Mobility

Tuesday, Nov 15, 2011 Jan Nash
Mobile printing is an excellent enhancement to markdown and other price labeling operations. Mobile printing helps streamline retail operations, freeing up store associates to spend more time...Read More
Wednesday, Nov 2, 2011 Jan Nash
Printing new price labels with real-time mobile printers closes the loop between pricing strategy and execution . And, in fact, mobile printing is the most efficient and accurate technique for...Read More
Thursday, Oct 20, 2011 Jan Nash
Re-pricing products in the store has evolved from simply being a reaction to purchasing mistakes, to a strategic tool that retailers apply to increase traffic and sales, as we discussed in this ...Read More
Monday, Oct 10, 2011 Jan Nash
Library of Resources Points the Way to More Efficient DSD Operations Automating direct store delivery (DSD) and route accounting and DSD operations improves business efficiencies, and the...Read More
Thursday, Oct 6, 2011 Jan Nash
Re-pricing products in the store has evolved from simply being a reaction to purchasing mistakes, to a strate­gic tool that retailers apply to increase traffic and sales. Price changes are often...Read More
Thursday, Sep 29, 2011 Jan Nash
Automating route activity provides benefits both in the field and in the office by reducing the labor and time needed to enter data and process paperwork. Mobile printing is an essential element for...Read More
Thursday, Sep 22, 2011 Jan Nash
Schenck Company, one of the top 20 beer distributors in the country, is sold on employing mobile printers and handheld computers to increase efficiencies in its delivery operations—just like ...Read More
Tuesday, Sep 20, 2011 Jan Nash
Previously, we took a broad look at the mobile healthcare trend , followed by telemedicine’s role in mobile healthcare. The use of the Apple® iPad® mobile device in healthcare is...Read More
Thursday, Aug 18, 2011 Jan Nash
Did you know that in Pakistan, a good portion of trucks are decorated with intricate artwork? In fact, some truckers may devote more money to painting their vehicles than to their own homes. Truck...Read More
Tuesday, Aug 2, 2011 Jan Nash
Last time, we looked at the types of technology you need to implement the efficiencies of a queue busting system . Now, in this last article in our series, let’s explore why automated queue...Read More
Wednesday, Jul 20, 2011 Jan Nash
Previously, we examined how mobile transaction systems process more customers per hour . Now let’s look at the mobile technology behind such a system. Queue-busting applications require a...Read More
Friday, Jul 8, 2011 Jan Nash
Retailers and other service businesses use mobile computers and printers for queue busting to reduce checkout lines and improve customer satisfaction. Previously, we discussed how you can use a...Read More
Friday, Jun 17, 2011 Tim Dreyer
As more industries are beginning to strengthen green initiatives, there is an increasing need for new technology that is energy efficient yet affordable.  With the recent release of the QLn...Read More
Friday, Jun 3, 2011 Jan Nash
Discover how Best-in-Class retailers are ensuring speed-to-market through mobility and RFID technology in-store, in the warehouse, and in the supply chain. Join Aberdeen and Zebra for an...Read More
Monday, May 23, 2011 Jan Nash
In an earlier article, we provided an overview of queue busting—how retailers and other service businesses use mobile computers and printers to reduce checkout lines and improve customer...Read More
Thursday, May 5, 2011 Tim Dreyer
As companies and healthcare service providers begin to deploy more mobile, user friendly technology into nursing informatics, nurses are developing the necessary technology skill sets to adapt to...Read More
Monday, Apr 25, 2011 Jan Nash
Investments in sophisticated and expensive customer relationship management (CRM) systems and marketing campaigns that draw customers fail when the customer has a poor experience or finds in-store...Read More
Friday, Mar 25, 2011 Jan Nash
In the Store Systems Study 2011 recently released by RIS News , 59 percent of respondents said they plan an increase in store IT spending, and of those, 30 percent are planning a point-of-sale...Read More
Thursday, Mar 10, 2011 Jan Nash
An article on the Retail TouchPoints Web site reports results from Motorola’s 2010 Retail Holiday Study :  More than 68 percent of the 545 store associates interviewed would...Read More
Tuesday, Feb 22, 2011 Jan Nash
We’ve been looking at the roles both mobile devices and kiosks play as part of a self-service solution to drive up customer loyalty. Check out “ Kiosks or Mobility for Self-Service: Why...Read More
Thursday, Feb 17, 2011 Jan Nash
Puritan Bakery bakes and delivers fresh hamburger buns and breads daily to restaurants around Southern California. Short product shelf life means Puritan delivers based on customer demand, so...Read More
Thursday, Feb 10, 2011 Jan Nash
Did you know that marketing use of QR codes has escalated 1,200 percent in six months ? BizReport.com quotes these latest figures from QR code reader provider Mobio. We recently learned...Read More
Wednesday, Feb 2, 2011 Jan Nash
Earlier, we explored how retailers can benefit by putting tablet devices like the Apple® iPad™ in sales associate’s hands . But there’s yet another trend emerging: putting...Read More
Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 Jan Nash
A local newspaper in the Chicago area –Daily Herald– recently asked various local experts about their forecast for mobile applications in the New Year. Not surprising that the...Read More
Friday, Dec 10, 2010 Jan Nash
Did you know the healthcare industry is among the top three adopters of the Apple® iPad™ mobile digital device for business use? That’s according to Healthcare IT News . One...Read More

Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 Tim Dreyer
So this cool iPhone app is out now that allows you to bar code and read just about any object you want. Stickybits (its also available for Android) let’s you input any info you want to...Read More

Tuesday, Nov 15, 2011 Jan Nash
Mobile printing is an excellent enhancement to markdown and other price labeling operations. Mobile printing helps streamline retail operations, freeing up store associates to spend more time...Read More
Wednesday, Nov 2, 2011 Jan Nash
Printing new price labels with real-time mobile printers closes the loop between pricing strategy and execution . And, in fact, mobile printing is the most efficient and accurate technique for...Read More
Thursday, Oct 20, 2011 Jan Nash
Re-pricing products in the store has evolved from simply being a reaction to purchasing mistakes, to a strategic tool that retailers apply to increase traffic and sales, as we discussed in this ...Read More
Monday, Oct 10, 2011 Jan Nash
Library of Resources Points the Way to More Efficient DSD Operations Automating direct store delivery (DSD) and route accounting and DSD operations improves business efficiencies, and the...Read More
Thursday, Oct 6, 2011 Jan Nash
Re-pricing products in the store has evolved from simply being a reaction to purchasing mistakes, to a strate­gic tool that retailers apply to increase traffic and sales. Price changes are often...Read More

Friday, Sep 24, 2010 Tim Dreyer
The efforts to develop new technologies in order to eliminate sources for medical errors more often include the approach of so-called “Smart Solutions.” Last week, a Smart Patient Room ...Read More
Monday, Mar 15, 2010 Tim Dreyer
With the many uses that bar coding has found in mobility apps in the past year, it was only a matter of time before bar code-enabled mobile event tickets became a reality. While Ticketmaster...Read More

Thursday, Feb 10, 2011 Jan Nash
Did you know that marketing use of QR codes has escalated 1,200 percent in six months ? BizReport.com quotes these latest figures from QR code reader provider Mobio. We recently learned...Read More
Friday, Oct 22, 2010 Jan Nash
In a previous blog, we discussed the potential for retailers to apply QR bar codes to the shelf edge as part of their mobile strategy. Supermarket News reports that that’s exactly...Read More
Tuesday, Oct 12, 2010 Jan Nash
Earlier, we discussed the potential for retailers to apply QR bar codes to the shelf edge as part of their mobile strategy. By scanning the shelf-edge QR (“Quick Response”) codes with...Read More
Tuesday, Jul 20, 2010 Tim Dreyer
We’ve explored both the use of  apparel RFID tagging in retail , and the potential for QR codes . Now we’ve discovered a new use for both! Seems a charity shop in U.K. uses the two...Read More
Monday, Apr 26, 2010 Tim Dreyer
Jeff Weidauer of Vestcom International proposed an interesting idea in his online  RIS News  article: using QR codes on shelf labels. A QR code—a type of bar code that anyone...Read More