Happy Holidays! In addition to celebrating the holidays this month, American Barcode and RFID is also celebrating our 30th year in business. 30 years is a long time.  Do you remember, in 1980…

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MOBILITY We defined mobility by our ability to listen to the timeless music of performers like ABBA, Culture Club and Olivia Newton-John on cassette tapes played inside our Walk-Mans.         MULTI-TASKING There were no digital video recorders or on-demand programs. Your favorite show came on one night a week. If you weren’t home, you missed it.
INSTANT MESSAGING	The concept of a short text message was revolutionized by the invention of the Post-It Note. SMS, IM, and email didn’t exist. If you wanted to communicate “instantly” with someone, you had to actually talk to them.
Clearly a lot has changed in the last 30 years. But one thing that has not changed is American Barcode and RFID’s commitment to ensuring customer success. Thank you for a great 30 years…Here’s to the next 30 years! Best wishes for a Happy Holiday Season and a prosperous New Year!

When human beings first discovered a need to communicate over a modest distance, yelling was invented.

Although effective, yelling does have some drawbacks.

Yelling for an extended period of time causes one’s voice to become hoarse and ultimately unable to yell. Yelling, to those not involved in the conversation, can be considered disturbing and annoying.  Yelling does not account for the need to share delicate/private information.

To address the first problem, the overhead paging system (a.k.a., public announcement (PA) system) was invented. While PA systems have replaced the need for yelling in many situations, they are not necessarily always ideal.

• Audio quality tends to be poor, so it can be challenging to discern what is being announced.

• Overhead paging does not address the second two issues related to annoyance and privacy.

Fortunately, the next evolution in public communication addresses all three issues, and many more.

Click here to discover how the RX10 Connect Push-to-Talk (PTT) WiFi Bundle provides a convenient solution for quietly and privately reaching mobile personnel.

We don’t think that anyone who uses three-part forms (a.k.a., triplicate forms) can deny the inherent problems with this method of record keeping…

• Handwritten information on the forms is often illegible, and many times, the person doing the writing doesn’t press down hard enough for the information to get transferred all the way to the third layer of paper.

• There are too many pieces of paper to keep track of. Each part of a three-part form can easily be lost by any of the three parties to which one part of the form is distributed. These forms can also be destroyed by fire and made illegible by chemicals. Furthermore, the “ink” fades with age.

• If generic, off-the-shelf forms are inadequate for your business, you must order custom forms. This can be quite expensive, and you have to rely on the printing company being able to fulfill your order in a timely manner. Sometimes, they get backed up and cannot deliver the goods when you need them.

An excellent alternative to the use of three-part forms for record keeping is mobile receipt printing, which eliminates the above problems.

Click Here for a Free Mobility Assessment to see if a Mobile Receipt Printing Solution can help your business reduce costs and increase efficiency and revenue.

Managing the costs of delivering pharmaceutical goods directly affects the profitability of your company. A good route efficiency solution should offer the following features and benefits:

• Inventory Tracking — With the ability to track delivered, returned, refused, and damaged inventory, you can quickly resolve customer disputes.

• Receipt Printing — With a mobile printer, you can print a receipt on the spot for the customer to keep for his or her records. The receipt can have the transaction information and the customer’s signature (if electronic signature capture is available), which also helps reduce customer disputes about delivery.

• Invoice Creation and Editing — Being able to write up an invoice and even collect payments in the field can reduce the amount of time between delivery and payment.

• Inventory Data Analysis — Knowing what products are selling and how often (and at what locations) enables you to keep your customers satisfied by always having the products they need in stock.

• Advanced Reporting — Reports detailing the times between deliveries and inventory status (delivered, returned, refused, or damaged) can help you plan more efficient routes.

Pharmaceutical delivery companies with both large and small fleets can greatly improve route efficiency and overall profits by incorporating route accounting software into their fleet management systems.

Click Here for a Free Mobility Assessment to see if a custom Delivery Route Efficiency Solution can help you reduce costs and increase revenue.

Having a reliable security and access control system at your facility is important for protecting assets and data, as well as personnel. Such a system is capable of managing access for both employees and visitors. The latter may consist of vendors, contractors, temporary employees, interns, maintenance workers, and more. Real-time data access to the comings and goings of personnel and guests can guard against theft and enhance the safety of everyone in the building or area to which access is controlled.

The benefits of security and access control can be better explained with a couple of examples. Click here to see how a simple yet effective security and access control system can be used to protect assets, data, and personnel. Remember, all it takes is one rogue individual to wreak havoc on an organization.