Feature Articles
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The Cold Hard Facts: Using Rugged Mobile Computers In Cold Environments
2/22/2012
Coats, hats and gloves are essential in order for warehouse workers to function more than a few minutes in cold storage areas.
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Quality Refrigerated Services & LXE Case Study
2/22/2012
The Worthington facility, acquired by Quality in December 2010, primarily handles fresh pork for JBS, the largest animal protein processor in the world. The 12 million-pound facility can handle 250,000 cases of meat. In the fall, approximately three million pounds of product or 60,000 cases, move in and out of the facility every week, with Quality providing all the inventory control and tracking to facilitate shipping of various products.
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Minera Norway: Slate Manufacturer Implements Intermec RFID
11/10/2011
Minera Norway, a Norwegian slate manufacturer, cuts slate rock into tiles and blocks used for flooring, walkways, roofing, and other applications. These products are then stored in an outdoor yard on pallets where they await shipment. However, because of the yard's size — 215,280 square feet — and large quantity of products, the company was easily losing track of where pallets were located and where their inventory was stored.
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HAVI Logistics: Efficient, End-To-End Tracking And Tracing For Frozen Foods
11/10/2011
For restaurant chains, quality assurance is vital. For a highly specialized logistics company like HAVI Logistics GmbH who supplies all the European restaurants of probably the most well-known foodservice retailer in the world several times a week with food and non-food items, it is an absolute must. As is end-to-end tracking and tracing of goods from arrival at the logistics company through to delivery to the restaurant branch.
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Mediq Is Ready For The Future With The Intermec CN50
11/10/2011
Mediq is an international supplier of medicines and medical aids. With around 8,200 employees, Mediq is active in fourteen countries. The company constantly works on helping patients to get better and teaches them how best to deal with their condition. This allows people to feel healthier and continue to feel part of society.
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Advance Car Carriers: In It For The Long Haul
11/10/2011
How enterprise mobility is allowing Advance Car Carriers to improve delivery accuracy and efficiency
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Efficiency — Field To Fork
11/10/2011
For Washington Fruit & Produce, Co., one of Washington state's largest shippers of apples, maintaining the most effective technology possible for distribution center (DC) operations is a constant requirement.
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Tracking To The Right POD System In Food Distribution
11/10/2011
The food industry is like no other. The distribution process through the supply chain must be timelier, more efficient and more accurate than nearly any other industry. If that was not enough challenge the food distributors have the daunting task in today's economy of not only complying with food industry regulations but also efficiently operating large fleets, managing a mobile workforce, and keep an eye on all important customer service quality.
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Evaluating Handheld Computing Devices For Support Of DoD Operations
11/10/2011
The U.S. military was one of the earliest adopters of handheld computers, and is today one of the largest users of the devices. DoD personnel all over the world use wireless handheld computers to take inventory of supplies and equipment, record inspection and maintenance data, manage shipments and support other military operations. Many of these activities take place in remote locations that require specialized, ruggedized mobile computers.
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Imaging Moves Into The Mainstream
7/28/2011
Misperceptions about 2-D imagers are changing fast, which is why 2-D imagers are the fastest-growing category of bar code readers. Only a few years ago, 2-D imagers were (wrongly) considered a niche technology mostly used for reading 2-D bar codes. Now they are becoming the technology of choice for most bar code applications, and lasers are on the way to becoming a niche technology. By Intermec