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RFID Inventory Management

10 Tips for a Successful RFID Inventory Management Whether you’re running a small retail store or managing a million-square-foot distribution center, an RFID inventory management system is one of the easiest ways to sustain a healthy budget for your business. With transparency and visibility into your inventory, the system offers some amazing benefits and features to help you find success. · Improve the accuracy of inventory orders. · Be more organized. · Save time and money. · Prevent stock shortages. · Forecast when you need [...]

By Brett Wilkerson Blog Posts Inventory Management, printing, RFID, RFID Supply Chain, Tips For Success

Secure Mobility and Printing

Get Two-For-One Security and Support for Your Mobile Printer Network The Internet of Things (IoT) has created a world where even your refrigerator can be hacked with the right software. But unless you’re in the business of manufacturing or selling them, a refrigerator is the least of your worries. What you should really be worried about is the vulnerability of your barcode and RFID printer network. Hackers are nothing if not innovative. They spend all of their time testing new [...]

By Justin Johnson Blog Posts mobile, network, printer

Supply Chain Disruptions are Rampant Due to COVID-19

How to keep things connected from manufacturing to distribution to delivery with RFID Supply Chain If you spent any time shopping for groceries in the past six months, you probably have firsthand knowledge of the disruptions the COVID-19 pandemic has caused within our supply chains. Remember the hunt for toilet paper? It was like finding the golden ticket to visit Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. And we’re still struggling to find disinfectant wipes. With many companies reliant on manual barcode scanning or [...]

By Brett Wilkerson Articles, Blog Posts, Healthcare Solutions, Manufacturing, MSM Solutions News, News, RFID RFID Portals, RFID Supply Chain

3 Reasons Why Your Printing Supplies Could Be Costing You More Than You Think

If you’re trying to maintain a high level of operational efficiency and profitability, you don’t want to see downtime, interruptions, or hidden costs. Many companies end up dealing with these headaches from an unexpected and often hidden cause. It’s something that seems ridiculously simple, but it adds up quickly over time. The culprit? Your choice of printing supplies. It happens when companies use inexpensive, low-quality barcode labels and printing supplies, or the wrong type of supplies for their [...]

By Justin Johnson Barcode, Blog Posts, Distribution and Logistics, Manufacturing, Mobile Printing, MSM SOLUTIONS - DOCUMENT DOWNLOADS, Printing Technology, Zebra Mobile Computers, Zebra Mobile Printers barcode, computer, printer, printhead, printing, scanner, supplies, Zebra

The Importance of Traceability in Times of COVID-19

In an unprecedented measure to help the beset of the world’s worst outbreak of COVID-19, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, announced his new plan to unify the state’s hospital system. Under this plan, more than two hundred hospitals in New York state, totaling approximately 53,000 beds (before Cuomo told them to double their capacity) will share staff and equipment, with manpower and supplies going to where they are needed most, regardless of system affiliation, according to a Vox report. Now, more than ever, RFID systems will play an important role [...]

By Brett Wilkerson Blog Posts, Healthcare Solutions, PortalTrack, RFID

Disinfect and Protect Your Zebra Mobile Devices

Right now, we’re all getting a lesson on how important it is to wash our hands, avoid touching our face, and maintain social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s also a critical time to keep our mobile devices disinfected and cleaned, especially in enterprise businesses that are still providing essential goods and services. Here are some important tips and reminders about disinfecting and cleaning Zebra enterprise mobile technologies at this crucial time. 1. There’s a right and wrong way to clean your mobile devices. Disinfecting [...]

By Lee Ann Capogrossi Barcode, Blog Posts, Distribution and Logistics, Manufacturing, Mobile Printing, MSM SOLUTIONS - DOCUMENT DOWNLOADS, Printing Technology, Zebra Mobile Computers, Zebra Mobile Printers barcode, computer, COVID-19, disinfect, handheld, migration, mobile, printer, scanner, Zebra

Trade-In Program to Upgrade Mobile Technologies at Crucial Time

This year presents disruptions and financial hardships for businesses from the impact of the COVID-19 crisis. One way we can help is by communicating to you a trade-in program by Zebra that allows businesses to upgrade their mobile computers, barcode and RFID printers, barcode scanners, and tablets while saving up to $600 per device. The GO Zebra program from Zebra Technologies offers savings on every device when you trade in your aging or obsolete equipment for the latest next-generation [...]

By Lee Ann Capogrossi Barcode, Blog Posts, Distribution and Logistics, Manufacturing, Mobile Printing, MSM SOLUTIONS - DOCUMENT DOWNLOADS, Printing Technology, Zebra Mobile Computers, Zebra Mobile Printers barcode, computer, COVID-19, handheld, migration, mobile, OS, printer, scanner, trade-in, Zebra

Why Choose a Printing Service Bureau?

Companies are increasingly outsourcing everything from printing barcode labels to creating serialized RFID labels. Whether you need serialized RFID labels for unique item level identification or synthetic bin, rack or sign labels to identify locations, MSM can accommodate. There are several reasons it makes sense to choose a service bureau: A service bureau will save time: Selecting a service bureau can provide services for printing tags, labels and a wide variety of other items when a company doesn’t have the time [...]

By Brett Wilkerson Blog Posts, RFID, Service Bureau

Best Free Barcode Generators

Barcodes are now used not just to track inventory, but on admission tickets, for advertising, in gaming and even as art. A barcode can generally hold just about any type of information you want to encode in the text. Generating barcodes, however, can be difficult. MSM Solutions can print and encode barcode labels that are tailored specifically to your barcode solution or barcode application, so you can print any barcode symbology including 2D barcodes as well as human readable [...]

By Brett Wilkerson Barcode, Blog Posts

How to Easily Identify Your Assets

Identifying your company assets can be difficult — if you don’t use the right tools. While you may be able to physically count the assets you hold, the process can be time-consuming and there is no way to know whether you are counting a widget you bought last week or one from 10 years ago. Adopting an Asset Management Solution solves this issue. Asset Management Solutions Simply put, your objects need a label to be tracked and that label needs to do more than [...]

By Brett Wilkerson Blog Posts, Distribution and Logistics, PortalTrack