Barcoding News

One of the largest wireless carriers in America required a revamp of all of their cellular towers and needed to begin scanning 2D barcodes in order to track all the equipment in each tower. The company’s main concern was to be able to parse the equipments’ serial numbers, which were encoded in different barcode formats by three different manufacturers. Barcodes Inc provided them with over 400 Motorola DS3508 barcode scanners, custom configured for their application and ready to use out of the box. The company was so happy with their new solution, they have shown interest in two future orders of comparable magnitude.

Senior Sales Engineer: Alyce Miller

Red Digital Cinema rents out film equipment and was in need of a way to track their cameras and manage the related data within an Excel spreadsheet. Data Matrix barcodes were printed on each camera, so a good 2D barcode scanner was necessary. Barcodes Inc hooked them up with Motorola DS6707 scanners which made it quick and easy to scan the information into their spreadsheet, complete with a date and time stamp of when the units were checked out and where they were going.

Sales Engineer: Gary Seiko

Both products can now be used with interchangeable lenses to address more application needs, such as high magnification and wide fields of view.

Microscan has introduced a new C-Mount lens configuration for two of its products: the popular QX HAWK imager and the Vision HAWK smart camera. The QX HAWK barcode imager is ideal for industrial track and trace applications, with powerful algorithms for reading virtually all linear and 2D barcodes. The rugged Vision HAWK combines this decode capability with a complete vision toolset to enable a broad range of inspection and identification tasks. Both products can now be used with interchangeable lenses to address more application needs, such as high magnification and wide fields of view.

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IntelliTrack announces the release StratusInventory, its first web based application within its new line of STRATUS products.

IntelliTrack, Inc. recently announced its new STRATUS line of web-based software for all of its currently offered line of products. IntelliTrack software products are now all available in cloud format, giving users a new and improved way to access their data storage, readily retrieve and use their applications software, and easily obtain technology services and support – all through shared configurable resources. Wherever the Internet is available, many benefits await STRATUS products user including:

• Quick and easy to deploy – no waiting for physical software product or losing valuable installation time
• Easier data access in real-time or batch data collection, in-house or off-site at other locations
• Immediate tech support access
• Quick and easy access to STRATUS product enhancements and updates
• Data storage all in the cloud, saving in-house computer server space
• Reduction of user company IT department time
• User company saving money in multiple areas
• Increase in efficiency turns into an increase in productivity

StratusInventory is IntelliTrack’s new easy to use “next-generation” web-based inventory management software. Performing physical inventory counts typically requires extensive time collecting data on a hand-held mobile computer. After collection, the data must be downloaded to the company’s database and then consolidated for later analysis.

With IntelliTrack’s new StratusInventory, this new cloud inventory solution provides companies with a new extremely efficient way to reduce the necessary time and resources required for data collection and processing. Since StratusInventory is web-based, inventories may be taken at multiple in-house and off-site locations, using hand held mobile computers. Collected data is quickly sent over the Internet to the company’s central database where it is efficiently consolidated and ready for immediate analysis and reporting. Less wait time – more information – easily available at your fingertips. And once your data collection is complete, it is safely stored and easily accessible in the cloud, without using your valuable company server space.

Efficient and readily available tech support and trouble-shooting are standing by to assist you should the need arise with your StratusInventory.

IntelliTrack’s new StratusInventory is completely configurable to your company’s inventory data collection and storage needs. StratusInventory also supports customer/industry specific terminology.

Join millions of users now using cloud computing technology to save their companies time and money. Contact us now to discuss how IntelliTrack StratusInventory can suit your needs.

Motorola Solutions introduced the MC2100 industrial mobile computer series, addressing the need for a smaller, rugged mobile computer that expands the range of solutions available for both large enterprises and small- and medium-sized businesses.

Motorola MC2100 Key Facts

• Motorola redefines the value tier for rugged mobile computers with five configurations of the MC2100 that include three different barcode scannning engines, options for batch and WLAN connectivity, and vertical-specific accessories.
• The lightweight and ergonomic MC2100 is ideal for inventory management, stock replenishment, price marking, and shelf labeling.
• The MC2100 will be the first value-tier rugged handheld in the mobile computing industry to support HTML5 via Motorola’s RhoElements application enablement framework.
• The MC2100 mobile computing series leverages the same hardware platform as other Motorola mobile computing products to help simplify application support and integration into an enterprise environment.
• Motorola’s MC2100 mobile computer will be available with the Service from the Start with Comprehensive Coverage program, providing coverage for normal wear and tear as well as accidental damage to internal and external components, significantly reducing unforeseen repair expenses.
• Motorola’s MC2100 mobile computing series is expected to ship in the first quarter of 2012.

Young people in Las Vegas were given a gift when the Dream Center began its ID card program seven months ago. They were given a sense of belonging.

The Dream Center is an outreach-driven church affiliated with the International Church of Las Vegas, dedicated to helping inner city families. “Our ministry provides hope by meeting both tangible and spiritual needs,” said David Hammonds Jr., Assistant Pastor responsible for oversight of children’s programs and outreach efforts. “We provide food, clothing, life rehabilitation, education, Biblical training and much more through our numerous ministries and outreach programs. We reach hundreds of hurting and needy children and adults across all races and cultures every week.”

In addition to regular Sunday services, the Dream Center provides multiple community programs, including a Thursday night dinner that feeds up to 300 homeless individuals. Located on the west side of the city, in an area most people choose to drive by, the Dream Center also ministers to about 300 at-risk children and teens through its Adopt-a-Block program. Children enrolled in the program receive a personal visit from a staff member at their home every week and are invited back to the Dream Center for Tuesday night programs.

“It takes a lot of work to stay connected to the kids and their families,” said Hammonds. When the Adopt-a-Block program began, there were approximately 20 participants, and administrators used a printed roster to take attendance. As new children joined the program, Dream Center administrators gathered information on the individuals. It wasn’t long before program acceptance exploded, and the number of participants went from 20 to 300, making the paper roster time-consuming and inefficient. “The issue for us was to get an accurate attendance for each service,” said Hammonds. “All of our students are bused to the building at much the same time. By the time we got to 300 kids, it was hard to keep track of everyone.”
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Need a cash drawer to connect to your mobile application? APG‘s NetPRO is an ideal solution! In verticals such as gas stations, convenience stores, quick service food and more, the ethernet cash drawer communicates with mobile POS devices for normal drawer operation. This dynamic network device has a time and date stamp with every transaction, improving loss prevention functions by providing security camera activation, mobile alerts to store management for unusual events, remote tech support, asset management and much more.

More often than not someone has either heard of or worn shoes or apparel made by Hush Puppies®, Patagonia®, or Wolverine®. These iconic shoe and apparel brands are just several that comprise Rockford, Michigan based Wolverine Worldwide, Inc. As Wolverine puts it, “few companies can say they have the world at their feet, both literally and figuratively. As a global marketer of branded footwear, as well as apparel and accessories, this apt saying not only speaks to our focus, but also to the bright future before us”.

Since Wolverine manufactures and sells high quality shoes and other apparel, they needed a high quality POS hardware solution for their retail stores. When they found out their current hardware solution was being discontinued, they started looking for a new solution.

Wolverine’s retail stores are used to peak performance from their previous POS hardware, and looked to continue that consistency and durability. The Pioneer POS S-Line with integrated Epson thermal printer was the perfect fit. The S-Line will run SAP Retail to handle the storefront POS, which interfaces with SAP’s own backend ERP server.

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Eastman Gelatine, a division of Kodak, needed help scanning inventory on the top shelf of a new addition to their warehouse. They wanted a long range scanner that could wirelessly connect to their mobile computers, giving their workers more freedom and mobility. Barcodes Inc recommended Motorola LS3578-ER scanners with Bluetooth connectivity. Eastman Gelatine decided to go with the scanners and forklift cradle kits on a trial basis, with intent to roll it out to their entire warehouse and complete their solution.

Sales Associate: Andrew Hall

Socket Mobile announced the selection of the Socket Bluetooth Cordless Hand Scanner (CHS) Series 7 by Haruyama Trading Company, a specialty clothing chain in Japan that has pioneered the use of nanotechnology in products such as waterproof business suits and H1N1 swine flu-resistant clothing.

Haruyama Trading Company represents the first volume customer for the Socket CHS that is using the barcode scanner with the Apple iPad in the retail industry.

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