Bluestar Industry Insights

Seeking Self-Checkout Options for Retailers

You have the option to craft experiences that remove friction and increase the speed, convenience, and ease that consumers demand.   Retailers have explored self-checkout solutions to enhance customer experiences for some time. Convenience, speed, and eas...

IoT Makes Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) Even More Important

As IT environments grow more complex, businesses need enhanced mobile device management capabilities.   Businesses and enterprises are accelerating their digital transformation strategies. However, whether in haste or without a complete understanding of t...

Capitalize on the Opportunity to Sell Retail Self-Service Kiosks

Demand is growing for these versatile solutions that enhance CX and operational efficiency.   Self-service kiosks might go down in history as one of the unsung heroes that quietly changed the retail industry. Omnichannel customers demanded in-store techno...

Modern Warehouse: The Warehouse as We Know it is Evolving

Are your clients keeping pace with competitors?   The evolution of the modern warehouse has truly become a revolution as the e-commerce boom, innovative technology, and mindset shift from a cost center to a revenue generator has activated wide-reaching ch...

The Benefits of Mobile Biometric Authentication

5 Reasons Access Control as a Service (ACaaS) Solutions Are In Demand

The Great Omnichannel Retail Revolution

Retailers focused on maintaining market share have one path forward: omnichannel.    The history books will remember 2020 as the year that ushered in the next era of retail. The pandemic gave omnichannel retail a boost after years of fits, starts and halt...

How Micro-Fulfillment Aids the Supply Chain

Mastering Patient Experience Enhancement with Technology

Maintain a big-picture view of technology solutions for healthcare while deploying solutions that benefit your clients and patients.   The healthcare industry faces challenges on several fronts that threaten to diminish patient experiences. Since early 20...

How Retail RFID Can Help Brick-and-Mortar Businesses

Explore the benefits of using this technology for more than loss prevention.   Businesses have discovered new value from familiar technologies, such as retail RFID solutions, in the 2020s. Since the beginning of the decade, retailers have made many change...

The Future of Field Service Mobility

Prepare to provide reliable solutions that keep field workers continuously connected and enhance customer engagement.   Field service operations have evolved over the past decade – from on-premises management systems and paper-based processes in the field...

How Inventory Management Solutions Build a Better Supply Chain

Explore how inventory data can impact efficiency throughout a supply chain operation.   Shortages and delays have always been concerns for supply chain operators. Of course, companies want to get their products from point A to point B with little or no di...

How RFID Solutions Enhance CX in Hospitality

See how streamlined operations, security, and visibility contributed to enhanced guest experiences.    Technology that streamlines processes and enhances guest experiences is in demand in the hospitality industry, and radio frequency identification (RFID)...

Protecting Data in a Digital Health Environment

Your clients need your security expertise in an increasingly connected healthcare industry. Healthcare is becoming more digital. Patient data is accessible through network connections, enabling care teams to share information, allowing patients and physic...

Educate Your Clients About Real-Time Payments

Waiting for funds to be deposited is becoming a thing of the past. The sooner your clients can see funds in their accounts, the better. Traditionally, it’s taken a few days, and in some cases, longer, for transactions to result in a deposit. Although smoo...

The Benefits IoT Sensors Offer Warehouse Operations

Solutions are in-demand for high-functioning warehouses focused on customer satisfaction and competitiveness.   Businesses and enterprises in various verticals are building Industry 4.0 operations. Smart factories resulting from this “fourth industrial re...

7 Blockchain Use Cases in Healthcare

Provide solutions that increase accessibility, transparency, and security of healthcare data and transactions. Solution providers are beginning to understand that blockchain and healthcare are a logical fit. Blockchain technology, which leverages a distri...

4 Trends Supporting Field Service Productivity Goals in 2022

These field service trends are expected to keep field services organizations competitive over the next few years. By the end of 2022, the field service market is predicted to hit USD 4.45 billion, marking more than a 50 percent increase in less than 10 ye...

3 Ways to Build a Safer Workplace with RFID

Businesses are finding new ways to leverage this technology to protect employees’ physical and health safety.   Workplace safety is an essential part of morale, company culture and productivity. In a post-pandemic environment, however, headline news about...

QR Codes and Their Impact on Retail

The familiar technology is experiencing growing adoption as consumers look for fast, convenient, touchless experiences. If you polled consumers about whether they had used a QR code in a retail business two years ago, their response would probably be stri...

Keys to Securing the Food Supply Chain

Is your business up to the challenge of addressing security for these complex operations? Whether consumers purchase food at a grocery store or a restaurant, it’s safe to say that the food had to travel some distance to reach the point of sale. And to ens...

Upgrade Senior Care Facilities with Smart Technology

As the European senior population grows, investors are looking to enhance senior care facilities' operational efficiency and resident experiences. The European senior living and care home market had an influx of about €15bn in investments in 2019 and 2020...

What You Need to Know About Healthcare Access Control

Solutions that balance patients’ needs with facility security and data privacy are in demand. The access control market is booming. Advancements in cloud computing, IT demand for easily configurable and highly secure systems, and consumer familiarity with...

3 Ways Blockchain Can Enhance Distribution Center Operations

Blockchain has the potential to solve some common industry pain points and provide new efficiencies. The pressure is on distribution centers (DCs). Whether part of a brick-and-mortar retail, e-commerce, wholesale, or manufacturing supply chain network, cu...

Take Up the Challenge of Touchless Access Control

Touchless access control helps keep employees healthy and can save time and money. Solution providers developing solutions for access control have worked for years to design ways to keep facilities, intellectual property (IP), assets, inventory, and peopl...

Solutions Providers: Consider These Alternative Kiosk Payment Options

Consumers expect more options than “insert card here.” The search for optimal payment methods continues as merchants try to find their footing in a not-quite-post-pandemic environment. Consumers have embraced and become accustomed to self-service and soci...

Meet the Demand for the Internet of Medical Things Solutions

Apply your expertise to bring IoMT functionality to your healthcare clients. The Internet of Things (IoT) is a network of connected devices, systems and people that share data. “Things” on the network contain sensors that collect specific data types, loca...

Where Does Enterprise Mobility Go From Here?

Enterprise mobility adoption continues to increase, and technology is advancing to provide greater productivity, efficiency and worker safety. From the first time a mobile device and application enabled an employee to break away from a stationary terminal...

RFID Finds New Life in Retail

RFID has the power to shift payments to the background of a variety of experiences while also helping with security and inventory. RFID has been around now for some time, but its use has mostly been relegated to warehouses and stock rooms for inventory ap...

Supply Chain Security: Know the Risks

Solve supply chain security challenges to differentiate your business and find new growth opportunities. As products become more scarce and store shelves bare, all eyes are on supply chains. Research in 2021 by supply chain visibility provider FourKites f...

4 Advantages of Mobile Access Solutions

Features of these solutions make them the perfect access control system for the post-COVID-19 era. Mobile access solutions have become a preferred option for many businesses. Legacy access control solutions have relied on RFID or biometrics – or even low-...

Creating Competitive Solutions for the Future of Smart Asset Tracking

Combine AIDC, advanced technologies and your industry expertise to build solutions that meet your clients’ needs today and in years to come. Smart, automated asset tracking has some of the clearest ROI to prove among all IT solutions. Real-time visibility...

Where is Telehealth Leading the Healthcare Industry

Europe’s telehealth market anticipates significant growth and expansion over the next several years. COVID-19 impacted healthcare in many ways, including the growth and expansion of telehealth. As a result, health systems and providers adopted or expanded...

mPOS: How VARs Can Give Retailers a Competitive Advantage

Retailers must reimagine in-store experiences to meet consumer expectations—mobile point of sale can make it possible. Mobile point of sale (mPOS) solutions are vital to brick-and-mortar retailers as they rebuild after the pandemic and reimagine their pro...

Maximizing RFID Initiatives in the Pharmaceutical Industry

RFID technology is familiar to many of your pharma clients, but they may not realize it can be a part of solutions to several other challenges they face. Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology has the potential to solve numerous challenges in th...

Warehouse 4.0: Accelerating Innovation

New challenges require new solutions – and solutions providers who can tailor them to business needs. Warehouses and distribution centers (DCs) are meeting new challenges head-on by driving progress toward Warehouse 4.0 operations. First, global e-commerc...

The Importance of Digitizing the Supply Chain

What is digitization, you might find yourself wondering? It’s commonly looped in with the processes that come along with the Digital Transformation and digitalization within specific fields. These two share different purposes, but often strive for similar...

RFID is Strengthening the Supply Chain in a Time of Need

RFID plays a huge part in adding to the supply chain, from every point of its lifecycle. In the most current times, there is a very important parcel traveling to and from hospitals and healthcare centers, and that’s the hope that is brought along with the...

Unattended Checkout Moving Forward

In the state of COVID-19, there is a large focus towards halting the spread of the virus, and this is practiced across several verticals, including retail. Just think of a bustling retail shop before talk of this pandemic was mentioned, there were always ...

Wearable Devices Paving the Way in Hospitals

Region by region, countries, and governing bodies are entering back into lockdowns to help stop the spread of the virus and in this response, many are wondering how they can keep themselves safe, and monitor for any irregularities or upticks in symptom’s ...

Navigating Automation in Distribution Centers

The warehousing environment is growing stronger and more complex on a daily basis, especially with the supply chain fulfilling more orders due to the surge in retail sales that took place because of the global pandemic’s stay-at-home mandates. More people...

Protecting Privacy & Digital Identities

While it seems as though the world has been stuck at home for almost a year now, the world is still conducting business as ‘somewhat usual’, whether that be virtual if the opportunity is welcomed, or on-site, safely and securely, in order to keep operatio...

Why Digital Identity Matters

In a time like the present, returning to a semi-normal stance is essential to help businesses continue operating as comfortably and clearly as they can. With some organizations pushing for their employees to return to work from their corporate offices, th...

Mobile Devices vs. Consumer Smartphones

When it comes to handheld devices being used in organizations for work, choices are aplenty. Mobile technology has taken over our professional and personal lives by storm. The ability to produce more, respond faster and increase customer loyalty are all r...

Ensuring Connectivity Across Retail Environments

Achieving a sense of connectivity and visibility throughout the retail pipeline is critical, especially in the time we’re currently living through. Providing even just a glimpse of transparency into the supply chain, all the way through to the consumer re...

Multi-Channel E-Commerce is Evolving

The state of E-Commerce has changed intensely and not only because of the effects of COVID-19. This year, unlike any other, online e-commerce has been able to co-exist alongside physical, Brick + Mortar capabilities and not rob from either experience too ...

The State of Digital Transformation in Healthcare

It’s no secret that the COVID-19 Virus has accelerated the drive to adopt further ‘futurized’ technology offerings for nearly every industry. Taking the cake has to be the healthcare industry that was essentially ‘thrown to the wolves through means of sur...

How has COVID-19 Influenced the Use of Technology in the Warehouse

Since the beginning of 2020, much has taken place that has set back the supply chain, thanks to the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic. Lockdown shutdowns have greatly increased to keep employees at home, working there if they have the means, and quarant...

Mobile Solutions that are Helping Retailers Jump into the Future

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

  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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Learn how to find the correct warehouse printer

Working in a warehouse means printing big amounts of labels in a harsh environment. Printers used in a warehouse need to perform high volumes of work whilst still being hard-wearing, long lasting, and simple to operate with minimal user training. At the s...

Case study: How label printers made a difference for DRIM

In a retail situation where price changes occur every day, employees need to be able to print new labels quickly using effective mobile devices.

What to consider when selecting an enterprise mobile device

Enterprises today have a huge amount of choice when it comes to mobile technology to support their operations.

Can there be a smart city without smart mobility?

Dr. Susana Val, the Director of Zaragoza Logistics Center (ZLC) – Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Global Scale, explains that you cannot have a smart city without the smart mobility trait. Smart mobility is the concept of improving transportat...

How to optimise fleet performance

Making the decision to move from paper-based systems to mobile computing is a key method of achieving better efficiency for delivery fleets. Reynolds, a UK-based supplier of foodservices to some of the country’s leading brands, decided to invest in mobile...

Mobile printing increases efficiency at Twickenham Cricket Club

Thanks to thermal printing solutions, many organisations are finding that their printing requirements are no longer a challenge. Take Twickenham Cricket Club for example, where spectators expect to see quick deliveries on and off the field.

How to achieve fast and flawless barcode label printing

No matter what environment a mobile printer is deployed in, users need to be certain they can rely on the technology they invest in to get the job done. Whether users are in a warehouse, at a customer’s site or in a healthcare or retail environment, BlueS...

Enhancing customer experience with connected devices in the field

Did you know that only 12% of organisations with field service workers are ‘very satisfied’ with the technology they use? It’s a shocking statistic, especially as field workers are crucial to achieving two corporate goals: growing the profits of the compa...

Here’s why you should be offering network solutions

Companies that sell technology solutions know that our industry is driven by change and innovation. One of the more crucial technologies to be aware of is networking. If your company isn’t offering networking solutions, there are plenty of reasons as to w...

How to mobilise enterprise label printing

Mobile devices are changing how businesses operate through automated data identification and capture, making processes more efficient and data collection more accurate. In fact, a study by Enterprise CIO shows that BYOD can boost productivity by 16% over ...

Can successfully migrating mobile apps transform an organisation?

Migrating mobile apps to next-generation platforms is an essential process that many organisations will need to undergo to meet modern enterprise demands. However, the move is often filled with complexity and businesses will likely turn to a trusted advis...

What does a VAR need to know before selling to a mobile business?

Pop-up stores represent a huge opportunity to VARs, but they also need a personal touch. These types of shops – also known as flash retail – are great ways for small business owners to put their products on display to a wider audience by finding small ven...

Start the day right

In environments where worker assignment optimisation is vital if managers want to meet and exceed expectations, the ‘start of the day’ process should not be overlooked. So, what platform best equips them to optimise worker assignment and dynamic schedulin...

Tallink pioneers self-service check outs on board its ships

Tallink pioneers self-service check outs on board its ships Tallink, one of the largest passenger and cargo shipping companies in the Baltics, has adopted the Datalogic Joya Touch Device and Shopevolution 7 in its on board retail stores. Tallink has inclu...

Transform a tablet into a unique mobility tool

Tablets are revolutionising the way in which we do business. However, typical tablets are not designed for the commercial marketplace. Most tablets are just not built to withstand the rigours of everyday commercial use. However, in many cases, there are s...

Mobile payments: opportunities are now realities

The ability to add card transactions and receipt printing options to Android and Windows 10 devices is a real game changer in today’s mobile world. These ‘off the shelf’ devices mean that anyone who needs to add payment functionality to a mobile device ca...

Harnessing the workforce mobility revolution

In recent years, rugged handheld devices have become just as intuitive as their consumer-grade counterparts. This shift in the rugged mobile device landscape has been accelerated by a need to increase productivity, efficiency and accuracy in the workplace...

Labelling systems make an impact straight out of the box

Many retailers currently handle price markdowns inefficiently, relying on pre-printed labels as they do not have the right mobile labelling system in place. The cost of pre-printed label systems This inflexible approach results in, at best, non-uniform pr...

Hit top gear with the latest forklift technology

Did you know that around 25% of the average forklift driver’s time is spent in receiving and put away workflows?

Android popularity grows for mobility solutions

Not so long ago, the dominant systems in the mobile computer world were mainly Microsoft-based.

Mobile printing solutions for increased efficiency

Established in 1940, SATO is a pioneer and leader in barcode printing and RFID labelling solutions. Committed to ongoing innovation SATO invented the world’s first-hand labeller and introduced the first thermal transfer barcode printer. Customers rely on ...

How can the latest mobile devices boost visibility, workflow and productivity?

Giving field workers the best device to fit their needs is a key challenge for many businesses.

Entry level PDAs are impacting the enterprise mobility businesses

There’s no doubt about it that over the past few years, the trend of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) and using consumer devices for professional needs has grown exponentially.

Capture Data and Print Cards – Anytime, Anywhere

Either working at a university, a healthcare institution, or a governmental organization, printing IDs and badges is a necessity. Except of selecting the right hardware for card printing, it is important to find a software that matches your unique needs a...

Moving from paper cards to advanced card printers: A Success Story

Being in the hospitality industry most probably means that you deal with printing cards for various reasons. Either it is for an event, of for the buffet of the restaurant, these cards need to be in the best shape and form, be cost and time efficient, and...

Smart cities: Are we protected?

“There are two types of companies when it comes to breaches; those who have been breached and those that don’t know that they have been breached yet.”

Learn how data protection in universities starts with secure ID printing solutions

Universities possess personal information of thousands of students and faculty, all of which are collected and printed into individual ID cards. These ID badges provide them access to a myriad of services and applications, from physical facility and logic...

EMV certification for IT professionals

Even if the modern credit card is an American invention, in the twenty-first century Europe has led the way in the credit card technology. More than thirty years ago the first smart cards, equipped with their own computer chips, known as EMV cards (Europa...

The right secure ID card printing solution

The spectrum of available secure issuance solutions from multiple vendors can seem overwhelming at first glance, but by understanding the technology options and taking some parameters and factors into consideration, you can narrow your selections. The fol...

Identification – new challenges for small and medium-sized enterprises

The new style of working – large data volumes, mobile workers equipped with mobile devices – poses new challenges to identification processes in companies of all sizes and industries. Employee and visitor badge requirements, for example, are variable, dep...

Secure purchasing transactions with NFC

Most of us know the NFC technology through buzzwords such as “tap and pay” and “contactless payments". And the growth of the NFC applications shows, that Near-field communication (NFC) is shaping the future of mobility and is becoming the system of choice...

Tips for RFID Smart Label Printing/Encoding

Businesses across the world print and encode millions of smart labels every year. Most problems that do arise occur because of a few common conditions that are easily resolved. Many problems can be avoided entirely by training associates on the leading ca...

Direct-to-card printer with many options

Built on 20 years of proven direct-to-card printing expertise, the HID® FARGO® DTC1500 card printer/encoder offers the convenience and lower cost of high-throughput consumables along with a comprehensive feature set – enabling organizations to routinely i...

Merchants need network security solutions

Network security is an integral part of business today, and with hacking and identity theft concerns taking center stage of many network-related discussions, helping customers to feel more secure is indispensable. There are things VARs can do when consult...

Why Advanced Visual Security is a Critical First Line of Defense

With headlines in the news about terrorist attacks, shootings at schools and hospitals, and rampant identity fraud, security has become top of mind. Some sort of identification is required – whether it’s a passport, driver’s license, employee credential, ...

High-quality ID solution out of the box

The EZ-ID system by Datacard® is a cost-effective out-of-the-box solution offering everything that companies need to print ID cards. The UV ribbon is a real benefit, adding the possibility to create security badges using an entry-level solution. High qual...

Premium printing quality in card printing

What are the hallmarks?  What are the crucial quality features today when it comes to ID card printing for ID and access control, employee badges or personalized membership or loyalty cards? What requirements must be met when printing smart cards for the ...

Choosing the right secure ID card printing solution

Some considerations from HID Global 

Secure printing authentication protects sensitive data and company networks

Measures for efficient management of access to printers not only affect the bottom line, but also reduce data loss and security risks. 

BlueStar: Leading Print Technology for a voter ID system

In 2016, a government agency in the Sub-Saharan Africa region was seeking to upgrade its voter ID system. With elections forthcoming in the summer of 2017, the agency was aiming to increase the number of citizens eligible to vote by issuing voter IDs in a...

Designing and printing two-sided ID cards made easy

Continuously changing work processes demand ever new and practical card solutions – currently there is an unstoppable need for applications with ID cards; the capacities e.g. for customer and member cards tend to hit their limits. Integration of the solut...

Accessories for ID cards: A profitable business

Accessories and consumables for ID cards, such as card covers, punch pliers, individually printed lanyards, carry straps and price tags are used in many fields. They are used in health care, in access control and time recording, in banking and in event an...

Go Duplex

Monochrome and colour printing on one side and/or on both sides – Datacard SD360 card printer has been designed for small and medium production quantities of ID cards and identity documents. The high printing speed is impressive:  The TruePickTM card inta...

Food labelling from a single source

Food labels provide important information for the consumer, such as product ingredients, nutrients, use-by date as well as details on allergens. Today, the customer assumes that the labels, signs and colour ribbons are food-safe and are approved for direc...

Learn how to improve efficiency with RFID

Files, folders, records, charts, books, photos, tapes, CDs and DVDs, evidentiary exhibits – in many industries, some form of physical media is central to the process of doing business. Information is gathered, retrieved, referenced, filed and moved from l...

How can a retail supply and demand chain thrive in a disruptive environment?

Today’s disruptive technologies are displacing established ways of working and are making the retail environment more competitive than ever. According to Dun and Bradstreet, the retail sector accounts for 13.6% of annual business failures globally, and on...

3 ways to overcome objections to RFID

Have you ever engaged in a conversation with prospective tech buyers that simply do not comprehend RFID and the fact that RFID is for businesses that want to gain a competitive edge in their industries? Then you know the struggle! That is why we provide t...

Business growth with RFID

Barcode scanning revolutionized retail and logistics forty years ago. Today, the RFID technology provides huge advantages and additional values within many applications in different vertical market segments; e.g. Inventory, Retail, Industrial Automation, ...

Do not lose sales – serve customers better

If customers are dissatisfied, these days they leave the store and look for their desired items at the competitor’s – and: Frustrated customers are unforgiving. When are customers dissatisfied? When their expectations are disappointed; when they cannot fi...

RFID Readers and Antennas – Productivity is in the air

Honeywell offers mobile readers, fixed readers, vehicle-mounted readers and a comprehensive line of RFID antennas. Honeywell’s mobile RFID readers include mobile computers with integrated RFID reading capability and a separate RFID sled that can be attach...

RFID makes self-service equipment rental practical

Speedy Services is the UK’s leading provider of equipment, rental and support services to a wide range of clients across the construction, infrastructure, industrial, rail, manufacturing and facilities management sectors – as well as to local trades and i...

RFID for more efficient monitoring of the feeding of wild birds

Recently in Spain, the local agency entrusted with protection of the wild vultures had a problem with the monitoring of the birds’ population in a very specific nature reserve.   Traditionally, they had been monitoring the vulture population by banding th...

Transforming the customer experience with RFID

Today’s Internet-savvy shoppers can virtually buy anything, anywhere at any time. With a world of choices, they need a compelling reason to buy from a brick-and-mortar store. Yet, too often, they are disappointed with the in-store experience.  Why custome...

Gaining Traction with Track and Trace Solution

SATO, a leading company in Auto-ID solutions that streamline operations and empower workforces, has recently integrated its SAP-based track and trace technology into a tractor production operation with positive results. SATO has cooperated in this project...

Challenges in managing medical equipment

On any given day, in hospitals around the world, doctors, nurses and administrative staff move medical equipment around in their facilities as they go about the work of taking care of patients — equipment such as infusion pumps, telemetry packs, blood gas...

How big is the RFID impact in the EMEA business?

The future impact of RFID technology Interview with Ian Bayly, Director of Sales EMEA and APAC, RF IDeas

Advanced RFID Track and Trace Solution

Plant Access is growing its competitive edge using an industry-first RFID solution. Plant Access provides its services utilising a unique steel stillage design used to pick, cross-dock and deliver nursery plants to Bunnings Warehouse locations across Vict...

The future of RFID: Making Print Marketing come alive

In today’s world of Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) capabilities, interactivity is becoming very impactful in reaching audiences. Utilizing RFID technology in print marketing can enhance the impact of a marketing message and offer the cons...

Data Protection at a high international level

Adopted on April 14, 2016, and scheduled to enter into force on May 25, 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is an overarching data protection directive that defends European Union (EU) citizens in the event of a data privacy breach. For ex...

Maximize speed and optimize transaction handling during checkout

The challenge grocery stores are facing today is to maximize profitability while keeping customer satisfaction high.

More deliveries during peak times and happier guests

The time window between a delicious hot meal and a cold or lukewarm dish is small, and restaurant operators know that winning and keeping happy customers means operating within this timeframe. However, in larger restaurants, or self-seating locations, off...

Networked and robust mobile computer increases performance

Today, business life is characterised by quick processes and fierce competition. High flexibility, on-time delivery and undamaged goods go without saying. Efficient work processes, intuitive applications and current technologies are coming to the fore mor...

RFID fulfils most diverse requirements

RFID tags can do much more than the user can imagine. In many vertical applications, RFID technology opens up new possibilities for perfecting process sequences and for organising them better.

Automate shipment monitoring

RAIN RFID automatically identifies and tracks shipments moving in and out of dock doors. The system recognises items passing through dock doors at a distance of up to 30 feet, even without without direct line-of-sight. The core of this application is the ...

Here's how the first fully automated 'Cash and Carry' was launched in Denmark

Introducing an automated system into a retail store represents a cutting-edge project that needs the right technology in place if it is to be a success.

Meeting expectations with frictionless commerce

Adapting to meet customers expectation through the latest checkout solutions is a key goal for many businesses.

Taking the customer focussed path to multi-channel success

Did you know that four out of five customers use a smartphone while they shop? And that 80% would prefer a more mobile-optimised shopping experience?

Taking advantage of Tablet POS

It’s becoming well known that tablet POS offers the advantages of versatile cloud-based software alongside compact, low cost hardware.

BlueStar POS - What your solutions distributor can do for you

Think of us your warehouse as we work with you, so you can concentrate on your key goals.

The Omni-Channel World is Stressing Operations

Operational intelligence doesn't happen in the cloud – it happens on the ground. In your business, every minute of every day. Not only do you want to get there, you want to get there smartly. Honeywell delivers the solutions that get you to your goals. In...

How to be a retail innovator

Did you know that physical stores still account for more than 90% of retail sales, according to Forbes? It’s a surprising statistic given the rise of online shopping, but it does demonstrate how traditional stores are still at the heart of the best retail...

The lowest cost receipt printer now comes with even more benefits

Did you know that Star Micronics has replaced its TSP143U printer with the new TSP143IIU ECO? The TSP100 futurePRNT series from Star Micronics successfully combines a high-performance POS printer with ground-breaking software, four-year warranty including...

A deep dive into data for global retailers

Retailers and merchants are looking to invest in business intelligence and analytics technology solutions to take data insights to new heights. For example, did you know that 73% of retailers in a Zebra survey rated managing big data as important or busin...

How the Joya Touch revolutionised selling at sea

Making a short shopping experience as quick and enjoyable as possible is a big challenge, but Estonian shipping company Tallink found an effective solution. Tallink is one of the largest passenger and cargo shipping companies in the Baltic Sea region and ...

What were the top PoS trends in the last year?

Although 2018 is well underway, it’s still useful to take a step back and look at some of the big Point of Sale (PoS) trends over the past year. It’s a useful exercise and will help to understand issues that have grown or expanded into more complex soluti...

How to create the perfect retail customer experience

In today’s omni-channel world, retailers must rise to customers’ expectations immediately, or risk losing sales in the process. The challenge is made tougher as in many cases the customers are already omni-channel experts. How many times have you seen a c...

Innovative printers help to solve tablet POS challenges

The introduction of tablet Point of Sale (POS) devices has had a significant impact on all sorts of businesses, from high street retailers to pop-up stores and restaurants. Reduced investment costs, easy setup and flexibility to immediately react to marke...

Omni-channel customer experience gets enriched with RFID

Enhancing customer experience through the latest RFID solutions is a smart way to boost your business In fact, the best strategies being used in today’s retail environment are implementing RFID within an omni-channel approach, offering customers a more sa...

Enhance customer experience with mobile POS and line busting solution

In today’s retail world, customers are more demanding than ever before, and it's unlikely they will be willing to wait more than a couple of minutes to checkout. In the past, they may have been willing to wait longer. But with customer experience so key t...

Cashing in on the mobile barcode revolution

There are over seven and a half billion mobile phones in service around the world, representing a massive opportunity for the mobile barcode market. In fact by 2021 75% of retailers say they will know when their customers are in store, and 79% expect to b...

Using mobility to unlock personalised shopping experiences

A key challenge for retailers in 2017 and beyond is creating a joined-up shopping experience for their customers. After all, we're all now more connected than ever before and we expect a similar experience whether we are in-store or online, or even a comb...

Revolutionise the retail experience with smartphone practicality

Anyone in the retail business will tell you that the shopping experience is key if you want to secure customer loyalty and build a brand. But with competitors, online shopping and flash sales to compete against, how do you go about offering a personalised...

How every touch point can become a Point-of-Sale

Shopper demand for integration between online and offline channels is continuing to grow, increasing the need for retailers to install digital touchpoints in-store. This digital revolution is leading retailers to look for new ways to integrate digital opt...

The future is now: the five keys to success in the new era of retail

The introduction of exciting new technology over the past few years has meant that the world is more connected now than it ever has been before. In fact, the word ‘connectivity’ has become a buzzword associated with almost all new technology. But it’s tru...

Omni-channel: five steps to capitalise on the opportunity

Omnichannel is a revolution that is impacting retailers and the different technologies they currently use as well as those they are considering investing in for the future. What is Omnichannel? Omnichannel means a better integration of technology to impro...

Can Point of Sale (POS) solution keep up with customers’ expectations?

In the past, a customer may have been willing to wait five minutes at checkout. Today, he or she is likely to tolerate less than two minutes. As a result, the speed and accuracy of retail scanning are critically important to the customer experience.

The evolving role of mobile computing in retail

In order to cope with the pace of change in 2017, retailers are having to reassess their business models and customer service processes.

Driving innovation in London’s black cabs

In cooperation with iZettle, BlueStar provides taxi payment solutions for black cabs in London to help drivers comply with recent regulations.

How direct printing from tablets is impacting the POS

Retailers today often have to choose between traditional fixed Point of Sale (POS) solutions or the newer and more innovative tablet POS, which has taken great strides in providing more flexibility and mobility – especially in hospitality environments.

Three steps to profitable Click and Collect

Today, nearly all retailers understand the reasons why they should offer a Click & Collect service, which include increased online conversion, the opportunity to sell an extended product range online and the chance to upsell at point of collection.

Is it time to move to mPOS?

Sitting in between an old-fashioned cash register and a full ePOS (Electronic Point of Sale) system, mPOS (Mobile Point of Sale) technology creates a fully mobile solution that offers huge flexibility to businesses of all sizes.

Finding the right patient admissions workflow solution

Matching the right patient to the right medical history, medications and doctor's instructions is critical to providing the right care.

How do barcode wristbands solve problems with patient identification?

The consistent and accurate identification of patients has long presented a challenge for healthcare organisations across the globe. But with today’s technology, why should it?

How to create the best label printing solution for healthcare

In healthcare environments, accurate data and traceability isn’t just a target, it’s a requirement. Users need to be sure they have the best solution in place for dealing with issues where accuracy is of paramount importance, such as blood and plasma bag ...

The Growth of AIDC in Healthcare

The use of automatic identification and data capture (AIDC) technology in the healthcare industry has grown rapidly in recent years. As technology evolves, the industry has a multitude of opportunities to grow and change through adopting new methodologies...

Best practice solutions for specimen collection

Specimen labelling has recently come under greater review, as it could be the next big opportunity to improve patient safety in healthcare environments. It’s always unfortunate when specimen collection labelling errors contribute to wasted time. But there...

Improve identification and drive down costs with the latest healthcare solutions

A great solution is one that not only solves an problem but reduces the costs associated with that issue.

Automation is improving the quality of patient care

In healthcare, there is a huge opportunity to automate the collection of information and the quality of patient care. In fact, automation within the healthcare industry can help to reduce errors and risk in the field, especially in hospitals where thousan...

Barcode labelling in the lab: closing the loop of patient safety

In healthcare environments, patient safety is always goal number one. But on top of this requirement, patients also want assurance that they are receiving the right care, in the right way, based on the right information.

RFID for real-time asset tracking in healthcare

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

How much risk can healthcare providers afford?

Medication administration is often put in the spotlight as a key area for improvement in order to boost patient safety. So it’s no surprise that that ensuring accurate administration is a priority for healthcare providers around the world.

The Connected Clinician: revolutionising acute care nursing

Did you know that nurses are spending more than 30% of their time in non-patient-care activities? With ever-increasing government regulations for improved clinical documentation, in combination with a constant flow of new medical devices, it may come as l...

Avoiding an identity crisis

A common requirement in most healthcare facilities is the ability to secure access to stores and supplies. After all, healthcare fraud is a significant problem and one that potentially involves a large cost. 

The app to improve hospital efficiency

One of the key challenges that healthcare providers have faced in recent years is providing patient-focussed healthcare with safety and real-time information at its heart.  To achieve this, providers need to easily access relevant patient data at the beds...

Error proof ways to improve patient safety

Whether working in the public or private sector, healthcare providers face multiple challenges. From maintaining accurate medical records and reducing data errors, through improving security, to continually enhancing the standard of care, they have their ...

Here’s how new technology is revolutionising the healthcare sector

Ensuring patient safety, managing medical devices efficiently and labelling pharmaceuticals correctly are three key pillars in any healthcare environment.

Why hospitals are choosing RAIN RFID for asset management

An uncomfortable truth for many healthcare providers is that around half of their mobile equipment fleet is likely idle at any one time. This is not only hurting their budget, but also putting patient care at risk. Putting the cost of idle mobile equipmen...

Intuitive interaction for healthcare applications

It will come as no surprise to hear that, like many other vertical markets, digital transformation is revolutionising the healthcare and medical market.

Providing the best bedside point of care

Nurses at the bedside must balance hands-on patient care with an ever-increasing need to manage medical technology, all while electronically documenting every activity and observation.

Europe fights back against counterfeit medication

Counterfeit medication has become a major problem that can lead to people taking medicine that does not contain the correct ingredients or, even worse, toxic substances.

See the future of healthcare with Zebra's latest campaign

It’s no secret that healthcare professionals are facing growing challenges. Tightening budgets and overwhelming demand leads to increased pressure, and having to rely on outdated systems can be a costly issue when it comes to time and money.

Tracking supplies in a healthcare environment

Mobile computers, barcode scanners and printers are often used in healthcare settings for supply chain and management workflows. After all, maintaining, distributing, and tracking medical supplies and inventory is critical for patient care.

How can automation benefit hospitals?

It’s absolutely crucial that efficiency is a priority in any hospital setting. But maximising the capacity of the whole value chain whilst providing a tailored service to the needs of each client can be a tricky balancing act.

Choosing the right label printer can cut the cost of the reverse logistics

Did you know that worldwide online retail sales are expected to hit $4.058 trillion in 2020, representing 14.6% of all retail spending that year?

How to improve the speed and accuracy of warehouse operations

Developments in today’s technology has led to many warehouse businesses transitioning to devices built on Android and from keypad-centric devices to full touch screen.

Sense and Connect: The ultimate IoT Experience

The idea of Internet of Things, or more widely known IoT, can be summarised as everything is connected through the cloud, providing constant monitoring to all the data. Although this concept can be perfectly understood, what is important to grasp is the b...

Label faster with mobile printing

Having a reliable printing solution in a warehouse environment is essential to ensuring a smooth and efficient operation. Combined with wireless hand-held terminals, BlueStar partner SATO’s lightweight PW2NX mobile printers print both picking labels and s...

Enabling the Smart Warehouse

The growth of omnichannel shopping and demand for faster deliveries is redefining how warehouses operate. A shift in how consumers buy from multiple sources — from desktop computers, mobile devices and in-store — has created the need for smart warehouses ...

What you need to know about intrusive interstitials?

Like any company, Google continually changes and updates the way it functions and ranks websites. The Google algorithm, sacred and highly secret, is the key to creating quality SEO organically, but there’s always an air of uncertainty to it. Some changes ...

How do TSC printers help Panalpina to optimise warehouse and logistics?

Barcode printers provide a significant advantage to users in the warehouse and logistics sectors. Not only do they replace the manual handling of data, removing the risk of human error and improving logistics flexibility, but they also offer users immedia...

Will 2018 be the year of mobile operating system transition?

There has been a shift in the mobile operating system landscape over the last few years, and it’s clear that the transition from legacy Windows is well underway. While there remains several distinct choices on the roadmap, the trade-offs and compromises a...

Are barcodes and RFID better together?

You probably already know that barcodes are the primary tool used by enterprise to track and trace assets all over the world. It’s the global standard for companies worldwide, regardless of size, industry, or location. Government, hospitality, retail, who...

What is a smart city, and why should I care?

Each new day often brings a new buzzword, so it’s important we fully understand new terms as they quickly become part of our language and used on a daily basis. One such term that has joined some of the big buzzwords like IoT and Big Data is ‘smart city’....

Rising to meet today's logistics challenges

The role of the warehouse is changing. But operating across multiple channels – retail, catalogue and Internet – creates a new set of logistical challenges. No longer just a space to store inventory, today’s warehouse operation is fast-paced and often dec...

Can the visual warehouse and iPicking change logistics?

If your partners have been wondering how they can harness the power of the IoT in their own business, the Visual Warehouse could be the solution they have been waiting for. In fact, you may have heard of SATO’s Visual Warehouse - a virtual warehouse direc...

The evolution of wearable technology

Wearable devices being used in a business environment isn’t anything new. In fact, it’s been going on for more than 20 years. These handy devices are usually deployed to enhance employee effectiveness in the warehouse. They allow users to move around hand...

An ISVs guide to navigating the channel

If you’re an ISV and have decided that it’s time to broaden your business opportunities and grow your business then you’ll no doubt be considering the channel. The channel is a great way to look for new business through dedicated partnerships, and can bri...

Connected solutions with scanners, printers, and wearable components

Businesses today face unrelenting pressures to reduce operating costs, better manage the workforce and deliver perfect customer service. But did you know, for example, that 54% of the average distribution centre’s workforce is consumed in the picking work...

A warehouse operation success story

Here’s how Russian business Fissman significantly optimised its warehouse operations and increased transparency with the Falcon X3 mobile computer. Fissman, a leader in glassware and household items, had a history of carrying out warehouse operations on a...

Are stand-alone barcode printer stations the future?

Simple and extremely cost-efficient, stand-alone barcode stations can provide an effective solution to increasing productivity whilst driving down costs. That’s why BlueStar, in cooperation with German Software company MSC, has developed a stand-alone bar...

Are you selling secure tablets?

Did you know that enterprises are set to make up 18% of tablet purchases in 2017, according to the Global Business and Consumer Tablet Forecast? For some, it may not be a surprise to hear that tablet use in enterprise markets is on the rise. After all, th...

Rugged printers go beyond expectations in the warehouse

Having a reliable printer in the warehouse is a necessity for most modern businesses that value flexibility and efficiency. But the latest printers have gone a step further. SATO’s next generation of thermal printers offer advanced support for barcodes, c...

How can increased visibility lead to warehouse efficiency?

Logistics is big business. Did you know, for example, that in the US it accounts for 8.2% of GDP and 15-20% of finished product cost? At the core of this trillion-dollar sector is the warehouse, where minor missteps can have a major impact on the supply c...

The easy way to create mobile applications for warehouse environments

To appeal to the individual needs of warehouse managers, resellers need the ability to create new applications for mobile devices in short spaces of time and without the need of a technical expert. Why are mobile apps needed in the warehouse environment?

IoT: what to expect when we connect

The internet changed the world; It touches all aspects of our lives. It allows us to connect on social media, video chat with friends and colleagues and even read this blog right now. Now, there is a push to connect every device to the internet. While thi...

From dock to stock: connected solutions boost warehouse flow

In most warehouse environments, the speed and accuracy of receiving and putting away goods makes all the difference to workflows downstream.

Barcode Scanning in the Modern Warehouse: Long Range Scanning

Space is a major issue for modern warehouses. Order patterns, volumes and speed of delivery have all gone through rapid changes in the last five years and older warehouses may struggle to keep up unless they utilise every inch of available space as effici...

Use BlueStar services to grow your business

BlueStar Services offer another significant opportunity for our partners to improve margins and gain a competitive edge on hardware sales.

Selling recurring media: A guide to growing profits

Every business student knows about the ‘blade and razor’ model - the idea that when you’re selling razors, you can just about give away the handle because you make your real money on the blades.

Aim, trigger, decode - the Powerscan range delivers up-to-the minute accuracy

All warehouse managers know that speed and reliability when managing goods and tracking merchandise can help to improve efficiency while reducing costs.

How to revitalise your outbound workflows

All of your warehouse customers know that when it comes to outbound workflows, much like inbound workflows, it is vital to keep the flow of material on the dock fluid and moving.

Service levels for every business and every budget

Choosing the best mobile devices to fit a specific business is a task which can take months of careful planning and review, often including testing different models and gaining user feedback.

Three trends that are impacting business in 2017

Every year, there are new trends to examine, new ideas to consider, and fresh perspectives that can affect a business.