Streamlining Supply Chains with Barcodes and Loftware’s Integrated Solutions
In today’s complex global market, efficient supply chain management is more crucial than ever. With customer demands evolving and regulations tightening, managing supplier compliance effectively is essential for seamless operations. At Barcodes, in partnership with Loftware, we specialize in integrating sophisticated labeling solutions into customer printers, ensuring that each step of your supply chain is compliant and efficient.
Streamlining Supply Chains with Efficient Supplier Compliance
For large manufacturers, the web of processes and stakeholders involved in managing supplier goods is notably complex. From planning to execution, every step is critical to ensure smooth operations. Disruptions often occur during the physical handoff from suppliers, where costs can quickly escalate. For instance, our partner Loftware has observed significant expenses associated with the relabeling of supplier materials—costs that can be substantially reduced through more efficient processes.
The Challenge of Traditional Processes
Traditional methods, such as using Advanced Shipping Notices (ASNs), often fall short, leading to chaos in receiving departments due to inadequate information. Mislabeled items, incorrect receipts, and excess inventory lead to significant time and resource wastage. So, how can these challenges be overcome?
Cloud-Based Labeling: A Revolutionary Approach
Imagine a system where labeling is controlled beyond your organizational boundaries. With Loftware’s cloud-based labeling solutions, integrated seamlessly into your printers by Barcodes, this becomes a streamlined reality. This method allows for the direct application of your data, barcodes, and instructions onto the labeling process, ensuring that all inbound materials are accurately labeled according to your specifications.
The Power of Our Partnership
Barcodes and Loftware bring together the best of both worlds: advanced cloud-based labeling technology and expert integration services. This powerful combination ensures that:
- Seamless Integration and Support: Barcodes provides expert integration of Loftware’s solutions into your existing printer setups, ensuring a smooth transition and continuous support.
- Elimination of Relabeling Needs: By applying accurate labels from the outset, our solution eliminates the need and cost associated with relabeling.
- Increased Operational Efficiency: Our integrated solutions increase the velocity of inbound receiving, reducing delays and improving throughput.
- Reduced Inventory Overhead: Achieve Just-In-Time (JIT) inventory objectives by minimizing excess stock and related costs.
- Enhanced Supply Chain Visibility: With improved labeling accuracy and consistency, gain better insights into when supplies will arrive, enhancing overall planning and resource allocation.
- Future-Proof Operations: Standardizing on a centralized automated cloud platform through Loftware, with Barcodes’ integration expertise, enhances visibility, efficiency, and security across your supply chain.
Conclusion: Embrace Integrated Solutions, Enhance Supply Chain Compliance
By implementing barcoding technology and utilizing Loftware’s cloud-based labeling solutions, you can streamline your entire supply system while enhancing compliance and reducing costs. Ready to improve your supply chain efficiency?
FREE WEBINAR! Attend Loftware’s upcoming “Optimize Your Supply Chain Operations Through Supplier Compliance” webinar on May 16th, 2024, 1pm EDT / 10am PDT.
- Learn new and innovate ways to deliver business transformation & optimize your supply chain operations.
- Listen to industry experts discuss common challenges that hinder supply chain effectiveness.
- Discover how cloud-labeling solutions can significantly enhance your supply chain operations.
How to Modernize Your Supply Chain with the Honeywell CK65 Mobile Computer
Deploying modern, futureproof technology is a top priority for manufacturing and warehouse facilities in the supply chain.
As supply chain associates spend most of their time receiving, picking, packing and fulfilling orders, they need access to modern, ergonomic, and reliable data capture equipment.
In order to improve these processes, businesses need to overcome the challenges that plague today’s supply chain workforce – challenges that increase the opportunity for error, lag time and downtime which can ultimately lead to frustrated associates and a bad customer experience.
See Why the Honeywell CK65 Exceeds in Supply Chain Operations
Barcodes, Inc. and Honeywell can help you deliver a modern solution that meets your associates’ expectations through an Android-powered enterprise mobile computer. Watch how the Honeywell CK65 is ideal for supply chain operations:
High Level Benefits of the CK65 Mobile Computer
Combining touchscreen and keypad data entry, the Honeywell CK65 Mobile Computer is built on the Honeywell Mobility Edge platform. Here’s just a short list of reasons to love the CK65:
- Rugged device with a 3m (10 ft) drop spec
- 28-hour battery life
- Android 11 (R) investment protection
- Responsive, bright touchscreen
- Industry-leading keypad
The CK65’s quick processor, advanced network connectivity, enhanced 1D/2D scanning, and up to 28-hour battery life will keep employees connected and productive throughout multiple shifts.
The Honeywell CK65 Mobile Computer is suitable for warehouses in transition from Windows to Android that utilize both touch-based and key-based legacy applications. This portable computer has an IP64 rating and can survive multiple impacts onto concrete as well.
You can download a full list of CK65 specifications here.
Upgrade Your Supply Chain Operations with Honeywell’s CK65
Contact us today for a free assessment. The least we can do is build out an upgrade, configuration, and deployment plan that makes upgrading to the CK65 a breeze for your IT leaders, ops management, and associates with minimal capital expenditure.
Plan Now: Solutions to Extended Lead Times & Rising Costs
Many industries are experiencing supply chain challenges from the unprecedented events of the last year; and unfortunately, our industry is also experiencing extended lead times and cost increases. The major industry suppliers are communicating extended lead times on electronic hardware, ribbons, and labels due to component and raw material shortages and increased demand. In some instances, these lead time notices are three (3) to nine (9) months or longer.
We encourage you to reach out and develop a mitigation plan with our experts here at Barcodes, Inc. By forecasting your supply chain needs now, we can work to secure supply and lock-in pricing for your future needs to provide you a more predictable and reliable supply chain. Many customers are creating stocking agreements with us and we urge you to evaluate this option.
Barcodes is committed to helping you mitigate cost increases and ensuring you the high quality services and products you need to operate. Please contact us to identify specific supply chain options, the latest pricing, alternative sources, and actions that can offset extended lead times.
Refining Your Competitive Edge with Direct Store Delivery
Eliminating the constraints of complicated supply chain operations, direct store delivery (DSD) holds the capacity of enhancing your customer’s experience by increasing inventory availability. However, if done inadequately, your DSD system can drain profits while directing customers to shop elsewhere. To certify deliveries are completed within a timely fashion, your teams require a new level of reliable connectivity that focuses on:
- Preserving open communication channels amongst the whole supply chain
- Adapting to new challenging environments without losing functionality
- Expanding device availability to accommodate your workforce
- Meeting demands without straining budgets
As DSD operations continue to grow nationwide, Barcodes, Inc. enhances the components of a superior field service solution -reliability, connectivity, and speed.
Implementing a new device is just the starting point
Maximizing operational efficiency for over a decade, Barcodes, Inc. knows well there is more to efficiency than just a device. That’s why we work closely with your team to integrate complete end-to-end solutions built with next generation technology such as Zebra’s TC75X touch-computers. In addition to a high-performing device, empower your field teams with:
- Tailored software that fits their workflow
- Flexible and fast cellular service
- TrueSupport
- Remote mobile device management
- Spare pool management and timely repairs to expand device availability
Learn more our Direct Store Shipping solution in our video below
Contact us today for a free demonstration and stay ahead of change with the leaders in seamless integration.
Total Wearable Solutions for Warehouses
Transport productivity to a whole new level with Barcodes and Zebra’s Total Wearable Solutions.
Streamline and error-proof every aspect of order fulfillment and inventory management. Zebra’s Total Wearable Solutions are the only dedicated family of enterprise wearable devices built on Android and backed by Mobility DNA to deliver unrivaled scanned performance and manageability. It can provide the operational flexibility needed to replace complexity with productivity.
With the Zebra multi-modal solutions, you can boost worker productivity by 15% — with 39% fewer errors than typical speech-only wearables. Pairing the WT6000 wearable computer with the RS6000 ring scanner gives your workers the hands-free mobility they need to boost productivity to a new level.
Extend the functionality of your mobile device, watch the video below to learn more. Contact Barcodes if you want a wearable solution that can help maximize your workforce productivity.
ICYMI: Improving Automation and Efficiency for Manufacturers and Distributors
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:
- Retailers are increasing pressure on manufacturers and distributors to develop smarter supply chains
- Manufacturers and distributors need to provide better visibility of goods and assets in transition
- 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.
Keep Up with Growing Demands of E-commerce
There’s no mistaking that new market dynamics require greater fulfillment speed. Outdated hardware platforms and Windows mobile operating systems were not designed for the e-commerce and the workforce demands of today’s warehouse. Keep up with growing demands of e-commerce with Zebra’s advanced mobile devices to improve productivity and visibility of your supply chain.
The warehouse is evolving:
- E-commerce is placing greater efficiency demands on warehouses. The sheer volume of items ordered is expected to spike by 76% by 2020.
- Consumers expect swift delivery for online purchases. By 2021, 78% of logistics providers expect to offer same day delivery.
- Competition for labor makes keeping pace difficult. Warehouses face an ongoing need to train and retrain due to labor shortages, high turnover, and reliance on temporary help.
Warehouses need more advanced mobile computing functionality such as:
- Intuitive all touch terminal emulation
- Faster data capture
- Greater processing power
- Faster Wi-Fi Speeds
- More robust security
- Stable parts replacement
Your safest strategy is to modernize your mobile technology now. Equipped with modern devices, your warehouse can keep up with growing demands of e-commerce, increase fulfillment speed and accuracy, and shorten training times. Contact Barcodes to see how we can help you keep up with the growing demands of e-commerce at the warehouse.
Improving Automation for Manufacturers & Distributors
Oct. 30, 2019 11:00 AM (Central Time U.S and Canada)
Join Barcodes, Smart Label Solutions, and Impinj to learn about key market factors and technologies impacting the landscape of the connected supply chain. Hear how investments in supply chain automation improve visibility to materials, work in process, items in transit; speed up dock door processes; manage valuable RTIs and more.
Key takeaways include:
- Retailers are increasing pressure on manufacturers and distributors to develop smarter supply chains
- Manufacturers and distributors need to provide better visibility of goods and assets in transition
- Efficiency gains enabled by even modest investments in process automation and supply chain transparency drive significant return on investment
By registering, you submit your information to Barcodes, who will use it to communicate with you regarding this event and other services.
Discover the Solution in Manufacturing to Meet Demand & Stay Ahead
Don’t forget to register for our upcoming webinar, to learn about proven solutions that enhance manufacturing operations.
Key Takeaways Include:
- Understand the OS Migration and how to reduce downtime and assure compliance with Android
- Learn how to properly utilize RFID to effectively increase productivity and efficiency
- Discover what others are doing in the manufacturing space to meet customer demand and stay
- ahead of the competition
Maximize Productivity with Zebra’s TC52 & TC57 Touch Computer
Be more efficient, effective, and more empowered with the new Zebra TC52 and TC57 touch mobile computer. Keep your workers connected to provide faster service and flexibility in daily tasks.
The Zebra TC52 and TC57 touch computers offers the ultimate user experience for the end users. You can get the ultimate technology advancement on the simplicity of Android platform, maximizing the benefits of mobility, with the future proofing that you need tomorrow. Ideal in manufacturing, logistics, retail, hospitality, field operations and more.
Features:
- Android operating system for instant familiarity (TC52 Android 9 and TC57 Android 8) Upgradable through R*
- 5- inch advanced touchscreen and rugged casing
- Lightning fast capture of 1D, 2D barcodes, labels, and documents
- PowerPrecision+ high capacity battery delivers 14 hours of power
- Built on the Mobility DNA platform for the ultimate device management options
- Complete cellular network flexibility with the TC57
Now you can get more with the devices, entering a world of augmented reality (AR) applications. With Zebra’s ARCore-certified TC52 and TC57 touch computers you can leverage AR to gain more visibility in your workflow. Using give more field of view to your workers so they can find items faster and improve productivity.
With AR, workers can save time looking for the things they need and the location the item is located at. Guided by the AR flag, less room for mistakes, fulfillment is faster and easier.
Built on the Mobility DNA platform, the touch computers can improve operational efficiency and workforce productivity with the powerful Mobility DNA Apps in these devices.
- Worry Free Wifi– deliver dependably superior WiFi connectivity to boost workforce productivity
- Power Precision Console– easily identify all your devices on one screen and remove unhealthy batteries before they reduce productivity
- Life Guard Analytics– to stay ahead of updates and extend the lifecycle of the device.
- StageNow– restricted mode which allows you to control access to Google Mobile Services
With operational complexity on the rise, contact Barcodes to see how you can automate and gain greater visibility in your workflow with TC52 and TC57 touch computers.
Check out some of the accessories that you can combine with the TC52 and TC57 for your daily operations.
*Upgrading to new supported versions of Android requires the purchase of a Zebra OneCare Service Contract