The U.S. warehouse market is heating up, and the demand for new mobile technologies is soaring. Outdated Windows devices running green-screen applications aren’t designed to match the speed and volume of today’s on-demand economy.
The manufacturing industry is highly automated. This is how it has always been. However, we’ve seen a shift in the last decade – mobile technologies are rapidly moving into every area of manufacturing and the battle to eliminate waste and inefficiency has become the key to saving businesses from being obsolete against the competition. read more
Mobile technology and workflows are a defining characteristic of how the modern enterprise and business works. Everywhere you turn, most like it’s going mobile. While computer desktops and laptops are still widely used in traditional workplace settings, tablet and mobile use have increased dramatically in the past few years. But which would work better in your organization’s workflow. read more
The challenges manufacturers face daily are not new, but what once was enough to get the job done is no longer, and now organizations have to embrace the technology that is readily available. Now a day’s it’s nearly impossible to think of one industry that hasn’t implemented mobile manufacturing into their daily workflows and the manufacturing industry is no exception.
We’ve discussed how mobile solutions are rapidly becoming prevalent as companies are looking to replace outdated systems with new technology. They have become a critical component in maintaining accuracy and efficiency in warehouse or manufacturing environments. Mobility not only helps manufacturers become more agile, efficient, and profitable, but incorporating mobile printing and labeling enables a more flexible workflow – allowing workers to generate labels that can be directly applied – print where and when needed.
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.
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.
Mobile technology has made an incredible difference in the worlds of manufacturing and warehousing. Now, many organizations stand at a crossroads. With new opportunities to change the workforce mobility landscape looming, the decisions leaders make about mobile technology today could have enormous implications. To explore these possibilities, Zebra has produced Where Will the Workforce Mobility Revolution Take You?, a helpful nine-page guide to these decisions.
For the automotive industry, the latest reports reveal a profusion of new consumer demands: automated driving, fuel efficiency, and custom-built vehicles, to name a few. For manufacturers, these trends demand new technologies, new processes, and new capabilities.
As the industry revolution rolls on, manufacturers with the ability to collect, analyze, and apply data will find themselves flourishing. Without data-driven insights, manufacturers will struggle to find the right path to take operations to the next level.
Multi-modal is here to stay. In fact, 51 percent of warehouse professionals are planning to implement multi-modal solutions into their operations in the next three years.
This is because businesses that incorporate multi-modal solutions see benefits that include increased accuracy, speed, and efficiency.
Are you planning on going multi-modal? Read our infographic, Multi-Modal Warehouse Solutions: 7 Tips for Outfitting a Mobile Workforce, to help you evaluate your next multi-modal solution.
Contact us to learn more about successes we’ve seen and how to take steps toward greater operating efficiencies in your environment. We can help you select the right models based on your unique requirements. Simply email us or call 937-498-2700.
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