Success Stories
Barcoding Inc. provides complete automatic data collection systems for business
and government operations. These case
studies are just a few examples of how barcode, RFID and wireless technologies
can improve efficiency and provide better information to workers and managers.
Success Stories
 Powers Fasteners is a global company specializing in manufacturing and marketing quality anchoring and fastening products for concrete, masonry, and steel. Powers, formerly known as Rawl, has been providing innovative fastening solutions for more than 75 years.
Powers Fasteners was using Norand 2435 terminals with an Intermec controller to provide wireless access to their IBM AS400 host backbone system. They were looking to fully automate their receiving, shipping, and inventory management of goods throughout their warehouse as their existing system resulted in inventory being one to two days behind with many inaccuracies.
Read the entire Powers Fasteners Case Study
 J.J. Taylor Distributing Company is one of the top five distributorships in the United States. The company currently operates in two states, employs 700 people and serves 10,800 retail accounts. In 2004 total revenue was $329 million and represented sales of 23.3 million cases of beer.
J.J. Taylor’s legacy route accounting package utilized Symbol SPT 1700 & SPT 1800 Palm devices running VIP software. The Palm application severely limited the amount of customer service the drivers could provide while the Symbol hardware, though effective, limited the transmission of data between their sales staff and the main office.
Read the entire JJ Taylor case study
 Northwest Georgia Medical Group is a collective of 15 doctors that share two facilities and many resources. These resources include administrative staff and a medical supply closet. Items in the supply closet were constantly running out of stock and needing to be reordered and delivered overnight. Other items were then ordered when there were plenty of them in the closet. The medical group was interested in tracking consumable items, such as sterile pads and instruments, that would be used once and thrown away, without having to go through the supply closet each time orders were placed.
Read the entire Northwest Georgia Medical case study.
 NEMF was using Intermec 700 devices in their trucks to view routes and information, collect signatures, and obtain other pertinent information used by managers to make well-informed business decisions. They were looking to upgrade their handheld terminals as well as introduce new software that would allow them to more efficiently plan routes and expand lines of communication between their drivers and the dispatch center.
Read the entire New England Motor Freight case study.
Gulf Coast Outpatient Surgery Center (GCOSC) is one of the leading outpatient surgery
centers in Mississippi. GCOSC was having problems keeping a timely, efficient and accurate
count of their stockroom inventory. Excessive time was being spent completing the inventory
count, and money was being wasted on unnecessary orders. Items were constantly running out
of stock because inventory counts were off, and purchasing was unaware of shortages of equipment.
Read the entire Gulf Coast Outpatient Surgery Center case study.
 Fujifilm
has a very precise film making procedure in which the raw materials needed
to manufacturer film go through a specific process. At one step in the
process, the film must be stored in a chamber to let the chemicals on the
film react with one another. The chambers are numbered and Fujifilm
uses a computer system to direct the employees to place film in the correct
storage chamber. The previous process required that the workers bring
the film to a computer and type in the work in process (WIP) number. Then
the data would flow from the computer via a serial connection to a “black
box” that would then light a bulb over the appropriate chamber. The
system was not efficient because workers had to walk a considerable distance
to the computer over and over again. Only intrinsically safe computing
devices could be used because of chemicals in the area.
Read
the entire Fujifilm case study.
 Baker & Taylor
distributes movies and music recordings to retail stores nationwide, and
has responsibility for monitoring sales and in-store inventory to maximize
sales and profitability. An important area of their work involves managing
special retail displays for seasonal and promotional products. Prior
to using an automated system for data collection, Baker & Taylor's field
employees would visit each store, take inventory counts by hand, and submit
paper forms to the corporate office, where other employees would manually
enter that data into a computer.
Read the Baker & Taylor case study.
 American
Mills, a privately owned manufacturer of pillows, table linens,
quilts, comforters and home textile products for major retail stores
and gift shops throughout the United States, was recently looking to automate
their inventory management of raw materials as well as track those materials
throughout the manufacturing process. With approximately 500 employees in
the Southeastern United States, and an IBM AS400 (iSeries) backbone system,
American Mills decided to look for a systems integrator who could handle the
challenge.
Read the entire American Mills case study.
GNC's annual trade show is an integral part of its overall marketing effort.
One key indicator of the show’s success is measured by how much merchandise
has been ordered and how well GNC has expedited the shipments. For many years,
trade show orders were taken by hand and typing them consumed countless employee
hours, in addition to allowing for data-entry errors. GNC knew it needed
a more efficient and accurate way of processing the trade show orders. GNC
turned to Barcoding, Inc. for a comprehensive trade show management system
called XPO.
Read the entire GNC case study.
London Fog Industries, headquartered in Seattle, Washington, is the pre-eminent
outerwear brand in America. At its main manufacturing facility in Eldersburg,
Maryland, London Fog faced the challenge of upgrading its inventory and shipping/receiving
hardware and applications to accommodate greater wireless flexibility and
allow for future technology developments. Their hand-held batch terminals
had become outdated and repair costs were climbing. London Fog, recognizing
the benefits of mobile computing, wanted to use laptops and PC stations within
their warehouses. The integration of multiple platforms as well as ensuring
100% coverage in the unique Eldersburg facility were also considerations
that any new system had to address. In the spring of 2002, London Fog sought
the expertise of Barcoding, Inc.
Read the entire London Fog case study.
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