Supplier News

  1. Portable Printers: Extech Data Systems Announces Three-Inch Portable Printers For Parking Enforcement 6/8/2007
    Extech Data Systems, the developer of portable printers for enterprise-wide applications, announced its portable three-inch battery-operated receipt printers for parking enforcement. When paired with mobile computers, Extech’s three-inch printers streamline and speed up basic functions like ticketing, saving a significant amount of time and money.
  2. All About Forklift-Mounted RFID Readers By Michael Smith, LXE Inc. 5/22/2007
    As industrial use of RFID grows, so does our knowledge regarding the best ways to implement the technology in order to deliver the greatest possible benefit. Installing RFID readers on forklifts instead of at dock doors is emerging as a best practice in the warehouse. These new vehicle-mounted systems reduce RFID implementation costs while improving accuracy and efficiency for shipping, receiving and other operations. Submitted by LXE
  3. Active RFID: IDENTEC SOLUTIONS And Navis Partner To Provide Terminal Automated Solutions At Georgia Port Authority 5/2/2007

    IDENTEC SOLUTIONS,one of the leader in wireless tracking and tracing solutions that include award-winning intelligent long-range active RFID technology, has partnered with Navis, the global leader in enterprise software solutions for logistics asset visibility, control and optimization, to provide active RFID technology for terminal automation at Georgia Port Authority’s (GPA) Garden City Terminal to track the location and use of assets and containers.

  4. Forecast Accuracy: Myth, Reality, Or ... Oxymoron? By Christine Pothier, ModusLink 3/26/2007
    The real key to success lies in managing the execution of the supply chain to mitigate the risks of demand variability and forecast inaccuracies. If your sales forecast hit the target, congratulations; you fared better than many, if not most, businesses. Routinely, accuracy in sales forecasting ranges from 40% to 60% for most companies. If those business forecasters were meteorologists, they might well be looking for other employment. Submitted by ModusLink
  5. Drop Box: SAVR Develops Smart Drop Box 3/22/2007
    SAVR Communications, Inc. has developed technology that will drastically reduce expenses and environmental impact associated with the logistical services of the three express shippers. SAVR’s Smart Drop Box communication device (which is being demonstrated at the RFID World Conference in Grapevine Texas March 26th through the 28th) incorporates real-time communication capability that will autonomously alert drop box owners when a package has been received
  6. DoD RFID Compliance: Online DoD RFID Compliance Solution With Migration Path Now Available 3/12/2007
    Smart Label Solutions LLC, maker of the smartEPC suite of applications for Wal-mart’s RFID mandate and the Department of Defense (DoD) RFID/UID mandate, announced the release of Quickstart. Quickstart allows DoD suppliers to comply with the RFID mandate with no capital expenditure.
  7. Mobile Base Station: MTI Wireless Edge Announces An Innovative 2.3-2.7GHz Installer-Friendly Base Station Antenna With Configurable Beam Width And Mechanical Tilt 2/15/2007
    MTI Wireless Edge Ltd. announced the launch of an industry-unique ALL-IN-ONE high-performance base station antenna solution serving multiple market applications and bandwidths. The narrow aesthetic profile vertical polarization base station antenna covers the WCS (2.3-2.4GHz), ISM (2.4-2.5GHz), and MMDS (2.5-2.7GHz) bands and is installer friendly configurable to 60, 90 or 120 degrees azimuth beam width integrated antenna.
  8. Voxware Voice Software And Symbol 3090s Enable Belgian Frozen Food Logistics Company To Improve Tracking, Tracing, Compliance 2/12/2007
    Belgian third-party logistics (3PL) provider Coldstar operates a frozen food distribution center in Londerzeel that operates at -25 C (-13 F) and picks 73,000 cartons per week. Coldstar used a paper-based picking system until late 2006, in part because pickers could not operate the keyboards of hand terminals while wearing gloves. Submitted by Voxware
  9. Maximize Your Sap® Warehouse Management Investment With Mobility 12/1/2006
    In today’s highly competitive business environment, enterprises are faced with the challenge of balancing cost and revenue, while maintaining — or improving — customer service and quality levels. The warehouse is a key area of the business, at the heart of operations for manufacturers, distributors and retailers, where material is constantly in motion. Submitted by Symbol Technologies
  10. Managing Multiple Data Capture Technologies In The Logistics Environment 12/1/2006
    Until recently, bar code scanning has been the primary form of advanced data capture throughout the logistics environment — from the warehouse aisles to the dock door to the yard. But today, new forms of advanced data capture offer enterprises the ability to further automate processes inside the four walls, reap the benefits of supply chain automation as well as cost-effectively achieve regulatory compliance and more. Submitted by Symbol Technologies