Demands for enterprise mobility have become a reality in today’s workforce, and employers are turning to mobile apps to meet these demands. A recent study from the Harvard Business Review found that a company culture that enable mobile options have happier, more productive employees that are less likely to quit. read more
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We’ve discussed how mobile solutions are rapidly becoming prevalent as companies are looking to replace outdated systems with new technology.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.
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.”
Mobile devices can boost operational performance, improve workplace safety, and increase employee productivity in your warehousing, manufacturing, or logistics environment. In fact according to Honeywell, mobile is the future and “is even predicted that by 2020, [devices] will outsell PC’s by a factor of ten.” Mobile devices, however, are not without their difficulties, security risks, or expenses. To ensure your business gets the most out of its mobile devices, you must look to the future and develop a mobile strategy.
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