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5 Ways to Revolutionize Manufacturing: Unleashing the Power of RFID with WIP
In today's rapidly evolving manufacturing landscape, efficiency and productivity are paramount. Manufacturers are constantly seeking innovative solutions to streamline their operations and gain a competitive edge. One such game-changer is Radio Frequency...
5 Benefits of Using RFID in Shipping and Receiving
In the shipping and receiving industry, being fast, efficient and accurate are crucial to your success. Pairing pen and paper with a spreadsheet solution is no way to track or manage your logistics. That’s why you need an RFID shipping and receiving solution to...
Streamlining Manufacturing Efficiency: The Benefits of Color-Coded Labeling in Inventory Management
Efficient inventory management is the backbone of successful manufacturing operations. To optimize productivity and minimize errors, companies have turned to innovative solutions, such as color-coded labeling. In this blog post, we will explore the benefits of...
7 Things Walmart Vendors Need to Know Before RFID Tagging Your Products
In January 2022, Walmart recommitted to using RFID technology to better track and manage their inventory – specifically home and hard goods. A year later, they expanded their RFID initiative to include additional general merchandise like media, games, crafts, cameras,...
Unleashing the Power of RFID: A Guide to Upgrading Your Legacy Systems
As economies worldwide continue to recover from the supply chain failures of 2022, it’s more important than ever for manufacturing companies to leverage RFID solutions to streamline and optimize their processes. According to a report by Austin Nichols Technical...
The Advantages of RFID in Retail: From Manual Inventory Management to Automated Inventory Tracking Part One
Nowhere is inventory more complicated or critical than in retail. From apparel and jewelry to tools and electronics, the sheer volume of inventory exchanging hands is staggering. In 2021, retail sales in the U.S. alone were estimated at $6.523 billion. Surprisingly,...
Still Using Windows Mobile? The Time to Switch to Android is Now
Many companies have delayed a move from Windows mobile to Android because they’ve been busy trying to keep up with day-to-day operations, and/or worried about the cost, time and effort needed to move to a new mobile operating system.
For most, the clock is running out when it comes to using Windows OS. There are simply too many significant risks, costs, and potentially negative business impacts for companies to keep using Windows mobile.
Here’s why:
Surviving the Supply Chain Crisis
Over the years, the global supply chain industry has made great strides in providing a reliable service that delivers products on time and in good condition. It was so effective that it was mostly an afterthought for those businesses that depended on it for survival....
How Downtime Impacts Manufacturing
Accurate and real-time management of your critical manufacturing components is vital to your business. Without it, you could experience one of the worst things to happen to your operations - unplanned downtime. When production unexpectedly stops, your lost revenue is...
How RFID Helps You Create a Digital DNA for Unique Object Identity
Identity is a hot topic these days. Did you know that objects need an identity? Establishing individual object identities is an essential tool to streamline your daily operations. It’s more than just assigning an Electronic Product Code (EPC). It’s creating Digital...
Is your Inventory Management Keeping You In The Dark?
As your retail business grows, inventory management has become more complex. Knowing what you have, and more importantly, what you don’t have, is vital to your success. But what you used to do with just a clipboard, pen, and flashlight, now requires a more efficient,...
3 Ideal Applications for Thermal Transfer Label Printers
In a recent blog, we offered an overview of thermal printing technology. Our primary focus was on the fundamental differences between thermal transfer printing and direct thermal printing. Both technologies use a heated printhead to transfer text, barcodes, and images...
Is Thermal Transfer Printing Technology Right for Your Business?
Thermal printers are used in a wide variety of applications today, showing up everywhere from shipping labels in e-commerce fulfillment operations to patient identification wristbands in hospital maternity wards. Compared to laser and inkjet printing technologies,...
When Warehouses Have Too Much Inventory! How RFID inventory Management helps
After more than a year of supply chain issues resulting in depleted inventory and delayed deliveries, retailers and warehouses find themselves with a new issue to contend with – too much inventory. Some of the biggest retailers in the world, like Walmart and Target,...
5 Key Areas for How to Use RFID Tracking for WIP Manufacturing
The true purpose of any manufacturer is to create quality products cost-efficiently so the return on investment is as high as possible. By using RFID software to track your work-in-progress (WIP) manufacturing, you can ensure your WIP processes are streamlined and...