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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 Upgrades their Warehouse

Powers Fasteners - CK31Powers 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.

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JJ Taylor Upgrades their Route Accounting Solution

JJ Taylor Route AccountingJ.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.

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Northwest Georgia Medical Group Keeps Inventory in Check

Zebra 2844Northwest 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.

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New England Motor Freight Upgrades Their Route Accounting Solution

Symbol MC9060NEMF 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.

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Gulf Coast Outpatient Surgery Center Keeps Tabs on Their Stockroom

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.

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Fujifilm Deploys Custom Software to Aid Workers Manufacturing Film

FujifilmFujifilm 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.

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Baker & Taylor Tracks In-Store Inventory of Movie and Music Recordings

Video StoreBaker & 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.

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American Mills Uses Terminal Emulation to Automate Inventory Management

BeddingAmerican 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.

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General Nutrition Centers Automate Trade Show Orders with
XPO Solution

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.

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London Fog Stays in the Forefront of Fashion with
New Wireless and Mobile Systems

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.

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