Case Studies
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Therapy Support Streamlines Delivery Operations
Background: Therapy Support delivers innovative, specialty medical equipment to customers throughout Missouri, Ohio, Texas and Michigan.
Challenge: The company relied solely on a “flow of paper” and needed to streamline operations to improve customer service.
Solution: Handheld computers from Intermec, mobile delivery management software mobilized by Airclic, and Barcoding’s hardware support and asset management services.
Result: Saved an average of 30 minutes per driver by eliminating time-consuming paperwork, improved inventory accuracy, and reduced its billing cycle from eight days to one.
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Aerohive/Charmer
 Background: The Charmer Sunbelt Group (CSG) is one of the nation’s leading distributors of fine wines, spirits, beer and other beverages.
Challenge: As CSG began rolling out a WMS system to streamline its inventory control
process, it needed to upgrade its warehouses to a real-time data collection system.
Solution: Barcoding recommended that CSG use Aerohive’s cooperative control access points (HiveAPs) for cost-effective enterprise-class network management.
Result: Ease of deployment eliminates $7,000 - $8,000 in travel costs per location, and the single, scalable architecture saves $4,000 per access point.
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Comer Distributing Implements a Real-time Route Accounting Solution
 Background: Comer Distributing is a wholesale beer distributor that represents many brands of domestic, craft and imported brews from around the world.
Challenge: Comer Distributing needed a solution that would help increase visibility throughout the supply chain, enhance warehouse efficiency, and provide access to real-time information through customized reporting capabilities.
Solution: Rutherford & Associates’ eoStar® route accounting system,
customized for beer distribution, installed on Intermec handheld devices provided by Barcoding, Inc.
Result: Decreased supplier truck check-in times by 30+ minutes per driver, cut inventory time in half, and reduced paper usage by 75%.
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Greensboro Auto Auction Upgrades Mobile Computers to Track Vehicles
Background: Greensboro Auto Auction Inc. (GAA), is a leading independent, dealer exclusive auto auction offering over 2,000 vehicles a week.
Challenge: GAA’s in-house inventory tracking software was running on outdated mobile devices, and its upgraded wireless network had strict requirements for compatibility, thus limiting the number of devices available.
Solution: Psion Workabout Pro G3 rugged computers for managing and tracking vehicles, provided by Barcoding.
Result: Faster processing speeds and zero-downtime for increased worker productivity, and seamless integration with GAA’s new wireless network.
Family Respiratory & Medical Supply Deploys a New Billing and Inventory Control Solution
 Background: Family Respiratory & Medical Supply Corporation, Inc., is a full-service durable medical equipment and oxygen respiratory supplier in the top 3%
of the country in billing.
Challenge: The company needed an equipment tracking, inventory and billing solution that could meet stringent federal and state regulations, and improve efficiencies to achieve maximum growth potential.
Solution: A mobile proof of delivery (POD) solution from Barcoding, as part of
a new billing and inventory control system, along with Intermec CN50 mobile computers.
Result: Real-time inventory accountability with error ratios of .001 or less, reduced receiving time by 80-85%, and cut paperwork by 90%.
JJ Taylor Upgrades Their Route Accounting Solution
 Background: J.J. Taylor Distributing Company is a distributor for many import and domestic beer and malt beverage products.
Challenge: J.J. Taylor’s legacy route accounting package limited its drivers’ ability to provide customer service at the point of delivery and hindered communication between sales representatives and the main office.
Solution: A new route accounting system from Barcoding – an application installed on mobile computers, SQL-based EoStar software from Rutherford, and a mobile printer.
Results: J.J. Taylor combined its route accounting, pre-sale, and warehouse module into one large application that runs in real time so that managers can see where all of their products are, run reports detailing time between deliveries, and enhance customer service.
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Georgia Boll Weevil Implements Track and Trace with CaptureSoft eXpress Solution
 Background: The Boll Weevil Eradication program is a cooperative effort in which the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and State officials work with cotton growers to eradicate the boll weevil, in incremental stages, from the U.S.
Challenge: The foundation required a way to more easily and accurately track each boll weevil trap set, in order to map locations revealing trends in boll weevil activity.
Solution: Barcoding’s CaptureSoft eXpress running on mobile computers.
Results: The foundation can plot and monitor the traps, and generate a straightforward graphical map of the current population of boll weevils.
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McNeilus Steel upgrades process to improve efficiency
Background: McNeilus Steel is a family-owned full line steel distributor and processor.
Challenge: The steel supplier needed to improve order accuracy, manage inventory in real time, and track and document mill test certificates.
Solution: Mobile computers and both industrial and mobile printers.
Results: Increased order accuracy by 2%, improved order fulfillment rates, reduced credits issued for mis-shipments, and met customer requirements for mill test certificates.
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Power Fasteners Implements Fully Automated Shipping, Receiving and Inventory Solution
 Background: Powers Fasteners is a global company specializing in manufacturing and marketing quality anchoring and fastening products for concrete, masonry, and steel.
Challenge: Powers Fasteners’ inventory was often one or two days behind, and had many inaccuracies.
Solution: A fully automated system for receiving, shipping, and inventory management in the warehouse, including Intermec CK31 rugged handheld computers, Cisco wireless infrastructure, and Zebra QL420 portable printers.
Results: Reduced data inventory errors by 50%, increased inventory accuracy by 80%, acquired the ability to update inventory in real-time.
Telecom Bermuda Utilizes RFID to Track Materials in Transit
Background: Telecom Bermuda provides world-class telecommunications services and equipment to Bermuda public safety agencies, the Bermuda Government, and the construction industry.
Challenge: One of Telecom’s sister companies, East End Asphalt (EEA), had to manually count large quantities of raw materials for its asphalt operations during an unloading process that often took days.
Solution: Barcoding’s RFID yard management solution, comprising a mobile RFID reader that automatically counts trucks entering and leaving both the dock yard as well as the company’s two outdoor facilities.
Results: East End Asphalt workers can better allocate its resources, without having to stand guard and count trucks for three days, saving valuable time in both labor and resources.
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Research Laboratory of Electronics at MIT RFID Check In / Check Out
Background: The Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE) at MIT is one of the university’s largest interdepartmental academic research centers.
Challenge: Staff at RLE had difficulty locating files within its two storage rooms, as there was no access control for what went in and out of storage.
Solution: Barcoding provided a document tracking system using and RFID interpreter in conjunction with a custom software application.
Results: RLE eliminated manual, time-consuming searches for files, and consolidated all its files into one room.
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Northwest Georgia Medical Group Keeps Inventory in Check
 Background: Northwest Georgia Georgia Medical Group is a medical practice in Calhoun, Ga.
Challenge: The firm sought a solution to help keep necessary medical supplies in stock at all times, avoid ordering duplicate items, and reduce inventory time.
Solution: Stockroom Inventory Software installed on mobile data collectors along with a barcode scanner and mobile printer.
Results: Northwest Georgia Medical Group improved the efficiency of Northwest Georgia Medical Group’s inventory management operations, ensuring that the materials that the doctors and nurses need are available at all times.
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New England Motor Freight Upgrades Their Route Accounting Solution
 Background: New England Motor Freight (NEMF) is a family-owned less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier, based in Elizabeth, N.J.
Challenge: NEMF needed to upgrade its handheld terminals and introduce an enhanced fleet management system that could help plan routes more efficiently and expand the lines of communication between drivers and dispatchers.
Solution: Barcoding installed fleet management software on NEMF's existing backbone, and ran the software on mobile computers, using thin client terminal emulation.
Results: Decreased transportation cost, streamlined route planning, and improved customer satisfaction
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Gulf Coast Outpatient Surgery Center Keeps Tabs on Their Stockroom
Background: Gulf Coast Outpatient Surgery Center (GCOSC) is one of the leading outpatient surgery centers in Mississippi.
Challenge: GCOSC’s time-consuming, manual method of tracking stockroom inventory led to wasted money on unnecessary orders and equipment shortages.
Solution: Barcoding provided stockroom inventory software, and installed portable data collectors, handheld barcode scanners, and mobile printers.
Results: By automating its inventory tracking, GCOSC reduced excessive inventory, reduced the time for taking inventory, and acquired the ability to easily submit accurate end-of-year inventory reports.
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Fujifilm Deploys Custom Software to
Aid Workers Manufacturing Film
 Background: Fujifilm is known as the world's largest photographic and imaging company.
Challenge: A step in Fujifilm’s manufacturing process required employees to manually enter the work in process (WIP) of each roll of film, and then walk a considerable distance between the film storage and computer repeatedly – a time-consuming process.
Solution: A custom application, written by Barcoding, integrated with mobile computers and the client’s host PC.
Results: Fujifilm’s workers are more productive, and each transaction takes less time. Workers have the mobility to bring the scanner to the barcodes, rather than taking each piece of film to the computer for data entry.
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Baker & Taylor
Tracks In-Store Inventory of Movie and Music Recordings
 Background: Baker & Taylor distributes movies and music recordings to retail stores nationwide.
Challenge: Before implementation, Baker & Taylor employees had to physically visit each store, hand count inventory and submit paperwork to the corporate office, increasing chances of inaccurate data and human error.
Solution: A custom in-store inventory collection terminal powered by a mobile computer, which automatically prompts employees to identify location, products and product condition.
Results: Baker & Taylor increased data integrity, and is able to correctly identify quantities and collect data in a timelier manner.
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American Mills Uses
Terminal Emulation to Automate Inventory Management
 Background: American Mills is a privately owned manufacturer of home textile products for major retail stores and gift shops throughout the United States.
Challenge: The company wanted to automate its inventory management operations and track materials throughout the manufacturing process.
Solution: Barcoding deployed mobile computers in DOS-based terminals and expanded the existing wireless network, while American Mills developed software inventory applications in-house.
Results: Within six weeks, American Mills was able to account for the exact quantities and locations of raw materials and finished goods, in addition to knowing which orders had been loaded for shipment onto which trailers.
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London Fog Stays in the Forefront of Fashion with New Wireless and Mobile Systems
Background: Based in Seattle, London Fog is a premiere provider for outerwear, rainwear and accessories sold at fine department stores and specialty retailers nationwide.
Challenge: London Fog faced the challenge of upgrading its inventory, shipping and receiving hardware and updating applications to accommodate greater wireless flexibility and allow for future technology developments.
Solution: Implementation of a new inventory management system and a direct sequence wireless local area network for increased Ethernet speed and compliance by using portable data terminals.
Results: The new system allowed London Fog to process data in real time, improving operational efficiency and overall customer satisfaction while seamlessly transitioning to a new wireless network.
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