Bluestar Industry Insights

Retailers have felt a load of pressure ever since newer technologies have been adopted into their world to offer an enhanced customer experience. There’s the need to meet shopper demands for the convenience to switch between online platforms and physical ...

Why RFID Should be a Priority in Hospitality Right Now

It’s no secret that COVID-19 has played a massive role in transforming how restaurants and retail shops operate, especially when it comes to slowing the spread of this novel virus. They now have to place employee & customer protection and hygienic man...

Taking a Printed Receipt is Now More Important than Ever Before

No matter where you go shopping, receipts are often apart of the transaction, whether you opt for a digital receipt or a printed version. Although, we have adopted a vast amount of modern technologies that work to make the checkout process faster and more...

Utilizing Digital Mobile Devices to Improve Patient Outcomes

Towards the beginning of 2020, the world was completely flipped upside down by the novel COVID-19 Pandemic. With millions of people affected worldwide, families and healthcare professionals alike have been left exhausted from the hurt and pain that this u...

The Future of Operations: The Energy & Utilities Sector

December 30th, 2020

As the energy and utilities sector continues to evolve, some of the trends that will emerge over the next five years are beginning to take shape. While seven out of ten companies report utilizing advanced analytics and machine learning to create work sche...

How Printers Provide Versatility in Kiosk Use and Design

December 29th, 2020

The role and functionality of kiosks in retail is constantly evolving, especially in time like the ones we are currently all living through this year. The checkout experience looks a bit different this time around than it has ever before. As the global pa...

Intelligent Mobile Devices Pave the Way to the Future for Retailers and Food Service

December 28th, 2020

While some companies have already invested in new technologies such as AI-driven mobile applications, in-store retail robots, kiosks, and self-checkout devices, the pandemic has definitely thrown the remaining companies to the wolves. In the current state...

Why Track and Trace Investments are Needed in the Food Industry

December 28th, 2020

You don’t think about how important food safety is until you’re the customer and discover a food recall shortly after you’ve consumed the expired item. Food safety is definitely a crucial topic for both consumers and food/beverage experts, because both ca...

Securing Retail Solutions for your Next Success Story

December 22th, 2020

Behind every successful retail company is an accurate and organized inventory. Through managing one’s inventory, retailers are able to deliver superb customer experiences, while also minimizing the need costly safety stock. Without transparent visibility ...

Transforming the POS Experience

December 22th, 2020

This year has been different, for sure, especially for those struggling to continue operating in retail environments. Thanks to the widespread COVID-19 Pandemic, many have resorted to limiting the amount of people in the premises at one point, or even shu...

Crafting out the Future of Distribution Centers

December 16th, 2020

In all times, especially the ones that we’re living through this year, Distribution Centers provide the lifeline to retailers, manufacturers, and end-users alike. As the demand for essential goods has become increasingly critical during these past, severa...

Retail on Demand

December 15th, 2020

It’s very common for the average consumer to strive to make more conscious decisions in the retail realm. In this year alone, much has come in and impacted the industry, causing many to shop online instead of in-store, and even alter movements walking thr...

Why using Mobility devices are essential during the pandemic

December 11th, 2020

Navigating the supply chain can be quite the challenge during any normal season, but in the wake of the global pandemic, the state of distribution centers and warehouses has gone a bit awry. With general mass layoffs and furloughs taking place and employe...

Shaping the Future of Healthcare Environments

December 8th, 2020

It’s no lie that the healthcare industry has experienced a load of dramatic change during what has grown into a mass global pandemic. With thousands of people dead, worldwide, COVID-19 has created a healthcare emergency, with a surge in demand for diagnos...

Why Using RFID-Based Solutions Can Be Essential in Retail

December 3th, 2020

Thanks to the effects of the Global Pandemic, consumer habits have unfortunately drastically changed. During the height of quarantine and lockdown periods, brick-and-mortar stores were forced to change their business operations and strategies, practically...

Enhance the Speed and Accuracy of your Warehouse Operations

December 3th, 2020

There are many expectations placed on today’s warehouses and distribution centers to meet the needs of customers, both directly and indirectly. Features such as speed and order accuracy mean the world for customers and such attributes can lead to faster d...

Impacting Banking Experiences With AI

December 1th, 2020

AI and Machine Learning have been pivotal tools within digital systems of this era. Virtually both tactics have done much to impact various industries and vertical markets. There is much that comes along with the intelligent decision-making process that c...

How Restaurant Technology Will Differentiate Brands, Post-Pandemic

December 1th, 2020

It’s been found that countries are looking to find a balance between the variety of restrictions and keeping food and beverage businesses open. In many countries, restaurants are open, but with a limited occupancy and have enforced social distancing measu...

Coordinated Healthcare Starts with the Power of One

October 2th, 2020

Before the COVID-19 Pandemic struck, healthcare staff were already some of the busiest individuals during their daily workflow. In order to grant their patients with the best quality of care, they need the best of the best when it comes to network connect...

Fighting Bad Inventory in the Supply Chain

October 1th, 2020

Thanks to COVID-19, humans aren’t the only ones who’ve been infected by the Pandemic. For many, their business functionalities have been placed on the back burner due to supply chains shutting down and experiencing delays. The food industry has received a...

Print & Encode: RFID Applications in Healthcare

October 1th, 2020

In the current healthcare climate, hospitals and primary care centres are still struggling to get a grasp on the COVID-19 pandemic. With a vaccine hopefully lying on the horizon, there is still much to do to ensure that hospital operations stay consistent...

Cybersecurity As We Know It…Is Changing

September 30th, 2020

With the “post-pandemic” realities kicking in, business leaders will soon learn the impacts of the disease will further promote a more digital environment in their workplace, as shifts begin to take place. COVID-19 was a huge trigger for how businesses ev...

Data Sharing & Its Role In Fighting The Pandemic

September 30th, 2020

Pandemic has pushed Healthcare officials to pursue research partnerships and engage in data sharing opportunities. The Healthcare industry is essentially a large machine that has presented itself as working to achieve the goals of quality care, lower coas...

Resetting Retail: A Better Experience with Technology

September 28th, 2020

The Omnichannel realm always seeks to provide customers with seamless shopping experiences, whether they’re shopping online from a desktop or mobile device, by telephone, or even within the confines of a brick-and-mortar store. The COVID-19 Pandemic has r...

Improve and Optimise Business Processes using RFID Technology

September 28th, 2020

The supply chain and distribution industries are well aware of the hurt they’ve experienced during the chaos of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Where a normal distribution centre would experience delays in receiving and shipping, this novel virus required m...

Get the Most out of Every Mile

September 26th, 2020

If you happen to be in the business of moving freight, you’re not a stranger to all of the complications and challenges that you’ve run into in this year alone. Within lockdowns taking place and people quarantining to promote health safety, consumers are ...

Processing Retail Transactions at a Distance

September 26th, 2020

In a time of so much confusion due to implications from the Coronavirus pandemic, retail is definitely not what it used to be. Thanks to the mass spread across several regions, many have been forced to quarantine and keep a socially distanced position, wh...

Solving Mobility Challenges

September 25th, 2020

To keep up with the ever-evolving digital revolution, the continuous expansion of e-commerce and fierce competition, Distribution centres are turning to automated solutions to up their game and supply to the needs of end-users. Paper and writing devices u...

2020 Pandemic Outbreak Calls for Extremely Safe and Efficient Environments

September 24th, 2020

The health and safety of everyone, especially those working in healthcare is so important to help flatten the curve and stop the spread of COVID-19. Many countries are already following and abiding by the World Health Organization’s (WHO) guidelines for p...

TDM Mobile for Payments… No Matter the Vertical

September 24th, 2020

No matter what role you hold in a Retail environment, it’s obvious you’ll need to work with a good printer in your workplace. With today’s shopping climate differing per day, the normal queue lines are much more spread out and non-traditional. To maintain...

Hands-Free Solutions for a Safer Logistic Environment

September 23th, 2020

The statement “COVID-19 has drastically changed our lives” is an understatement to say the least. Several countries have moved toward a total lockdown of their economic standing, with massive restrictions for people’s movement, and to help stop the spread...

How POS Technology and Mobile Apps Can Help the Hospitality Sector

September 15th, 2020

As lockdown restrictions begin to ease up somewhat, the hospitality sector is thinking about how to protect their customers and staff under social distancing guidelines. Creating a safer and more contactless environment ironically goes against the very na...

How to Support Supply Chain as Demands on Transport and Logistics Industry Surges

September 14th, 2020

As the demand for warehousing and transportation surges across the world, logistics firms have been working around the clock to continue supplying essential goods for the most important businesses in the channel. Due to COVID-19 and the mass furlough of e...

Ozone Sanitization Systems in Retail and Hospitality Environments

September 2th, 2020

With COVID-19 being the new normal for how we live our lives, sanitation and extra-sensitive safety measures have been placed in effect, as both a courtesy and a mandate to help stop the spread of COVID-19. In the same way, performing sanitising practices...

Ovotrack Updates their ‘On Farm Scanning’ Module

September 1th, 2020

When it comes to seeing where the food in your local grocery store comes from, there is a way to track its origins using food traceability tactics, through various stages of production, processing, and distribution. Traceability is able identify the sourc...

The Touch that Patient Care Needs

August 28th, 2020

We are all experiencing rapid changes within the Healthcare Industry which is creating challenges and roadblocks for healthcare professionals everywhere. There are loads of technology updates that need to take place in order to move us on up, digitally. T...

Time to Change to the Latest Android-Based Warehousing Solutions

August 27th, 2020

eCommerce is heading its way towards exponential growth when it comes to warehousing, transport, and logistics, especially when combined with customer service virtues. The increased demand for certain products, PPE equipment, the need to ensure social dis...

Introducing Anti-Microbial Coating to Protect Your Customers

August 24th, 2020

The recent public health crisis has highlighted the need to minimise the risk of the virus transmitting through various touchpoints. As things go back to “normal,” it’s critical to keep shared surfaces (such as touch screens and self-checkout counters) re...

How Couriers are Managing Social Distancing in Last Mile Applications

June 26th, 2020

Amidst the developing Stay-at-Home guidelines, last-mile deliveries have surged, especially when it comes to essential goods. Couriers are under extreme amounts of pressure to deliver critical orders, whilst adhering to new safety measures and protocols, ...

Hospital Digitization: Panacea for an Aging Population

June 25th, 2020

In today’s healthcare realm, technology is more important than ever. The availability of data can raise efficiency and at the same time secure patients’ rights, while also assisting their caretakers and doctors to make the right decision. When Electronic ...

Silver Linings in the Cloudy Future of Commerce

June 24th, 2020

In today’s environment, where we’re constantly bombarded with bad news and are separated from our friends and colleagues, it’s easy to adopt a negative view of the situation. Each day seems to present itself with a new COVID-19-related news headline – and...

Inventory Management: Apps Are Taking Over

June 23th, 2020

If you’re familiar with warehouse operations, you’ll know that inventory management is widely the most important task at hand. Keeping a managed inventory space is keeping not only your workspace clean, but you’re ensuring that everything is in place if/w...

Why to Choose Both Anti-Microbial and Ethanol Safe Housing in Healthcare Environments

June 22th, 2020

When it comes to our current habitat under COVID-19, many of us are running around panicking with a bottle of hand sanitiser, just trying to avoid any interaction with germs. According to the CDC, current evidence finds suggests that COVID-19 related germ...

Easy-Clean, Safe and Portable Solutions to Support the Healthcare Sector

June 19th, 2020

Our healthcare industry is facing an incredible amount of pressure and challenges in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic. While many businesses have shut down due to the social distancing guidelines, hospitals and healthcare facilities are still operatin...

POS Printers Used for More than Just Receipt Printing

June 18th, 2020

Everyone knows the role of a Printer in the restaurant environment, to run express on orders and to keep tally on customers, making sure they are satisfied along the way. In a technology-centered world, it’s really common for the device itself to hold way...

Stronger Together: Barcode and RFID Identification Work Together to Provide Improved Tracking and Tracing Solutions

June 16th, 2020

Did you know that RFID and Barcode Identification technologies complement each other? RFID is often touted as a replacement to barcoding, but the reality is that both technologies are often used together, and both will be around for years to come. They s...

The Retail and Hospitality POS Dilemma: Windows or Android?

June 15th, 2020

Retail is an ever-evolving environment and as it continues to roll out, customers continue to expect and demand more seamless shopping experiences, across the channels. Brick + Mortar stores and the digital scene continue to merge into one entity for the ...

Stepping up to the Challenges of Warehouse Inventory Management

June 12th, 2020

In these ever-evolving times, there is a lot of pressure placed on warehouse workers who are just trying to make their deadlines and make sure all challenges are handled. The ongoing inventory management processes require the correct tools and equipment f...

The Ever-Evolving State Of E-Commerce Today

June 11th, 2020

It’s no secret that COVID-19 has held a large impact on several industries so far, but it’s definitely affecting how retail is transforming itself to meet the common need and expectation. For those who haven’t been able to operate physically, within their...

Confronting Logistics Challenges in an Omnichannel Shopping Landscape

June 10th, 2020

As the Digital Transformation is moving its way through the retail supply chain, consumers haven’t been able to stand back from the expectation of the Internet’s endless ability to buy, buy, buy, and receive when they want. Companies like Amazon and Targe...

Multi-Factor Authentication: Tips To Be Aware Of

June 9th, 2020

Reusing old passwords is nobody’s business, but tricky cybercriminals, unfortunately. It fits you and everyone you know in your company to add additional security measures to your accounts and memberships. It’s time to throw out “Password2019!” and invest...

Robots Working On The Frontline

June 5th, 2020

Businesses, Institutions, and Government departments are looking to accomplish tasks and keep up with social distancing mandates through the usage of robots, drones, and even automated devices to combat this COVID-19 pandemic. Healthcare workers, especial...

RFID Doesn’t Disrupt Business, It Enables It

June 4th, 2020

For those working in a warehouse or distribution center, the act of managing some or even all of the inventory is a huge task at hand. Being able to track the location, condition, timing, accuracy, and speed of the incoming and outgoing inventory, equipme...

Self-Service Solutions for Food & Retail

June 3th, 2020

As COVID-19 continues to unfold itself to us, many are afraid to visit their favourite dining spots, for fear of catching the virus. In this light as well, many restaurant owners are hesitant to open their locations, even for carryout, due to the shutdown...

Companies Leverage Mobile Computing to Turn Delivery into a Selling Point

May 29th, 2020

Warehouses all throughout the world are looking for the next big change-up to help orders get fulfilled more efficiently and successfully on a daily basis. Fast, personal, and often unattended delivery has become the newest, key competitive differentiator...

The Future of Field Operations

May 28th, 2020

Looking further into the energy and utilities sector, there is much progress to be made for the mobile technology usage. It’s predicted that in the next five years, companies will begin to utilise machine learning and advanced analytics processes to assis...

Connected Retail Enterprises Grow 300% Faster, Delivering Higher Customer Satisfaction

May 27th, 2020

When it comes to keeping up with retail enterprises, the devices are really where it’s at, when it comes delivering a higher customer satisfaction rate. Powerful and ruggedized, a new and advanced line of mobile PDA computers can work to access enterprise...

How Retailers are Shifting to Click and Collect with Curbside

May 26th, 2020

Retailers are familiar with the concept of Click & Collect, Click-list, Curbside Pickup, because we were all just getting friendly with the ideas of BOPIS. BOPIS or Buy Online and Pickup in Store was popular for grocery stores with shoppers who just d...

How Healthcare Providers are Setting up Diagnostic Drive-Thru Operations

May 22th, 2020

COVID-19, or Coronavirus has flooded our globe and in no time at all transformed its impact to Global Pandemic status. As if there’s already not enough medically staffed individuals working on the frontlines in a normal environment, this pandemic-centered...

Optimizing Supply Chain Printing Solutions

May 19th, 2020

With a rapidly changing warehouse, standardised labelling processes can help achieve the accuracy and efficiency goals of Lean and Six Sigma programs to provide the interoperability that’s crucial to delivering essential value in today’s build-to-order an...

Online Receipt Printing and Order Printing Made Simple

May 18th, 2020

Due to the current COVID-19 conditions circulating around the world, many quick service restaurants and ‘dine-in’ restaurants have either been temporarily shut down or have been presented with service restrictions. Due to those complications, many are str...

Combat COVID-19 with wristband printers!

May 14th, 2020

With the most current times raging around us, many healthcare organisations have reverted to more automated functionalities, so that we all can stick to the 6-feet-apart, social distancing mandates that have been enacted due to this global pandemic.

Building a smarter future for shop floors & factories - Industry 4.0

A Smart Factory or Smart Manufacturer, however you'd like to refer to it, is thought to be the so-called factory of the future, introducing some intelligent technology strategies and activities to the picture. Smart Factories are considered to be an impor...

Ensuring payment security for mobile devices

Millennials and members of Generation Z aren't strangers to the ways of mobile payments processed on their smartphones and mobile devices. Whether by a digital wallet or a brand's loyalty program/consumer-facing app, 42.2% of people prefer to make their p...

Why healthcare providers should adopt Telehealth tactics in 2020

Telemedicine and Telehealth are both growing increasingly more popular as time goes on. In just a little time from 2014-2018, telemedicine popularity jumped up by 1,400%, which is incredible! Although many patients are still unaware of such healthcare acc...

Retailers and the IoT revolution

From the produce section to the frozen treat aisle, IoT is all around you, even if you can’t seem to see it. IoT works in accordance with tiny little sensors that work to collect and detect insights to later benefit shoppers’ behaviours going forward. The...

Today’s transport and logistics fundamental role

March 19th, 2020

Nowadays transport and logistics are playing a fundamental role in everyone’s life, facing a great challenge. More and more people are strongly recommended to stay home, so the demand for deliveries is increasing at a hectic pace. It is possible to opti...

Brick and Mortar – But No Walls

NRF, Retail’s biggest show, was a huge success this year, focusing on how Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things tools are connecting people all around the globe. The following in-store processes have shown significant evidence of how point-of-sal...

Say goodbye to the #1 cause of hardware failure for rugged handheld devices

When it comes to wireless charging, typically speaking, the class of enterprise-based rugged devices has always relied on docking stations or charging cradles, to charge handheld computers and barcode scanners. Used for both industrial and commercial purp...

Elevate your shopping experience

In this modern age of brick & mortar retail, shoppers are interested in quickly moving through the aisles, leveraging their smart phones and mobile devices to get the task done. This expectation is pressuring retailers to provide the perfect shopping ...

Data Capture: The driving force of modernization in the supply chain

The state of the supply chain is highly impacted by digitalization, even though it’s not yet spread throughout the channel. A study conducted last year revealed that 85% of retailers still don’t have their supply chain management automated from end-to-end...

All you need to know about Windows Embedded Handheld 6.5 End of Life

There is no systematic pattern to how cyberattacks are showcasing themselves to enterprises. Since no one can know how to prevent this danger or prevent when hackers will attack, there needs to be some action put into place to provide those insights. For ...

Make the Move to a Modern Warehouse

Whether you’re picking, packing, or receiving packages and goods working throughout the warehouse floor, you’re going to require the vital equipment devices necessary for performing your job and completing your tasks. Normal legacy devices with Windows® o...

Mobile Printer Solutions Improving your Warehouse

In any warehouse or distribution centre, there are several essential needs put in place that help manage logistical processes. From receiving to final shipping, stock transfers, order-picking, inventory management, and more, these tasks all require consis...

Improved restaurant operations with POS Printers

Whether you’re working in the Quick Service Restaurant industry, where you’re struggling to keep up with the rapid onset of orders coming in both through mobile devices and over the phone, or if you’re a Sous Chef waiting to perfectly plate an exquisite m...

Sustainability in Retail – Meeting the Challenge

As retailers take the big steps towards reducing their impact on the environment, retail technology has a very important role to play. Paper and waste, in particular, is a big issue, but paper receipts hold some necessity and even a fiscal obligation in s...

The Future of Healthcare

The future of healthcare operations in the United Kingdom is definitely visible on the horizon and it’s safe to say that the improvement that has been concluded to take place, is projected to show a positive overall approval rate from patients and doctors...

Why Security is Fundamental to Productivity

Almost all businesses require some length of security measure, in some aspect. Connected devices and workflows are all around us and we are often exposed to the potential of security risks and breaches. Learning more about how one can benefit their enterp...

Are your ID Card Printers Leaving your Organization Vulnerable?

Are your ID card printers leaving your organisation vulnerable? This is an important question to ask yourself. One would trust that their array of printers will stay connected and protected to prevent hacks or access from unauthorized users searching for ...

How to survive in a liquid market

December 13th, 2019

The retail market changes are a consequence of a liquid market, adjective from Bauman’s notion of “liquidity”, the new socio-cultural dynamic taking place in contemporary retail. The main target is to constantly keep improving the business but today the o...

RFID labels & their impact on hospital effectivity

December 11th, 2019

A day in the life of a nurse is no simple one. From replacing catheters and IV drips, to staying wide awake and alert for nightly rounds, reviewing lab results, discharging patients upon vitamin consumption, and keeping patients calm during stressful time...

Creating a frictionless shopping experience

December 10th, 2019

With the rise of contactless, PayPal One Touch, touch ID, and mobile payments such as Apple Pay, customers are becoming more accustomed to a fast and efficient transaction process, especially online. Having to fill out long forms online is guaranteed to m...

Self-checkout means an enhanced shopping experience

December 10th, 2019

Retail is evolving and so are the needs of your store operations. Your customers expect shopping to be fast, easy, and convenient, and self-service can enhance their shopping experience. At the same time, you should always try to enhance security while k...

Pick the right goods at the right time

December 9th, 2019

Warehouses often face several difficulties on the stock floor throughout the daily workflow. From picking and packing products to shipping and receiving accordingly to an inventory management standpoint, there is a lot to manage on and off of the floor. W...

The next big thing in inventory control is automation

December 9th, 2019

Trying to know which RFID solutions is best for your company is difficult. So, we have provided three successful case stories that show how RAIN RFID can elevate your business and bring operations into the future. RAIN RFID is a type of passive (battery-f...

RFID in the automotive sector

The automotive industry is a competitive place and has become more innovative in the last decade. And thanks to globalisation it has led to a fierce competition between the automotive companies worldwide. The choices given to consumers, to be able to pers...

Next generation pickup and delivery putting the customer in the driver's seat

Technology has become such an essential part of our world. It is used both in entertainment and helps improve efficiencies in companies. And it is finding its way into all aspects of companies. It is no surprise, with how quickly technology has taken over...

The future of safe driving is connected cars

The automotive industry has come a long way, and it keeps on trucking forward, pun intended! From hybrid and electric cars that stray away from gasoline and other fossil fuels, we've pushed into connected cars and self-driving vehicles. But what are conne...

Pioneering technology for patient care

In the hospital, there are countless demands on your time – from locating patient forms to EHR data entry. What these hospitals need then is pioneering technology that smooths disruptions and improves clinician well-being while simplifying cumbersome task...

The future of blockchain within the supply chain

Hundreds of businesses are jumping into what blockchain has to offer. Early investors have come to find that there is tangible proof surrounding the positive benefits of how blockchain is integrating itself into supply chain management. Companies using bl...

The ultimate identity solution for higher education

December 4th, 2019

As high school students are heading into examinations, they can only be dreaming of their futures to come. Maybe they’ll head off to university or pick a more trade-oriented pathway post-graduation. Whatever their goals, a good student program can go a lo...

Optimising operational efficiencies with mobile solutions designed for cold chain

December 4th, 2019

When it comes to mobile devices being used in cold conditions, you will find that they won't always perform well. In extreme temperatures, you will find that the functions of the mobile devices will become impaired, particularly if they are constantly mov...

What drives consumers’ loyalty?

As a retailer, getting your customers to be loyal to your brand is the holy grail. However, in an increasingly mobile centric world that has fundamentally changed the way consumers shop, does the traditional points scheme still tick the boxes or is loyalt...

Is "the Delivery" at the centre of the rapidly evolving customer experience?

According to project44’s survey on the Delivery Economy, delivery has moved from a peripheral consideration in the customer experience, to a core component of meeting modern consumers’ expectations.

How to manage mobile security in your office

Smartphones, tablets, and laptops. Oh my! This isn't the eighties; most workplaces today are extremely modern with their technical equipment and device queries. When dozens of employees are sharing the same network with their plethora of devices, security...

Why your customers deserve more than just another price checker

The path to purchasing items for shoppers is more complicated than ever before. With shopper preferences and multiple channels, it is harder for retailers to track this process than it used to be. Many retailers and grocery stores have introduced the use ...

4 Reasons retailers should upgrade to area imagers

Out with the old and in with the new. Traditionally speaking, the days of laser scanners reading linear barcodes is nearly out the door. Though this advancement greatly simplified the checkout experience, there are new updates around the corner, especiall...

Proper traceability and decontamination of surgical instruments can save lives

Decontamination services are a vital support function within healthcare and enable the proper cleaning and sterilisation of reusable surgical instruments. Being able to ensure full traceability of devices and to comply with the new unique device identific...

How to simply boost patient care with the use of a printer

Hospitals are investing in barcode applications, both clinical and non-clinical, within the hospital setting. Healthcare barcodes have become the most optimal way of managing and tracking medical records, supplies, equipment, patient care, and internal lo...

Marvelling in today’s distribution centre automation

The days working out in the warehouse have come a long way over the years, especially as accommodating equipment gets an upgrade.

Is your mPOS keeping up with you?

October 28th, 2019

With the mobile payment market still growing well, some people asked us “Do you have anything less breakable than an iPad for payments?”. The answer could not have been anything else than “of course”!

Digital marketing and loyalty apps grab a hold of new retail technology

October 25th, 2019

In convenience stores, fast food restaurants, pharmacies, jewellery stores, and boutiques counter space is limited. To complete the transaction, cashiers lean on their experience and decide to move the items to the scanner or grab the scanner and move it ...

What to consider when trying to improve performance in your distribution centre

The omnichannel fulfilment service is continuously growing and has started to become popular thanks to the development of e-commerce. However, because it is becoming so popular, the operational requirement of a distribution centre is more demanding than e...

Benefits of Android for warehouse management

Digitization of warehousing operations is today rapidly becoming necessary for businesses not only to improve efficiency but also to stay competitive. With the advent of digital commerce and modern technology-enabled enterprises, there is an increased nee...

Plug &Play employees needed for retail, warehouse & e-commerce

Businesses are having to rely on fluid labour in retail and warehouse, drawing more and more often from a pool of seasonal, foreign, or student workforce that have no time or skillsets to learn about technologies. While most consumers may only think of th...

How label printers improve efficiency in warehouses

Warehouse operators are constantly trying to look for more ways to reduce costs and improve productivity. At the same time, they are striving to maintain customer satisfaction expectations and continue to keep overall profitability.

A few tips for securing your personal mobile payments

Mobile payment is a dream come true. Having the ability to pay bills, make transactions, and resolve orders online is the simplest resolution in retail. Could it all be too good to be true? The mobile payment technology is rapidly evolving, but how do the...

Looking for a reliable solution for collecting accurate item data? This is what you should keep in mind!

Collecting data throughout the supply chain is vital to manage the flow of items from factory to shop. At every step, the single most important thing is to have absolute and reliable information on the amounts of items on the move through the supply chain...

Mastering the supply chain: Eyes on the warehouse

Small and midsize retail supply chain trends state that there's always a push to get orders out and off the shipping dock in an efficient manner. The goal is to ensure that shipments go out without a major costly expense. SMBs must become nimble, especial...

Reinvent store operations with staff enablement

The cycle of change in retail today is accelerating faster than ever before. Retail stores are always trying to compete with internet shopping, which provides customers with faster access to the products they are looking for and is more accessible.

How having a POS system can help grow your small business?

For most shop owners, the sound of the cash register opening is music to their ears. But today most stores have changed from the original cash register and moved to "Point-of-Sales" (POS) system. The reason POS systems have grown so popular in today’s ret...

Staying relevant in the retail industry

Retailers must continuously adapt to shoppers needs and desires to stay relevant within the industry. Associates have to acquire new skill sets. Technology must contain in-store and supply chain updates to keep customers interested. You need to be the her...

Meeting the on-demand economy's challenges the future of field operations

The field-operations function has progressed over the past decades, keeping up with constant changes in technology. The new technologies available to field-operations are dramatically improving efficiency, effectiveness, productivity, and customer experie...

Discover the benefits of mobile technology

Mobile technology has streamlined many activities and changed the way people do business, and it's not just about communication, but productivity has improved immensely from mobile technology.

Operational intelligence - Locationing

The role of retail employees is quickly evolving. Basic administrative activities are being reduced with the use of automation and self-service technology. This then allows retail associates to focus more on providing outstanding customer service and incr...

Why clinical mobility is vital to the transformation of healthcare

In today's world, the reality is that both healthcare providers and patients want access to their data at anytime and anywhere. Plus, healthcare clinicians are continually trying to deliver safe and cost-effective patient care. Which can be a challenging ...

Embracing IoT for Healthcare Medical Device Maintenance

The healthcare landscape is continuing to change dramatically. While technology advances rapidly, the industry itself has been described as ‘increasingly fractured’, with various disciplines and departments across Europe operating in isolation. This means...

IoT taking on pharmaceuticals

IoT provides the pharmaceutical industry with several new opportunities for growth and progression in various healthcare institutions. Healthcare professionals and pharmaceuticals are now able to keep track of drug manufacturing processes, utilize prevent...

Aisle to aisle increasing retail efficiency

Look at where we've come from the days of scavenging through aisle upon aisle of products and waiting in a long line at the checkout counters. We've entered a more modern age of shopping with the best of the best technological advances popping up around e...

Warehouse logistics made easy

Individual labelling schemes are more sought-after than ever before. They optimize workflows, save costs, reduce errors, and provide the required transparency within the production and throughout the complete supply chain. This has been demonstrated impre...

Improve efficiency at logistics centres with 3D mapping and voice navigation

Large amounts of packages are received or shipped by logistics centres every day. The main issue with today’s ever-growing e-commerce is that warehouses need to try and fulfil their services. Especially when 1-day deliveries have become so popular. In con...

The benefits of a unified platform

Today, many organizations have disparate devices in multiple form factors for many uses, a myriad of applications for different tasks, and complex IT infrastructure. If your customers are still wondering whether they should combine all these separate devi...

Online buyers expect accurate inventory, give it to them!

Knowing a product is in stock is a major influence for online buying decisions. Inventory accuracy comes to e-commerce systems and supply chains systems from information provided by hand held bar code devices used by warehouse workers. These workers opera...

How to defend against the targeting of your business?

Wi-Fi has become a standard in our daily lives. While customers and employees wonder around on their smartphones or other wireless devices, you need to allow them access on your Wi-Fi network. But what about the security risks that can transpire when invo...

How did a Danish Hospital keep up with constantly evolving healthcare systems?

In Denmark they are building the first of several “super” hospitals. The first super hospital being built will be capable of holding 4000 patients daily and having 9500 employees. These hospitals will have the latest technology with the state-of-the-art e...

Handheld RFID is the solution

RFID comes with a substantial set of advantages and new levels of efficiency. RFID technology enables the customer to maximize productivity and with that, to ultimately save costs. To achieve this, an affordable option to use this technology is desired, s...

What are the main transformation pillars for the retail industry?

E-commerce has expanded in the last several years, but we can safely say that physical stores are not wavering. Brick and mortar stores are teaming up with technologies resources and gaining momentum. RFID and loT have helped encourage physical stores to ...

What needs to be done to improve shopper satisfaction

With the booming of e-commerce, which makes purchasing items faster and with better deals, more and more customers try to buy most things online.However, physical stores are still going strong due to consumers want to see and feel the products they are pu...

What to consider when choosing a POS printer for your business?

No matter the type of business you are working in, hospitality, retail, or something else, your main goal is to keep you customer satisfied by making the order and check-out process as convenient as possible. In an era where almost everything can be purch...

Winning the future of frictionless: 5 key areas of retail transformation to consider

Both physical and online stores have their strengths and weaknesses. Online, you can’t touch and feel merchandise; offline, it’s harder to compare products and prices between limitless brands and choices. With mobile, you can always be connected to the tw...

Brick & mortar – but no walls!

Create an ideal retail experience by breaking down barriers. From the moment your customers’ customers interact with their marketing campaigns, throughout their store, until the point-of-sale, and product pickup or delivery, they need to provide an unforg...

What’s trending in Retail Tech?

Below we present to you the 7 top trends in the retail tech, which will help you stay ahead of the game.

Self-service sells!

Self-service is growing exponentially in all areas of retail, hotels, restaurants, healthcare, and banking environments. Customers increasingly expect self-service technology options and traditional brick-and-mortar stores are no exception. Retailers are ...

World's largest sesame processor mobilises warehouse operations and increases logistics efficiencies to best levels since company inception!

It has been a popular idea that mobilising your workforce can improve significantly the efficiency of your warehouse. If you are still doubting, we are presenting you the case of Haitoglou Bros SA, who by enabling real-time data distribution beyond the de...

Cash and market solutions with mobile printers for the humanitarian sector

When a natural disaster strikes, an economy collapses, or conflict erupts, some non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are there to help, by trying to cover all urgent needs for food, water, and shelter. In order for NGOs to provide all the help they can ...

The couriers & parcels challenges

Enterprises rely on couriers to keep merchandise and materials moving efficiently while maintaining security and traceability. When merchandise is being loaded dimensioning solutions, sensors, and vision systems track parcels onto the carrier and support ...

The Future of Healthcare: Mobile technology elevates patient care, empowers clinicians, and enhances workflows

Are you wondering how the landscape within healthcare will look like, and how technology will transform healthcare operations and the patients experience? A 2022 Vision Study sheds light into the matter, which provides much needed information to help heal...

Get inspired, get connected

Mobile devices are more and more used in the healthcare industry. When creating a software for these healthcare devices apart of making sure that personal data and intellectual property is secured, ISVs need to follow certain trends and be on top of the g...

Printing solutions for healthcare prevent medical errors

Where urgency is paramount and time as well as resources can be limited, it's important to improve efficiencies within the healthcare industry that not only save money and boost productivity, but also improve overall patient care. That is why hospitals us...

3 Top tips on Social selling for ISVS and VARS

What is social selling? Social selling is the process of creating an online relationship and supporting potential customers on various social platforms, with the purpose of directly helping individuals to purchase your product. The biggest key in being ...

RFID Partners with Bluetooth® Technology to Continue on a Path of Innovation

May 20th, 2019

Innovation is a constantly evolving process, a way of taking the everyday things we currently have and making them better and more efficient. The use of RFID technology will never go away, we will always need badges to authenticate experiences. But what w...

So, you're ready to deploy Android? Think about ensuring security support throughout the extended device lifecycle!

Android is rapidly becoming the standard OS of choice in the enterprise, 72% of all enterprise rugged handheld devices are expected to ship with Android by 2020. Devised originally with the consumer in mind, Android is now loaded with features and capabil...

4 Security trends for ISVs for 2019

Daily life brings risk in many forms. With criminals and hackers constantly finding new ways to breach users’ systems and steal from their pockets, individuals are switching to more modern means of protecting their property. ISVs can benefit off of the ch...

The Future of Fulfilment

Major disruptive forces of online shopping and increasing consumer connectivity have combined to establish a new on-demand retail economy that is blurring the lines among manufacturers, transportation and logistics (T&L) firms and retailers. That lea...

Portable printing on the move for better productivity

Portable thermal printers offer the flexibility needed for many receipts and label applications. For the mobile workforce, point-of-activity printing is a significant way to boost accuracy, efficiency and worker productivity in retail, healthcare, hospita...

Mobilise your workforce for greater efficiency

Mobility in an enterprise means that employees’ productivity is increased while operations are being simplified and profits are increased. However, there are still companies that rely on less technological means for their day-to-day business transactions....

The New IAM: 5 Challenges That Add New Risks

Identity access and management (IAM), the IT security discipline dedicated to ensuring that the “right persons have access to the right resources at the right time for the right reasons,” has been around since the early 2000s. At that time, organization...

RFID & IoT in retail: Brick & Mortar is booming

The great e-commerce expansion has blown up in the past several years, but it’s safe to say that Brick and Mortar stores aren’t faltering. These physical retail stores are teaming up with technologies resources and are gaining momentum. Technologies such ...

Interactive kiosks for an optimal shopping experience

Today's connected consumers have higher expectations than ever before. They want seamless and enjoyable experiences, and they want to choose how they research, shop, and fulfil their purchases. While the retail industry is witnessing the undeniable rise o...

4 Top Challenges in Retail

When it comes to retail, trends keep changing and evolving, and sometimes they take you by surprise finding you unprepared for the new reality. That is why you always need to be up-to-date and ready to face any new challenges. Below you can find the 4 top...

Is there a future for loyalty?

The way that we shop is changing and consumers simply do not want to have a purse or wallet full of loyalty cards anymore. Customer loyalty needs to go beyond having a points-based scheme, it needs to have the customer front and centre. In a world where...

Serialisation & Label Validation

In Europe, the EU Falsified Medicine Directive (FMD) came into play for all EU member states in February 2016 to fully harmonise the use of unique identifiers across the EU. The directive ensures that safety features for medicine, pharmaceutical, and medi...

Mobile Solutions in at-home healthcare

At-home healthcare is a trend that is vastly growing. Mobile software and hardware solutions are making it possible to provide a multitude of healthcare solutions from the comfort of one’s home. In the long run, this is a better experience for all custome...

How R you securing your device?

For many years now Microsoft systems have been ruling the computing world. However, lately, Google’s Android platform has taken over as the standard operating system for enterprises. But the battle between the two is not even close.

Modernise the Warehouse

E-commerce is currently growing rapidly, and it is expected to continuously grow 3 times the industry rate and make 4.5 trillion dollars in sales globally by 2021. This e-commerce growth goes together with the increased expectations of the customers for p...

A 3D mapping and voice navigation system to improve efficiency at logistics centres

Organisations, challenged with running large IT infrastructures with limited resources, are becoming aware of technologies such as radio frequency identification (RFID) and their capability to ensure asset optimisation and enhance profitability. Many comp...

Digital Workplaces and ISVs

Will software applications remain as relevant as the digital workplace evolves? This is a question that many ISVs find themselves asking as we push forward in the digital age. As a demand for updated software and hardware solutions is heightened in the wo...

5 Key features of the ultimate card for any industry

February 27th, 2019

Managing the ID program of your company is not an easy job. Which are the key things you should keep in mind? How can you improve the efficiency of your employees and at the same time keep them secured? Below we present to you the main features that the c...

Connect your employees wherever they are

December 6th, 2018

Do your workers suffer from ‘communications disconnect’? If your workers use multiple devices to reach the data and people they need throughout the day, then they most probably do suffer from ‘communications disconnect’. That means that they are forced to...

How to manage losses from self-checkout

The ECR Community Shrinkage and On-shelf Availability Group (OSA) together with NCR launched a comprehensive report that assesses the potential impact of self-checkout (SCO) technologies on retail loss and provides best practices and guidance on how to ad...

Where maximum process reliability and traceability are required, seamless automatic identification is an absolute must

Complete visibility of processes are the foundations for efficient planning and control procedures. At any given time, there needs to be visibility and traceability of components and materials including their processing status and location. This, however,...

Combat food waste with sustainable mobile labelling solution

A common problem of our century is the tons of food wasted around the world every year. Specifically in France, there are 10 million tons of food lost or wasted on a yearly basis, according to the French Agency for the Environment and Energy (ADEME). That...

Protect your children with students’ IDs

Protecting children has to be everyone's top priority. Especially when it comes to educational centres, parents need to feel entirely sure their children are in safe hands. Whether it is in the school or on a field trip, it is very important to have all c...

The importance of secure identity

Today’s society shares information at incredible speeds. However, this doesn’t come without any risks. A technologically advanced world requires a very secure front door, which is the secure identification. Even if a lot of information is shared online, ...

Secure your ranking on search results with voice search

Remember the days when cold calling and print advertising were the only viable options for finding new leads? The internet has changed the way that businesses market their product and services. While it is ultra-competitive, most companies have found ways...

Learn how to overcome end-user objections to RFID

In a previous article, we have discussed several ways to overcome resistance to RFID when it comes to prospective buyers. However, it has been a rather difficult sell for many end-users. There a few reasons that might be affecting the consumers’ decisions...

Personal Shopping Solution: Scan as you shop

Research conducted by our partner Zebra shows that almost two-thirds (64%) of shoppers want an improved shopping experience. Some within the organisation may understand the benefits of self-scanning hardware but will be less familiar with the additional b...

Take cloud printing to a new level

The range of cloud printing applications is endless and can include customer online ordering within retail and hospitality as well as corporate print tasks such as warehouse order picking:

Case study: UK retailer modernizes its outlet price markdown process

The challenge As everything is being digitally transformed and becomes more modern, any industry and store need to keep up with these changes and adapt to new technologies. The same was the thought process of a UK high street retailer, who decided to mode...

Eliminate the risk of error labelling in hospitals with a mobile printer

A common problem in hospitals is the manual labelling of the sampling tubes during the blood test and the re-labelling by laser printers in the laboratory. During this process, there is a high risk of error when it comes to labelling of the patient’s tube...

All you need to know about the Falsified Medicines Directive

There are only two months left until the European Union Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD) is rolled out. Starting in February 2019 EU citizens will be protected from falsified or counterfeit medicines. However, this change is going to have an enormous i...

Taking care of the medical assets

Healthcare facilities have an equipment problem. In 1995, the average patient had eight medical devices at their bedside. With advances in technology, by 2010 that number had grown to 13, and it continues to grow.

Successfully migrate mobile apps to transform your organisation

Migrating mobile apps to next-generation platforms is an essential process all organizations need to undergo, to meet modern enterprise demands. However, the move is filled with complexity. To begin with, let's discuss the driving force behind this revolu...

When it comes to warehousing do it like Fiat Chrysler Automobiles

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) Middle East FZE knows the way in the warehouse environment and operations. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles includes automotive brands such as Jeep, Dodge, Fiat, Chrysler, RAM, Alpha Romeo, and more. FCA Middle East is responsibl...

The bare necessities of label printing

Selecting a warehouse printer can be rather difficult as such a printer needs to meet various requirements. Below we present the most essential traits of a warehouse label printer, which you can keep in mind when you are looking for a new warehouse printe...

How to build a smart city: The case of smart Santander

Before going into how a smart city can be built, let’s first try and explain what a smart city is. Although there is no precise definition of a smart city, there are some components that are vital for one. A smart city first and foremost should engage the...

Deliver Service and Savings with Dynamic Real-Time Dispatch Operations

In an "always connected" world dispatch operations rely on dynamic real-time management via location and status tracking of their field technicians. Why? Because it's essential for any company to be able to respond to their customers’ orders on the fly or...

LCD screens make all the difference in mobile printing

LCD and LED screens are always a handy feature to have when using any printing device, especially a mobile one where you are inevitably disconnected from a stationary computer or laptop. They make diagnosing and solving printer errors far simpler than if ...

How consumer trends effect mobile computer design?

It wasn’t long ago when purpose-built hardware was the only consideration for companies looking for mobile computers. But that all changed rapidly when consumer-grade smartphones became a viable option as a mobile computer in the enterprise world. For a m...

Managing returnable assets in motion RFID for returnable transport items

Companies in a wide variety of industries invest substantial capital in their inventories of returnable transport items (RTIs); the durable and reusable cartons, bins, pallets, wheeled trolleys, cages, and other containers used to pack and move goods from...

RFID: Technology to consider. Here’s why.

With increasing demands from buyers and suppliers, it becomes more apparent to have a quick process of picking and sending. With buying large quantities of products such as apparel, chips or food, scanning and picking one-by-one is not the solution. But R...

Cashing in on the mobile barcode revolution

Over seven and a half billion mobile phones are in service around the world. With more mobile subscriptions than people on the planet today, the mobile phone is the one device that virtually all your customers of all ages carry, all of the time. Your cust...

The 7 benefits of having a cloud-based POS system

Traditional POS systems have been proven very beneficial for any industry. However, as technology is evolving so do the needs of both businesses and consumers. Part of this next-generation way or working is also the cloud-based POS. More than 35% of opera...

Frictionless checkout: Delivering "just right" experiences for the customer

Based on the Goldilocks principle, everyone keeps looking for things that are “just right” for them. Similar to Goldilocks, who within the family of bears tries to find what she considers “just right” for her, every customer seeks an experience that fits ...

How digital transformation is shaping the retail landscape: A global retail research study

Digital transformation is the single most disruptive driver of retail change. In this age of digital transformation, retailers are increasingly faced with the challenge of delighting and engaging customers “at the moment” by providing a seamless experienc...

The all-access campus ID for Generation Z

November 1th, 2018

Ready or not, Gen Z is taking over college campuses. They're digital gurus, expert multi-taskers, fiercely individual, extremely influential and have short attention spans. They're quick to share their lives through images and ratings on social media — pu...

Tablet use is on the rise but not without risks

November 1th, 2018

Tablet use in enterprise markets is on the rise. The use cases are just as varied and unique as the tablet designs themselves. Restaurants install them table-side for efficient ordering. Retailers use them as a medium for consumers to browse inventory, ac...

Auto-ID enables traceability for anti-counterfeiting

November 1th, 2018

Counterfeit goods are a growing problem in the supply chain. Surveys have showed that 47% of brands have experienced lost sales due to counterfeiting, estimating 2.5% of world trade is counterfeit. Counterfeit goods eat into company’s profits and can dest...

Is the Pharma Supply Chain Ready for True Medicine Traceability?

More than 400,000 pharmacies in Europe will be impacted by European Directive 2011/62/EU, ratified by the European Parliament in 2016 and effective in February 2019. The intent of this measure is to prevent the introduction of illegal medicine into the le...

Surgical instrument labelling to improve surgery management and patient safety

Modern surgery is often done in a hospital using surgical instruments, an operating table, and other equipment. The environment and procedures used in surgery are governed by the principles of aseptic technique: the strict separation of "sterile" items fr...

Patient identifier wristbands eliminate medical errors

Hospitals and senior citizen homes can benefit significantly by using medical patient identifier wristbands. Hospital ID wristbands contain a barcode, which can be scanned using a barcode scanner. This barcode provides vital information about the patient,...

Counterfeit prescription drugs have become an exploding industry

Pharma fraud is a term that describes several illegal activities involving the manufacturing, marketing, and distribution of pharmaceuticals. One of these activities involves counterfeit prescription of medication.

Android: The big migration has started

“When creating solutions, always keep in mind that everything is and should be connected. That is what takes the customer experience to the next level. We, in Google, are creating an Operating System, partners are creating the devices, and the key in this...

The future in the warehouse is with Android

For years, Microsoft systems ruled the computing world. But Google’s Android platform is taking over as the standard operating system for enterprise computing nowadays.

Warehousing: A supply chain necessity

In a perfect world, the supply chain wouldn’t need warehousing. But since that perfect supply chain doesn’t exist, the warehouse is an excellent solution to make a company more profitable. But how can you make sure that your warehouse moves along with inc...

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