Last year, the National Department of Defense announced its key modernization goals, including “resilient and agile logistics.” Maintaining numerous supply lines, access to multiple logistics systems and real-time data entry are all vital to the agile logistics goal, and mobile technology such as rugged laptops and tablets play an important role in ensuring the U.S. […]
When companies implement advanced picking technologies in their fulfillment centers, picked units per hour, worker productivity, order accuracy, and customer satisfaction rates rise. Panasonic’s Brett Whitaker explains the key benefits of voice picking and the related technologies helping firms achieve their fulfillment goals. Order picking, the process of pulling items from inventory to fill customer […]
Here’s what’s coming around the next corner in payment technology, and what your organization should be doing now to prepare for the future. From IoT-enabled secure payment technology to retail stores equipped with radio frequency identification (RFID) capabilities to voice technology that delivers personalized financial services, the level of technological advancements on the global payment […]
Companies with a mobile workforce must ensure they stay on top of security considerations for their mobile devices. In this article, Information Management explores the steps to implement protective measures for you business data. Today, data protection is a serious issue for every business, and it requires constant vigilance and compliance with many regulatory rules. Adherence […]
When looking to outfit a mobile work force, durability matters – and for those workers in unique, challenging and unpredictable environments, rugged mobile technology helps ensure that they can stay connected, stay productive and get the job done efficiently. But in today’s mobile computing market, it can be difficult to know what it truly means […]
Networking IoT devices can be challenging for IT managers because the communications requirements can be very different from those for typical PCs, tablets and smartphones currently connected to corporate networks. In addition, there is an incredible diversity of IoT devices and how they are used. For example: A police car is now an IT-intensive mobile […]
The cloud is a rolling thunder. It continues to be a transformative technology enabler, allowing us to do things that were previously unimaginable, and the pursuit of digital transformation has become a mandate for virtually every organization. Yet cloud technology adoption to date has been haphazard. Businesses can easily acquire cloud applications with very little […]
Today’s workforce has come to rely on mobile solutions designed to perform in the most demanding environments, be it the factory shop floor or on the battlefield. But being rugged is only the beginning of the story – today’s demanding workers need a device fine tuned to the specific challenges they face. Many business leaders […]
What defines a rugged device? Recently, IndustryWeek asked their readers that very question. Polling readers, an IndustryWeek quiz gauged their knowledge of industry standards for ruggedness and safety, two critical factors mobile workers in manufacturing or industrial plants must consider when operating in extreme, and often dangerous, work conditions. Capturing the results of the IndustryWeek […]
Panasonic’s National Service Center serves as rugged basecamp to support Toughbook customers’ technology needs. Read on to learn more about best practices in IT service delivery. You’ve heard the saying, “If you’re going to do something, do it right the first time.” There’s a reason for doing it right, and you need to do it […]