted on the finger to deliver a hands-free solution that drives maximum productivity gains.

In case you missed our webinar today, click on the video and watch Barcodes and EPG discuss how to increase the productivity, accuracy, and employee satisfaction in your distribution center with Lydia voice running on rugged multi-purpose Android devices.

Key takeaways include:

1. Modernize and optimize your warehouse process workflows to better leverage your investment in new Android-based technology

2. Reduce the number of steps in a traditional handheld barcode scanning order picking process to boost productivity by up to 35%

3. Increase productivity with no voice template training that makes new hire employee training seamless

Dec. 5, 2019 11:00 AM (Central Time U.S and Canada)

Join Barcodes and EPG to learn how to increase the productivity, accuracy and employee satisfaction in your distribution center with Lydia® Voice running on rugged multi-purpose Android devices.

Key takeaways include:

1. Modernize and optimize your warehouse process workflows to better leverage your investment in new Android-based technology

2. Reduce the number of steps in a traditional handheld barcode scanning order picking process to boost productivity by up to 35%

3. Increase productivity with no voice template training that makes new hire employee training seamless

By registering, you submit your information to Barcodes, who will use it to communicate with you regarding this event and other services.

In case you missed our webinar today, click on the video and watch Barcodes, Smart Label Solutions, and Impinj discuss key market factors and technologies impacting the landscape of the connected supply chain.

Key takeaways include:

1. Retailers are increasing pressure on manufacturers and distributors to develop smarter supply chains
2. Manufacturers and distributors need to provide better visibility of goods and assets in transition
3. Efficiency gains enabled by even modest investments in process automation and supply chain transparency drive significant return on investment

If you have any questions, please contact our Marketing Coordinator, Maraya Sandoval, at [email protected] or at 312-765-8860.

In case you missed out webinar today, click on the video and watch Barcodes, Impinj and Tagit discuss how RAIN RFID technology is changing the landscape of the connected supply chain.

Key takeaways include:

1. How to help responsive supply chain systems track assets and materials that are continuously on the move.
2. Drive efficiency through automation of materials auditing, shipment verification, field asset inventory and more.
3. Develop holistic solutions – from endpoints, to connectivity, to software – to bring relevant data to the systems that drive your business.

If you have any questions, please contact our Marketing Coordinator, Maraya Sandoval, at [email protected] or at 312-765-8860.