With all the options available today, choosing the device that will work best for your environment can be tricky. Here are 9 questions to help you choose the right mobile computer for your warehouse. Read these before you buy. 1. How would you describe your warehouse? Warehouses can be dusty and dirty, and depending on …
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I really love it when I come across exceptional customer service because I am passionate about delivering exceptional service to our customers. This time I am calling out the airline industry again. (Anyone remember my nightmare trip to COPSWEST a couple months ago?) But today I am really and truly smiling, because there are airlines …
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From the ‘conversations that I’ve actually had’ department: “Hey Steve, do you have a second?” “Sure, what’s up?” “What’s SCADA?” “I have no idea, don’t we have people that actually know the answer to that question?” “Yes, but I’m insinuating that you should write a blog about it.” Great idea, Chief of Operations! Because I …
In a previous blog, I wrote about the implementation of new GS1 standards. The GS1 organization, along with the International Diary-Deli-Bakery Association and International Dairy Foods Association recently released new guidelines for traceability. The new guidelines cover dairy, deli and bakery products with details on product identification and how to use batch/lot numbers and bar …
Like many guys in their late twenties, I have been taken by the craze of home brewing. It’s a very fun activity, and after a few years of fine tuning my process I started inviting friends over to partake in the rewards of my craft. My friends, the freeloaders that they are, readily partook and …
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There are more than a few ways to be a member of the mobile workforce. Some roles require a handheld computer and a wearable mobile printer. Others require a laptop, a briefcase and a frequent flyer card. The following is about the vehicle mobile workforce. These are the workers who go to the same office …
My name is Gayle DeRose and I am in the high-tech business. Data Collection. Data Acquisition. Rugged computing solutions. I am the COO at L-Tron Corporation, and we partner with the best in the business: Advantech, Honeywell Scanning & Mobility, and Zebra Technologies, just to name a few. I do routinely blog about our business. And today I have been inspired …
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Have you ever heard the phrase “the greatest thing since sliced bread”? Well, this is a time when that saying is definitely applicable. The Advantech UNO-2184G has stepped to the forefront of Embedded Automation making waves in many industrial arenas due to its Core i7 processor, high performance and I/O support. I have …
Since L-Tron doesn’t have a catchy jingle and the closest we have to a mascot is a mother goose tending her nest outside my window, I can’t construct a page-length commercial for our company. However, I will relay some of the inside scoop on how we strive to do things right. Throughout our 37 years, L-Tron …
This might come as a surprise to a lot of people but more “white box” users are switching over to Industrial PCs for their manufacturing, test, measurement and control processes than ever before. Although standard PCs draw a lot of attention because of their economic feasibility, there’s no way of assuring standardization across one line. What’s popular and …