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Improve Warehouse Operations with Quick and Accurate Product Data
How a retail chain used dimensioning data to optimize storage space and improve operations.
Next-Generation Data Capture Technology Emerges
New types of “edge” technologies promise new options for real-time location insights - learn how these emerging forms of data capture might supplement traditional AIDC as well as the importance of software platforms, analytics, and applications that take advantage of...
Boost Efficiency in your Retail Distribution Center with RFID
RFID technology offers a long list of proven benefits to retailers seeking to enhance their supply chain.
Ensuring RFID Optimization and Bottom Line Payoff
If a company’s RFID system today is still the original “slap and ship” system adopted to simply satisfy the requirements of a supply chain partner, it may as well be slapping dollar bills onto those cartons and pallets.

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How to Implement RFID to Track RTIs - Part 2
There are different tracking technologies with their strengths and weaknesses, but which one is best suited for efficiently...
Why Use RFID to Track RTIs - Part 1
In this whitepaper, you will learn how different identification technology can be assigned to RTI's and how to...


Auto ID & Data Capture News

Leveraging a Mobile Platform for Automated Data Collection and Beyond
A mobile platform that starts in manufacturing and the warehouse can provide a secure foundation to mobilize the entire supply chain.

10 Steps to Finding The Right Mobile Device
Technology is evolving faster than ever and the available options – models, suppliers, configurations and operating systems – seem to multiply by the minute.

Home Depot’s Custom Smartphone Does Inventory & Mobile Point of Sale
Home Depot associates across the U.S. will be armed with the next generation FIRST Phone, a proprietary Zebra Technologies device used to improve customer service and efficiency in the aisles.

Automatic Identification of Pallets
Scan one or multiple codes on any pallet indoor or outdoor, even if the codes are damaged, scratched, folded or covered with a film, and achieve the highest read rates on the market no matter if the reader is fixed on the wall, on a conveyor or even directly placed on a forklift.

Fixed-Mount and Handheld Barcode Readers
Cognex barcode readers: Any code, every time.

The Benefits of Integrated Lighting & Lenses
Integrated lighting and lens are two of the more recent developments in machine vision technology that deliver even greater convenience and ease-of-use to manufacturers and machine builders. This "all-in-one" solution can deliver solid benefits to end users looking to achieve the highest quality inspection results from a flexible, easy-to-use vision system.

Best Practices in Improving Container Management and Increasing Supply Chain Efficiencies
A Five Step Plan to Implement Container Management Solutions and Improve Supply Chain Visibility.

Optimizing the Management of Your Barcode Systems
Barcode inventory management systems need to be updated from time to time to keep up with new demands, and inventory managers need to carefully plan ahead for implementation.

Maximize Supply Chain Visibility in a Connected World
If you are not implementing automated identification and data collection systems to lay the foundation for competing in the Smart Supply Network 3.0, you will probably not be able to catch up.

Top 10 Losing Warehouse Strategies and How to Avoid Them
Albert Einstein said that insanity is “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” So consider dropping the losing strategies and adopt the innovative alternatives presented here.

NFL Partners With Zebra Technologies To Provide Next Generation Player Tracking
As a Next Gen Stats provider to the NFL, Zebra captures high-speed player data and converts it into real-time, usable statistics - the playbook redefined with every snap.

When 99% Just Isn’t Enough: Benefits of Improved Read Rates in Logistics Scanning
The pressure for distribution centers to increase productivity and reduce labor cost has never been greater. One way distribution centers are helping to meet this goal is by upgrading from mature laser-based scanner technologies to newer digital reader technology that provide increased read rates.

40 Years Later, Barcode Data Everywhere!
Starting at the Universal Product Code, bar code technology is now used in IDs, hospitals, human bodies - What's Next?

Image-based Barcode Readers Transforming the Logistics Industry
The high volume and frequency of orders placed over the Internet combined with a multitude of available products from retailers make automated scanning at logistics centers more important than ever. This paper will analyze the current state of barcode scanning applications and investigate potential for improvement, focusing on the most common applications performed by distribution centers today.

A Guide to Barcode Symbology for the Logistics Industry
Barcode technologies provide fast reliable data collection to ensure item or package traceability, and enhance customer service.

Behind the Zebra - Motorola acquisition
Zebra gains instant access to complimentary technologies. But first, it needs to integrate a former partner that is 2-1/2 times its size.

Zebra Technologies to Acquire Enterprise Business from Motorola Solutions for $3.45 Billion
Transaction strengthens Zebra’s asset tracking portfolio to create a global leader in Enterprise Asset Intelligence for the Connected Age.

Cognex In-Sight Vision Systems
Since the inception of Cognex over a quarter century ago, we’ve recognized that the true test of a vision system is that it works under real world conditions on the factory floor.

RFID Implementation and the Price of Failure and Benefits of Success
Despite JC Penney’s $28 million mistake upon RFID implementation, RFID is here to stay. Retail industry leaders like Wal-Mart and Target have introduced RFID implementation mandates to suppliers.

Wyoming Liquor Division Streamlines Operations with Voice Picking Technology
Tourism and population growth drives Wyoming Liquor Division to upgrade alcohol distribution services with Knighted order fulfillment solution


Featured Companies

BlueCats
At BlueCats, we provide an integrated location platform that grows with you and provides complete visibility of your workplace, indoors or outdoors. Whether you’re looking to track workers and materials on a worksite, gain visibility into your inventory every…
Turck
Improve inventory tracking, management and identification of products with Turck’s RFID hardware, systems, services and software. Today’s smart warehouses rely on solutions from Turck to solve a variety of applications, including speeding up data performance for faster fulfillment,…
Avery Dennison RFID
Avery Dennison delivers an array of field-proven RFID solutions that can work to reduce costs, gain efficiencies, enhance customer experience, authenticate asset pedigree and help increase sales and profitability. We deliver integrated RFID solutions for apparel manufacturing and retail applications…
SATO America
SATO is a premier manufacturer of Industrial Thermal Printers, Print Engines, Laser Printers and RFID embedded tags and labels. Serving the industry for over 75 years SATO is dedicated to enabling the customers with the power of IoT and support their…
Psion
Psion is a pioneer in quality mobile handheld computers and their application in industrial markets around the world. We’ve innovated in the field of mobile computing since 1980, starting with the invention of the PDA; through to helping our global…
Newcastle Systems
Newcastle Systems is a provider of workplace mobility solutions that include a range of mobile computer carts for every mobile workstation need and a unique power pack system that enables companies to maximize workplace efficiencies with smaller investment. Newcastle Systems…
Savi Technology
Savi Technology provides the most scalable and complete Sensor-based Analytics solutions for government and commercial organizations that face critical decisions based on the location and status of their assets. Savi Technology originally developed its strong and well-earned reputation within the…
Camcode
Camcode manufactures identification and barcode labels that enable asset or inventory visibility, and facilitate 100% data accuracy in your database.
Toshiba America Business Solutions
Toshiba America Business Solutions is a leading innovator of solutions empowering people to perform efficiently and effectively in their work environment. Serving professionals across the United States, Mexico, and Central and South America, Toshiba delivers secure and sustainable systems, services,…
SMARTRAC
Smartrac is a leading vendor of RFID products and IoT solutions, providing both ready-made and customized offerings. We make products smart, and enable businesses to identify, authenticate, track and complement products and solutions. Our portfolio is used in a wide…
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Unified Control System - Intelligent Warehouse Orchestration
Unified Control System - Intelligent Warehouse Orchestration
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