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Apple Overtaken as World’s Largest Phone Seller
Samsung has overtaken Apple in overall phone sales as upstart Chinese companies take away market share.
How to Overcome Ergonomic Challenges in the Warehouse
Every seven seconds, a workplace injury takes place in the U.S., and the costs of these injuries can be catastrophic. In fact, warehouses and factories are considered some of the most dangerous places to work in this country. But...
5 Reasons You Need Integrated Robotic Picking and Mobility
Mobile robots with integrated picking can increase fulfillment throughput at much lower costs than traditional conveyor systems, and in one-third of the deployment time.
Improving Speed, Capacity and Accuracy of E-commerce Fulfillment
In this episode, Group Editorial Director Michael Levans is joined by Kevin Ledversis, Director of Sales at Newcastle Systems, an industry-leading provider of mobile powered workstations, accessories and power packages.
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Automate Shipment Tracking With a New Approach for RAIN RFID at the Dock Door
Impinj platform provides real-time detection of shipments without complicated sensors or imaging techniques
The Receiving Revolution: The Start of Something Big
Mobile workstations are the key to increasing productivity.
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Building the Next-Gen Intelligent Network
This white paper describes how to achieve a sophisticated level of connectivity and how companies will increasingly need to partner with vendors who can put together the intelligent network skeleton on which the virtualized, cloud computing enterprise can grow.
Securing Your Network in the Age of Bring Your Own Device
This paper looks at the ever-increasing use of mobile devices, and why corporations must stay in tune with its consumerization, implementing a Bring Your Own Device policy to ensure the security of all parties involved - the employee and the corporation.
Move Over RFID: The Promise of Real ‘Supply Chain Visibility’ Has Arrived
Despite the hype, it turns out that RFID was only the beginning, the promise of end-to-end supply chain visibility that began years ago with RFID is now being realized through new, predictive tools for accessing and using supply chain data, and it’s giving early adopters an edge.
Putting Real Numbers Behind Mobile Device TCO
The success of any mobility project will always be driven by more than just price, but this type of personalized, like-for-like, and holistic assessment is an ideal starting point.
Mobile Computers Role in the Warehouse Data Web
The spread of technology throughout the warehouse has created abundant and valuable information, if only you can find it.
Mobility Offers Optimal Workforce Planning for an Organization
More and more employers want their employees to take charge of their plans, their shifts, their holidays. Sound like a pipe dream? Bernd Horsman says it’s possible with mobility ― a key trend in workforce planning today.
Toyota Industries Corporation to Acquire Vanderlande for 1.2 billion euros
Acquisition is intended to strengthen TICO's materials handling business and follows the acquisition of Bastion Solutions.
The Internet of Things Supply Chain
The biggest obstacle to being ready for the IoT is mindset - businesses need to think beyond their traditional roles in order to thrive when the IoT arrives in full force.
Apple’s Top 2017 Model Codenamed ‘Ferrari’
A pair of purported Apple manufacturing documents leaked to the web on Tuesday appears to confirm rumors that 2017 will bring three models market, including a completely redesigned high-end variant codenamed "Ferrari."
Adobe 2016 Mobile Retail Report
Online retailers see huge growth through smartphones, but consumer spending behavior on mobile devices could lead companies to miss out on some revenue growth, learn the consequences in Adobe’s most recent study.
Supply Chain Rumors: iPhone 8 to Feature All-Glass Casing in Order to Support Wireless Charging
Apple’s next-gen iPhone is expected to feature a major redesign, with at least one of the three iPhones due next year tipped to sport an all-screen design featuring an OLED display.
Apple Working on ‘Wearables’ Smart Glasses
Apple Inc. is weighing an expansion into digital glasses, a risky but potentially lucrative area of wearable computing, according to people familiar with the matter, and reported by Bloomberg.
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Wearable Technology
Wearable Technology represents one of the major innovative technology trends in the recent times, wearables, and especially smartwatches are unobtrusive and glanceable to an extent that is unparalleled.
End of an Era: Blackberry Stops Making Blackberrys
It's the end of an era for BlackBerry, the company, famous for making cellphones with physical keyboards that were once so popular people nicknamed them Crackberries, has decided to stop making its own devices.
The Consumerization of Shipping in the Supply Chain
Today’s customer expects quick, personalized service. For an industry like the supply chain, this means new technologies and solutions need to be adopted to stay both relevant and competitive.
AT&T Labs’ AirGig Provides Ultra-Fast Wireless Broadband Over Power Lines
Urban, rural and under served parts of the world could benefit from AT&T’s innovative wireless, multi-gigabit-speed internet connectivity, where there are power lines, there can be broadband.
Samsung Shares Drop over FAA Warning on Using Galaxy Note 7 on Planes
Investors wipe more than $10 billion off Samsung Electronic's market value after U.S. air-safety regulators singled out Galaxy 7 smartphone as a potential fire hazard.
Survey Says: Invest in Warehouse Technology
It’s no secret that e-commerce is changing the landscape of warehousing; Forrester Research estimates online sales in the U.S. will increase 56 percent, from $335 billion to $523 billion, over the next five years.
DuoSkin: Rapidly Prototyping On-Skin User Interfaces Using Skin-Friendly Materials
In this paper, we aim to make durable and skin-friendly on-skin user interfaces available to the wider community, using commodity materials, electronic components, and fabrication processes.
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