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Implementing a Warehouse Management System

IRLY Distributors, a Canadian co-operative of hardware and building suppliers based in Surrey, BC, implemented Latitude Warehouse Management System from PathGuide Technologies. Latitude WMS is a user-friendly, web-based system that includes hardware from Intermec, Inc. See how IRLY employees adapted to using a software & hardware solution from PathGuide and Intermec.
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www.vbssys.com Why keep replacing your equipment? For a fraction of the cost of new equipment your equipment can be protected from the harsh environment it is subjected to. Vande Berg Scales manufactures stainless steel enclosures for the protection of electronic equipment in harsh work environments. We have enclosure designs for label printers, pc terminals, keyboards, bar code scanners and other peripherals. Reduce your down tine by keeping your electronics dry and running. Our enclosures have a NEMA 4X rating Tell us what type of environment your equipment will be exposed to and we will show you how we can protect it. Enclosing your equipment doesnt have to inhibit access. Our doors and slide out drawers make it easy to change labels or access components. Any combination of equipment can be protected with one of our systems. The multiple compartment enclosures allow access to lave printers, keyboards or scanners while keeping the rest of the terminal secure from water, dust or chemical damage. Feature · Continuous TIG welded construction of polished 16 gauge 304 stainless steel · NEMA 4X rating · Wash down rain gutter style door seal · Single ½ turn easy to operate quick open latch · Pull out drawer, for quick label roll changes and equipment access · Top Hinged door swings to 270 degrees · Front access facilitates mounting above conveyors, or in areas where space is limited We can quick ship you one of our standard enclosures or you can order a custom made enclosure …
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Scanbuy to Offer Custom Barcode Scanner for Businesses to More Easily Enable Track & Trace, Inventory Management, and Other Enterprise Applications

Scanbuy to Offer Custom Barcode Scanner for Businesses to More Easily Enable Track & Trace, Inventory Management, and Other Enterprise Applications

New York, NY (PRWEB) September 15, 2009

Scanbuy, the global leader in mobile barcode solutions, today announced that it will offer customized builds of its ScanLife mobile application for a wide variety of business enterprise solutions. The software converts virtually any camera phone into a barcode scanner which can read major code formats like Datamatrix, EZcode, QR code, and UPC. This is the first time the software has been made available directly to businesses for enterprise applications like inventory or asset management, and coupon redemption.

The application is compatible with all major operating systems that are used today including Android, BlackBerry, Symbian, and Windows Mobile. Therefore, a custom application can be distributed directly to existing handsets that employees are likely to already own rather than investing in new hardware. As an example, a salesperson could place new orders directly from codes printed in a catalog in the field, or a repair team could track maintenance history of commercial equipment. Each code holds specific information which is passed to a company’s existing web-based database for collection. Each application is customized and secure so no other barcode reader could access the content.

“Our mobile software is already compatible with millions of consumer phones, so this solution gives companies an easy and relatively inexpensive way of accessing data from the field,” said Jonathan Bulkeley, Chief Executive Officer of Scanbuy. “We will continue to focus on our ScanLife platform and consumer application, but this is a nice addition to our product offering.”

The ScanLife mobile application is mainly available for consumers to scan 2D barcodes found on print advertisements, signage, packaging, or any other media. These codes can quickly display a specific Website, launch a video, send text messages, and more. The application is preloaded on new handsets and distributed through a number of download portals (http://www.getscanlife.com). The application has also been proven as best-in-class based on independent industry testing.

Companies interested in using the solution can either use existing 1D or 2D barcodes, or use the ScanLife Code Management Platform to generate codes which link to a database. An API is also available to more easily generate a significant volume of codes from an existing external platform. 2D codes can be supported immediately on all operating systems, and 1D codes are supported on select platforms like Android OS. Support for affinity programs, like couponing, will be available in the coming weeks.

To learn more, please contact Scanbuy, Inc. at info(at)scanbuy(dot)com.

About Scanbuy, Inc.

Scanbuy is the leading global provider of mobile barcode solutions that use the camera phone as the link between the physical world and the digital world. The ScanLife solution consists of a mobile application, Code Registry, Code Clearing House and Code Management Platform. The technology has been successfully deployed and supported by leading mobile providers and handset manufacturers in the United States, Mexico, France, Spain, Italy and Denmark. Media companies and marketers use the solution to create and manage measurable 2D barcode campaigns, extending brand engagement onto mobile devices.

Scanbuy has the largest and oldest patent portfolio of any company in the industry, with over 30 patents granted covering the entire solution. The company’s investors include Longworth Venture Partners, Masthead Venture Partners and Hudson Ventures.

For more information on Scanbuy, please visit http://www.scanbuy.com or http://www.scanlife.com.

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Use Zebra label printers and other label printers for better inventory management and barcode printing

Use of Label Printers in organized retail is increasing day by day. The level of ease and comfort label printers offer in the retail management process is the key of day by day increasing popularity of such devices. Label printers are Direct or Indirect thermal printers mainly used to label the products in any retail shop. Zebra is the latest programming language used in advanced label printers commonly know as Zebra label printers. Microsoft word and other common windows applications support zebra label printers.

Zebra label printers use synthetic paper and other technological material. If heat wise considered there are two types of label printer’s i.e. direct thermal Printer and Trans thermal printer which don’t heat the paper directly. There are various types of label printers widely used in today’s economic environment like commercial label printers, desktop label printers. Industrial Label Printers, Industrial Portable Label Printers, RFID readers, Label printer applicators, Label software and personal Label printers. In direct thermal printers paper changes its color while heated to a certain temperature. Normally black and red colors are used in thermal label printers. Printing through direct thermal printers is normally heat and light sensitive and is not durable. Thermal transfer printing uses a heated ribbon to produce durable, long lasting images on a wide variety of materials. Thermal label printer produce accurate and durable image which is used widely to print bar codes and batch numbers. This type of printers has the ability to produce exact bar widths that successful bar code printing and scanning require. Advantages of thermal printers are that they don’t use ink, ribbon and other material making them cost effective and instant for barcode and label printing. Most mobile printers use direct thermal technology. If the label printed by thermal label printer exposed to heat or sunlight it may get darken its color causing the bar code unreadable and improper. Thermal label printers are being widely used in many industries like organized retail, shipping industry and other automobiles industry.

Bar code is the formation of the thin and thick lines on the label having some meaning that a barcode scanner can read and interpret making them useful in the automation of inventory management and other economical aspects. Bar code scanners are the devices which are being used to read the bar codes with the help of light source and optical reader. Bar code scanner translates optical impulses to the electronic impulses and interpretable by the computer. A bar code scanner exactly map the width of a particular line and associate it with a predefined number and then send the product number to a terminal. Terminal already has the information of that serial number and associates that number with the related product.

Accuracy of the label printer is important as minor deflection in the width and length of any bar code line can change the entire value of the product and inventory management can go entirely wrong. Zebra label printers are accurate and fast in printing bar codes as they use the latest technology and programming language to define the barcodes and other label material. Zebra Lines of printers come in different categories that could fit to your specific business need. Mobile zebra label printers are designed for traveling and can be charged while traveling making them ideal for business men who travels a lot.

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Warehouse Management System for Dynamics GP Barcode Scanners Text vs. Graphical Interface

If you are investing in the Warehouse Management System for your Corporate ERP application, such as Microsoft Dynamics GP, the functionality and the price for barcode scanners might be something to question.  We recommend you to consider two options.  First one would be upscale Barcode scanner with Windows CE and graphical user interface versus the scanner, which only has text mode screen (like you would have in old-good-days DOS operating system or Unix).  However, do not rush to purchase the one without graphical interface, until you get the barcode scanner compatibility list from your prospected WMS reseller.  In this publication we will review scanner requirements for Alba Spectrum WMS for Microsoft Dynamics GP Great Plains:

1. Text Mode Barcode Scanner.  WMS client, running directly on the barcode scanner is compatible with text mode scanners.  To be reasonably in price/reliability median, we recommend you to consider Symbol PDT 3000 Portable Data Terminal Series, or scanner with compatible features and processing power.  From the scanner info sheet: “Symbol Technologies’ PDT 3000 Portable Data Terminals answer the need for hand-held data terminals that are high on features and performance, but low in price. Designed for efficient, economical data collection, the PDT 3000 Series packs the power of a 16-bit, DOS-based PC into a small, lightweight data terminal that goes anywhere to get the job done. Feature for feature, dollar for dollar, no other terminal surpasses the PDT 3000 Series for overall value. Its durable ergonomic design, standard DOS operating system, and flexible options put the PDT 3000 in a class by itself…”  This scanner cost is around 0.  Well of course there is drawback and for this scanner it is text only user interface, whoever we do believe that Warehouse Management Worker barcode scanning training cost and learning curve period would be comparable to the option to do that with the scanner with graphical user interface (and Windows CE operating system).  The savings could be significant if you plan to deploy WMS for hundreds of warehouses

2. Scanners with Graphical user interface.  Here we also recommend you to look at Symbol line of products.  You should expect the cost to begin with 0 and up.  Graphical Interface is definitely more intuitive (however on the tiny barcode scanner LCD screen it might be too difficult to gain, due to the small screen size and very repetitive style of scanning procedures)

3. How to request WMS presentation?  Please, call us 1-866-528-0577, 1-630-961-5918 or email us help@albaspectrum.com  We serve you USA, Canada nationwide and internationally via web sessions and visit onsite for Warehouse Management System deployment and user training.  Local service is available in Western Michigan (Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, St. Joseph areas), Houston, TX, Southern California

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Mobile Attendance Management using USB Dongle NFC Reader on Android eLocity A7

This video shows how to use the IDChamp USB Dongle NFC Reader to do Mobile Attendance Management using Grid-In-Hand™ Mobile Grid software with an eLocity A7 Android tablet. This system is fast, simple, and easy-to-use. The attendee places the badge near the reader and Mobile Grid captures the badge number, records the check-in time, and displays the associated attendee from the database loaded on the Android tablet. The eLocity tablet is a very convenient size for this application since the user can hold it comfortably in one hand, and has a large easy-to-read 7″ display. Note when a badge is presented that is already checked in, the system will notify you. Likewise, the system notifies you when a badge is presented that is not on the attendee list. When all the attendees are entered, tap menu – upload. It’s that easy to have a list of attendees emailed anywhere as an Excel file, CSV file, and even posted into a SQL database. Mobile Grid also works in this same fashion with Scanfob brand Barcode scanners, so you can collect attendee information for both barcode and NFC based badges. The IDChamp USB Dongle NFC reader also works with the Acer Iconia A500 Android Honeycomb tablet, and other Android Tablets with USB-HID support. You can also use the reader on Windows and OS X machines, so this solution is unmatched in its flexibility. For more information on this attendee management solution, and many other mobile wireless solutions, on hundreds of models of mobile devices …

Warehouse Management Systems and Barcode Scanners

Combining mobile computers and desktops along with assorted software modules plus secondary interfaces, a Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) manages a yard completely or a warehouse. These systems are capable of locating inventory, making allowances for management requirements as well as work out shipping after which get the receipt of inventory. The complexity of the warehouse being served will determine the complexity of the WMS required to run it. Smaller operations perhaps require no more than an inventory locator and a counting module along with a simple shipping-receiving interface. In some cases there is no need for a WMS. Proper operation of a fully functional WMS system depends upon the know-how of IT professionals, so installing a WMS makes sense only if there is a significant cost benefit associated with its ownership. An all-inclusive WMS solution offering complex modules is vital especially when it comes to extensive operations with the warehouse with several stockyards or even product-related problems like shelf-life concerns. Increased accuracy, productivity and significant cost reduction for a quick ROI are some of the benefits to be looked at while a WMS is implemented. Additionally, a WMS usually brings down inventory amounts and labor costs particularly if used in conjunction with related data collection. A WMS also provides the possibility of adding automation tools which help substantially better the output of your warehouse laborers. For instance, if you add voice picking to the WMS will substantially increase accuracy and reduce error rates close to zero which is the norm. Such facts are evident through the ROI observations made by the early users of the voice-picking. The other WMS add-on which produces an ROI within18 months, is RFID. It is the first area where one sees quick returns on investment in RFID is in the sphere of tracking assets. Every warehouse has assets like totes, pallets and carts used to move inventory. Using rigid tags (passive) for monitoring the assets, the costing for the RFID system could quickly be recovered quickly by bringing down the losses of such assets. At the case level, RFID could also be made use of with disposable RFID tags (passive) but achieving an ROI is tougher unless RFID equipment is incorporated into a system that is multimodal. A Multimodal computing (mobile) begins in a handheld computer, which can be used for multiple peripherals at the same time. These peripherals include RFID, GPS, Bluetooth technology, barcode scanners, database connectivity, Voice technology such as Vulcan Voice by CTG, and others. When joined with software applications multimodal input and output software, the end product can be an exceptionally powerful cost cutting system. For streamlining a warehouse, implement a multimodal WMS system or think of adding multimodal functionality to the existing WMS system being used. RFID equipment can be used for detecting a check-digit location, track a case, a pallet, carts, PC’s and totes. A voice component will help in guiding the worker. While a multimodal system may need a direct design and consulting, in the long run, such systems would cut on your plant time and resources by offering a multi-functioning tool and the correct tool for every operation.

CipherLab 8200 Retail Inventory Management

Designed to maximize efficiency, productivity and customer satisfaction for any retail business, CipherLab’s AIDC devices optimize barcode scanning with a large-sized display and bright LED backlit keypad to save time and eliminate human errors on manual stock checking even in a dark storage room. They are also supported by the optional WLAN and various software tools to accelerate price change updates between the shop floor and the back-end system, and the optional WPAN to print out new price tags with the latest information. The mobile computers feature wireless connection, big memory capacity, and low power consumption, providing sales associates quick access to full product information and enabling them to quickly serve without frequently recharging. The scanners speed up checkout lines with snappy reading performances and hands-free scanning. These devices are easy to customize and operate with a user-friendly interface to help train new employees quickly. Plus, any store can easily implement customer ID verification with the option of PDF471-supported 2D readers.

Accu-Sort Systems, Inc. | www.accusort.com: Accu-Sort has provided turnkey automation equipment and software to postal systems in the United States around the world since 1983. We can provide solutions for mixed mail sortation and mail tray barcode automation up to complete tray management systems with miles of conveyor and barcode scanning stations.
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Symagery Launches IL6000 Image Lift System For OEMs in Supply Chain Management Market; Combines Sophisticated Monochrome, Color Picture Taking Capabilities With Ability to Read Most Bar Codes

Symagery Launches IL6000 Image Lift System For OEMs in Supply Chain Management Market; Combines Sophisticated Monochrome, Color Picture Taking Capabilities With Ability to Read Most Bar Codes

OTTAWA (PRWEB) December 4, 2004

Symagery today announced its IL6000 Image Lift system, a new image capture solution that combines sophisticated monochrome or color picture taking capabilities with the ability to robustly read most bar codes, such as linear, stacked, PDF417 and 2D.

Designed for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) that offer supply chain management solutions, the IL6000 provides the highest levels of image performance, flexibility and productivity.

The IL6000 delivers high-speed image capture for applications that demand the ultimate in image fidelity, such as optical character recognition (OCR). It provides an uncompromised 1.3 megapixel image, making it also ideal for postal or package sorting applications.

Using the IL6000, OEMs can provide their customers with a single portable data collection terminal or scanning device that offers the following capabilities:

•    Scan any sized document (A4, letter, legal) at 200 DPI for document archival

•    Lift an image of entire label in milliseconds for host-based optical character recognition

•    Take a high resolution monochrome or color picture of a package to illustrate damage or condition

•    Take picture of a customer with a delivered package as proof of delivery

•    Robustly read most commonly encountered bar codes at the same time

•    Lift large field of view or high resolution images of full sized documents and objects in the near field with or without integrated LED illumination

•    Take high quality pictures at distances typical in logistics, proof of delivery, damaged container applications, all in ambient lighting conditions

•    Robustly read bar codes and 2D symbologies independently or simultaneously within a working range of two inches to 12 inches

“The IL6000 is our breakthrough product for OEMs that want the highest performing picture-taking capabilities while maintaining the capability to read most bar codes,” said Ron Caines, president and CEO, Symagery. “OEMs in the supply chain management market, in particular, will find the IL6000 perfect for their demanding applications.”

The IL6000 will be generally available to OEMs beginning the first quarter of 2005.

About Symagery

Symagery (http://www.symagery.com) is a global provider of advanced image reader systems for the automatic identification and data capture industry. Founded in Ottawa, Canada, in 1997, Symagery differentiates its offerings by selling exclusively to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). Within an open, collaborative environment, Symagery’s customers can customize its solutions to meet their industry-specific needs.

Unlike other imaging providers, Symagery offers the industry’s highest resolution and largest field of view for maximum efficiency and productivity. And unlike linear laser offerings that can only read individual, 1D barcodes in one orientation, Symagery’s omni-directional solutions are multipurpose, read several types of bar codes per label in a single scan and are reliable in any environment. Symagery’s technology is embedded in scanners, portable data terminals, mobile computers, kiosks and machine vision applications. Its solutions are meeting the needs of the transportation and logistics, manufacturing, postal, gaming and lottery; healthcare and retail industries. Among its customers are Siemens, Unitech, Sammi and Psion Teklogix.

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Various IT tools for retail management like barcode scanners and receipt printers

Inventory and Cash Management are very important parts of any retail chain management and proper inventory and cash management helps retail businesses to reach global competency levels. Businesses having large amount and varieties of inputs as inventory may find it difficult to manually manage all the inventory. In earlier time all the inventory used to be maintained on registers and any inventory status related information can not be prepared instantly. Modern retail chains can not afford that delay as most of retail chains now operate real time supply chain management. Use of modern information technology tools, like Barcode Scanners, Label Printer, Receipt Printers and Cash Drawer,  to maintain inventory and cash is proven best method.

Use of bar codes have made inventory management and billing process fast and convenient. Also chances of error with bar codes are almost nil. Lets have a bird eyes view on the use of bar codes in inventory and cash management. Barcode is unique number normally having more then 10 digits with unique lines printed over a product. Normally bar code is printed over the product at manufacturer level but in case there is no bar code printed on the product one can use label printer to print one. A label printer is a computer printer that prints on self-adhesive label material and/or card-stock (tags). Some label printers with built-in keyboards and displays are also in market, for stand-alone use. Label printers have a wide variety of applications, including supply chain management, retail price marking, packaging labels, blood and laboratory specimen marking, and fixed assets management. There are many types of label printers in the market like Desktop label printers, Commercial label printers, Industrial label printers and Industrial portable label printers. After getting all the products bar coded in your store next step is to register all the required information in the system like bar code range for a particular product, Prices of the products etc.  Once done various POS (point of sale) software will do all the other tasks for you.

Once your customer has chosen all the products and he is ready for billing one needs to scan just the bar codes with the help of a bar code scanner. Bar code scanner is an electronic device for reading printed bar codes. Like a flatbed scanner, it consists of a light source, a lens and a light sensor translating optical impulses into electrical ones. Additionally, nearly all bar code readers contain decoder circuitry analyzing the barcode’s image data provided by the sensor and sending the bar code’s content to the scanner’s output port. Barcode scanner is quite fast device and it can scan thousands of product in a day without a delay. Scanned data of products get matched with already available data and price and other information of the product gets in to invoice automatically.

After scanning bar code with the help of bar code scanner invoice can be prepared using pos software. Receipt printers are being widely used to print invoice data for customers record. Modern cash drawer comes with separate section for each denomination of the currency notes. Cash drawer have some special features like after printing of bill cash drawer automatically opens and once the transaction is done cash drawer gets locked automatically.

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Benefits of modern inventory management tools like Barcode Scanners & cash drawer

Use of modern inventory management and billing system is very common in today’s organised retail industries. In the early phase of it’s development only large retail chains were using hi tech inventory management tools like bar code scanners and various types of label printer but now even small scale industries use all or few such equipments.

The objective behind the use of modern inventory management system is to ensure error free and fast transactions and in large retail chains without proper inventory management people may find it difficult to cope with inventory and customers both. Instruments like cash drawer increase cash safety and provide comfortable mode of operation. While other devices like Thermal receipt printers are free from hassles and other technical issues.

Let’s have an idea of such inventory and cash management system. Giving each product a separate number which is normally sixteen digits long is called labeling and number printed over the product is called bar code. Label printers are efficient printers which can print thousand of numerically identifiable label for products. After labeling products are moved to different places like store or malls with the information of the barcodes over a Cartridge Disk (CD). Store owners just need to insert the CD in their systems and all the product information get loaded in system. Label printers are very important device when it comes to label the products.

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When customers purchase products then billing boy just through some light over the product barcode and then that particular barcode get scanned and billed. Barcode scanners first work is to scan the barcode information and then barcode scanner sends the scanned information to the system itself. System billing software matches the bar code information given by the barcode scanners with the data base and then bill against the product gets ready.

Cash drawer is a modern form of traditional cash boxes. Any cash drawer has separate portion for different currency denominations like for twenty, fifty, and hundred there is a separate portion for change. Some modern cash drawer have special feature like auto lock and auto count. In auto lock system cash drawer gets closed automatically after cash inserted in it which prevents the chances of theft. Auto count system in any cash drawer helps in easy management of cash.

Thermal receipt printers are like normal printers used in any retail chain for printing bills and other important documents. We often call them heat printers as they use the heat effect of electricity for printing. Normally any Thermal receipt printer has a heat head which gets heated at certain points when a command from the system is released. Paper used in any Thermal receipt printer is normally heat sensitive because of the Ink used on it’s paper is heat sensitive. Thermal paper comes with the cotes of thermal sensitive material and when this paper comes in the contact with the heated head then its color gets changes because of the heat. Normally thermal receipt printer can print in single color that is black but with the use of different temperatures different color combinations can be achieved like red and blue.

Such equipments are very helpful in any retail industry because they not only provide the easy of working but are also efficient when it comes to save time. In long run theses software are very economical and can save a lot of money for the organization.

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