The most competitive manufacturers, logistics, and warehousing companies operate with a continuous improvement mindset. However, maintaining a focus on future improvements can be difficult, especially as customers require around-the-clock attention and support.
A manufacturing company with an aging manual punch clock needed a new solution that would integrate with their Plex ERP system, enable quick, efficient clock-in procedures, eliminate the opportunity for buddy punching, and store transactional data in the event of power failure.
When it comes to your manufacturing, logistics, or warehousing company’s next step — like implementing mobile scanners on your shop floor or automating a production process — you need to know the right questions to ask a prospective partner before you can have all the answers.
The need to migrate applications that support key business functions has never been more important. There are three primary reasons why:
If you read our recent post, 7 Reasons to Adopt Mobile Computing (& 3 Reasons Not To) you know all the benefits that come with integrating mobile computing into your manufacturing or warehouse environment.
For manufacturers, distributors and logistics professionals, the word “automation” is often thought of as a four-letter word. Coincidentally, the same train of thought applies to the cumbersome task of gathering and integrating your company’s data – when it’s done manually.
Mobile computing can boost operational performance and increase the competitiveness of manufacturers, warehousing, and logistics companies alike. However, in the past, there have been some concerns as to the security of the operating systems used by many mobile devices—Android in particular.
Companies like Blockbuster, Kodak, Amazon and Ford prove that taking advantage of technological advances can make or break a business. For manufacturing, warehousing, and logistics companies, that means ditching pen and paper and going digital through mobile computing.
The most widely used and supported mobile operating system, Windows Embedded Handheld 6.5, is ending support in 2020, in some ways mandating that warehousing, manufacturing, and logistics companies assess their mobile strategy.
While some things get better with age, mobile devices are not one of them. In fact, according to Zebra’s Selecting the Right Mobile Device white paper, old mobile devices or the wrong device “can frustrate users, decrease productivity, increase costs, and potentially introduce safety risks.”
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