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Case Studies
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A Regional Hardware Chain Links Stores with Zebra® Printers Easily sharing information from a chain of 156 small-town hardware stores with headquarters was the goal of this family-owned business. To achieve it, the company partnered with a software house that had as an integral part of its system a dedicated output device -- Zebra® desktop printers -- to produce the shelf labels, shelf talkers, and flags critical to information gathering. 05 Feb 2003 111 Kb
A Straight Line Through Everything: Worldwide Systems Integration with Data Collection A 300 percent growth rate was a dream come true for this automotive plastics manufacturer. Disparate locations and systems nearly turned it into a nightmare. A robust enterprise resource planning (ERP) system that could manage production on a company-wide basis, plus a data capture system anchored by Zebra® printers, came to the rescue. 01 Aug 2007 98 Kb
A personalised customer loyalty programme for a leading Spanish food retailer Caprabo is one of the leading food retailers in Spain, with a turnover in 2007 of over 200 million euros. It has 569 supermarkets spread across 29 Spanish provinces. With a strong presence in the communities of Catalonia, Madrid, Navarre and the Balearic Islands, Caprabo takes the lead in this particular vertical market sector. With a total sales area of more than 606,000 square metres, this is increased by an additional 236,000 square metres of floor space in their logistics warehouses. It is from here where Caprabo products are distributed throughout all the company's outlets. 17 Oct 2007 228 Kb
ARSOE organisation’s North-East branch equips its inseminators with Zebra Mobile Printers The ARSOE North-East organisation in France, is responsible for collecting information about inseminations carried out in the breeding sector in its region and has designed a computer-based solution to simplify the inseminators' job and improve the service offered to breeders. This solution includes Zebra® mobile printers, selected mainly for their robustness, reliability and easy use. 01 Mar 2007 286 Kb
Aerospace Parts Supplier Flies Through Order Processing and Shipments with Bar Codes This Florida-based specialty metals supplier needed a better way to respond to requests for urgent shipments from airline customers without compromising accuracy. Now, instead of writing all destination information on the materials, workers print bar-coded labels on demand, realizing substantial accuracy and productivity gains. 01 Aug 2007 96 Kb
Aurora Relies on Zebra for High Quality Bar Codes at the Bedside Aurora Health Care implements bar coding at the bedside to improve patient safety and identification. 13 Aug 2007 167 Kb
Automated System Keeps Inventory Accurate and Updated What started as a need for compliance labeling turned into a company-wide system that leveraged the functionality of bar code printing for this leading manufacturer of household cleaning machinery. Zebra® printers presented the connectivity options that made it happen. 01 Aug 2007 98 Kb
Autotote's Betting Window Goes to the Customer Odds are good as Autotote, the nation’s leading supplier of pari-mutuel wagering systems to horse, dog and off-track betting parlors, brings the betting window to its customers. The walkabout system uses a pen-based computer to record bets and a Zebra® Cameo® mobile printer to print receipts. 10 Feb 2003 33 Kb
Aventis Pharma: Relies on Integrated Labelling Application from Zebra and Schreiner LogiData In order to enable tracking as part of Aventis’ quality control programme, the content of each label is recorded carefully. The robustness and reliability that these printers offer really result in tangible savings for Aventis. 25 Jul 2007 1 Mb
Bacardi Relies on Zebra and Willett for Modern Bottle Labelling Application No more delays and the time saved translates into considerable financial benefits and increased productivity. Labels contain all of the necessary shipping details and are simply applied to the palette. Remote maintenance now allows for errors to be corrected and programming changes to be executed by Bacardi’s technical staff. 16 Jun 2003 2 Mb
Bar Code Labels Provide Inventory Accuracy Improvement to Cosmetics Manufacturer Avon sends out millions of beauty-related products every year to its distribution facilities. To improve efficiency, it employed a warehouse management system with a queue management subsystem featuring Zebra® Industrial/Commercial thermal transfer printers that present peeled labels on demand at the end of every production line. 01 Aug 2007 91 Kb
Bar Code Labels Stand the Test of Time on Signs in Kitsap County Mobile bar code scannings help Kitsap County manage maintenance and record keeping for road signs. Bar coding cut data entry time 92 percent and helps work crews service more signs per shift. Lfetime bar code asset labels produced conveniently and cost effectively with on-demand printers are key to the system. 02 Oct 2006 209 Kb
Bar Code Printers Wirelessly Extend Check-in Systems for American Airlines Skycaps at American Airlines speed curbside check-in by using touchscreen computers and Zebra® desktop printers that connect wirelessly to the Sabre reservation system. That connection means big cost savings because the airline can use the desktop printers instead of specialized automated ticket and boarding pass printers that can cost up to ten times as much. 07 Feb 2003 191 Kb
Bar Coded Wrist Bands are Healthy Solution to Hospital's Tracking Procedure Know your patient. South Central Regional Medical Center is committed to that, so it uses bar-coded sample labels and wristbands to be sure the right test or procedure is always connected to the right patient 30 Jan 2003 51 Kb
Bar Codes Enable Delivery of Europe’s First Web-Based Consignment Tracking Service The use of bar code labelling, EDI and the sophisticated Pilot solution means that ASG can take care of the basic transport administration automatically. The integrated solution enables advanced customer communication, facilitating the availability of data to both ASG and its customers. 16 Jun 2003 950 Kb
Bar Codes Help Celera Map Human Genome Celera Genomics maps DNA with the help of bar codes -- but not just any bar codes. Special labels and the printers that produce them must withstand the tough conditions in the gene sequencing lab, from temperature extremes to water and chemical exposure. Zebra® Z-Ultimate® labels were the only ones to withstand the test. 06 Feb 2003 221 Kb
Bar Coding Easily Integrates with Shipping Software, Helps Distributor Orchestrate Multiple Clients and Carriers Wholesale distributor Bergen Brunswig installed a shipping system for its direct-to-consumer fulfillment service that ran on the company’s AS/400, integrated with its primary distribution system, and accommodated electronic scales and bar code printers for package labeling and tracking. Zebra® printers integrated with the enterprise systems for automated printing and tracking. 05 Feb 2003 33 Kb
Bar Coding Ensures Accuracy for Automotive Supplier Automotive parts supplier Johnson Controls boasts 99.99 percent inventory accuracy and same-day shipments of in-stock orders thanks to a warehouse management system that uses bar code scanning, wireless communications, electronic data interchange and Zebra® printers to create UPS shipping labels. 01 Aug 2007 147 Kb
Bar Coding Leads to Productivity Gains and Error Reduction For 75 years, the warehouse management system of this Illinois medical equipment supplier was manually driven, subjecting it to data-entry errors and inefficiencies. No more. High duty cycle Zebra® printers produce bar code labels so goods can be scanned whenever they are moved. Wireless handheld terminals make picking a breeze -- pick rates have doubled. And putaway/picking errors are down 50 percent. 01 Aug 2007 91 Kb
Bar Coding/SAP Integration Connects Processes, Facilities This international medical products maker expanded into a group of disconnected production systems fed by manually entered information. The successful cure for this condition brought BAR-ONE® for mySAP™ Business Suite software to synchronize all of its operations and a state-of-the-art data capture system to eliminate error. 25 Sep 2003 35 Kb
Barcelona City Police choose Zebra RW 420 printers for processing fines and penalties Barcelona City Police have adopted a new solution to speed up the bureaucratic processing of traffic fines. The benefits of implementing this new technology solution have been faster processing of traffic fines which can now be paid immediately via credit card. In addition data and information management has improved which has subsquently helped to reduce the amount of errors being made. 07 Dec 2007 229 Kb
Beloit Memorial Hospital Improves Management of Bedside Medication with Bar Coding Beloit Memorial Hospital reduced medication administration errors by 74 percent in one unit and 89 percent in another after implementing a bedside bar code administration system. The hospital uses an in-house unit-of-use bar code labeling system to mark medications for scanning. 01 Aug 2005 160 Kb
Bluetooth Keeps Blue Devils Mobile Duke University provides a variety of convenient and innovative services to its students with mobile computers and printers used throughout campus for concession sales and other debit purchases with the student ID card, event ticketing, book returns and more. A switch to Zebra Bluetooth printers improved reliability and ease-of-use 24 Feb 2008 174 Kb
British Library Keeps Excellent Record The efficient tracking and delivery of materials by using barcode printers ensures visitors receive their requests quickly which makes more effective use of their time as they don’t need to spend time searching. The system also saves thousands of pounds in terms of clerical labour costs. 08 Apr 2003 417 Kb
Build-to-Order Made Easy with Bar Coded WIP Tickets A major Texas-based computer manufacturer uses wide-format printers to produce bar-coded work-in-process job tickets to make the leap from traditional order fulfillment to customized computer assembly. 01 Aug 2007 86 Kb
CTT Correios De Portugal Upgrades Its It Systems Zebra label printers, a pivotal element in CTT’s new technology platform CTT Correios de Portugal, the largest national postal operator, is rolling out a new IT platform in its post office network to improve service to end users. View all 01 Mar 2005 1 Mb
Caixa Catalunya Partners with Zebra and Mossatech to Create an Innovative Payment Solution Point-of-sale solution enables processing of credit card payments with PDAs and Mobile printers. In addition to ordinary card payments, the platform enables users to request preliminary payment authorisations and their corresponding confirmation. The platform features an administration module to view transactions completed and daily transactions, request refunds, manage multiple users in the same outlet, etc. 05 Oct 2004 874 Kb
Cameo® 2 Strikes the Right Note for Mobile Credit Card Authorization Reliable credit card authorization and receipt printing were musts for Jordan Kitt's Music's numerous remote sale events. The innovative payment processing solution brought together a cell phone and a Cameo® 2 mobile printer. It's half the cost of wireless payment terminals offered by credit card companies and still processes authorizations within 30 seconds. 26 Jun 2003 152 Kb
Cameo® Printers Expedite Fast Food Processing A leading fast-food chain is sending roving order takers down long lines to shorten the ordering process. Using a handheld touchscreen terminal and mobile Cameo® printers, employees wirelessly send the order in and then print a receipt for the customer. 11 Mar 2003 33 Kb
Canon personally welcomes everybody with RFID Canon was looking for a different approach to visitor registration at Canon Expo. Looking for a solution that was innovative and easier in handling, they chose RFID. 24 Nov 2005 1 Mb
Cart-Mounted Printing Heats Up Efficiency for Manufacturer Automotive parts manufacturer Four Seasons boosted order picking efficiency to new highs by having workers create picking and shipping labels from cart-mounted wireless printers instead of walking to pick them up from a central printer. 01 Oct 2006 132 Kb
Compliance Labeling Solution Grows Into Fully Automated System What started as a need for compliance labeling turned into a company-wide system that leveraged the functionality of bar code printing for this leading manufacturer of household cleaning machinery. Zebra® printers presented the connectivity options that made it happen. 01 Aug 2007 94 Kb
Crystal-Clear Bar Codes Cut Waterford Wedgewood's Noncompliance Fees The U.S. distribution center for Waterford Wedgwood reversed the negative perception its retail customers had of it by putting a stop to unscannable bar code shipping labels. The company installed Zebra® 140XiIII™ direct thermal printers for compliance labeling, which provide maximum readability for error-free scanning. 06 Feb 2003 115 Kb
DHL Renders Package Management More Efficient New equipment saves DHL time while increasing its control over the entire flow of goods. With Zebra's portable and wireless printers, and together with Symbol's hand-held computers and Optidev's wireless networks and applications, DHL has created a better working environment and rendered its package management more efficient. 29 Sep 2004 391 Kb
Delivering Smart Solutions The current method of producing price labels, applying them and locating products within the store falls within the responsibility of the stores back office function. This activity was timely and the opportunity for error high, the result being products didn’t always get displayed in the correct place or priced correctly. Implementing Zebra's QL 320 printer along with voice picking technology productivity and accuracy were greatly increased. 03 Dec 2004 439 Kb
Delivery Confirmation System Cuts Errors and Losses Medallion Cabinetry upgraded its customer service, cut data-entry costs, prevented errors, reduced lost shipments and costly rework with an automated proof-of-delivery system featuring handheld computers, digital signature capture and on-site delivery receipt printing. 14 Feb 2008 163 Kb
Distributor Improves Bar Code Scannability, Reduces Non-compliance Fees The U.S. distribution center for Waterford Wedgwood reversed the negative perception its retail customers had of it by putting a stop to unscannable bar code shipping labels. The company installed Zebra 140XiIII™ direct thermal printers for compliance labeling, which provide maximum readability for error-free scanning. 01 Jul 2007 100 Kb
DoD Supplier Takes Integrated Approach to Satisfy UID and RFID Labeling Needs Gyrocam Systems, which had no bar code or RFID experience, found itself having to simultaneously comply with the U.S. Department of Defense’s Unique Identification (UID) 2D product marking and RFID shipment labeling requirements. The company found a common printing and software platform that minimized implementation cost, simplified integration, and reliably met both labeling needs. 14 May 2007 236 Kb
Don’t Walk – Run with a Zebra It was a bottleneck in the process. As all the labels were printed from the same printer, four or five people would be rummaging amongst them to select their own. The margin for error was larger than we would have liked as there was always a possibility that the items would be mislabelled. The QL 420 printers save us time, money and space. In fact, the time that we save in not fetching labels alone will make them pay for themselves in just 12 months. 02 Sep 2003 1 Mb
Driscoll Picks Perfect Mobile Solution for Distribution Account Reconciliation Mobile printers and computers have helped make Driscoll Strawberry Associates an innovation and automation in the agricultural industry. Driscoll uses mobile printers to issue receipts and label berries as soon as growers deliver them. The labels help Driscoll efficiently process perishables and maintain complete product visibility. 14 Feb 2008 161 Kb
Effective Traffic Management Thanks to Bar Code Printers Before implementing their new bar code printer based solution, the Messe used to rely on carbon paper. The license plate number and time of entry were simply entered onto a slip of paper. Because as many as 4,000 vehicles enter the grounds each day, this proved to be an extremely difficult and time consuming approach. Finding the right parking slip the moment it was required was nearly impossible and lead to unnecessary delays and irritation. Now thanks to Zebra's PT400 they no longer have problems. 16 Jun 2003 804 Kb
Efficiencies gained thanks to electronic tracking of empties Feldschlösschen Getränke AG is the Swiss arm of Danish brewer, Carlsberg. The company is the biggest brewer in Switzerland producing 2.2 million hectolitres of beer at its three breweries and controls a beer market share of 45%. Each year the 20 distribution centres of Feldschlösschen Bottling AG will on average send out a total of 840,000 supplies and bring back 3,000,000 empty barrels, crates and other containers. This requires a fleet of more than 200 delivery Trucks. 09 May 2005 231 Kb
Efficiency gains that support legal requirements with Zebra’s QL 320™ printer. AHOLD Czech Republic, part of international retailer Royal Ahold, is one of the biggest and most dynamically growing retailers in the Czech Republic. The company consists of 297 supermarkets under the brand names of Hypernova and Albert, which in 2005 employed 14,500 people and served more than 155 million customers. In addition AHOLD Czech Republic acquired 56 outlets from Julius Meinl network during 2005. 01 Oct 2006 1 Mb
Enhancing mobile engineer reliability with Zebra printing solutions Founded in 1932, e.l.m. leblanc, a subsidiary of the Bosch Group, is a benchmark brand for gas heating and is one of the main operators in the heating sector in France. From the very outset, e.l.m. leblanc has always adopted the same philosophy: innovation through combining experience with advanced technology, while preserving easy maintenance and use. 08 Jan 2008 296 Kb
Ethel Austin Goes Wireless Exchanging data via radio frequency provides a vital link to a central database system as, once goods are scanned, all the details of the product are instantly up-dated and accessible to employees throughout the organisation for future reference. Once the system was set up and installed, Zebra’s handheld printers were so simple to operate that minimal staff training was required.” 16 Jun 2003 349 Kb
Excellent Print Quality is Evident in Suffolk County’s Evidence Tracking System Bar code labeling has helped the Suffolk County Police Department maintain its perfect record of not losing a piece of evidence in more than 40 years. The department collects more than 70,000 pieces of evidence each year and creates a durable tracking label for each with a reliable desktop printer. 02 Oct 2006 395 Kb
Exhibition Company Manages Up-to-the-Minute Freight Tracking Information The last thing an exposition company needs is missing booth materials. This leading firm has tackled this problem by having employees walk the floor with a wireless mobile pen terminal and printer which allows them to not only query the system but process service requests on the spot, in real time. 23 Jan 2003 100 Kb
FM Logistic Becomes More Mobile and Efficient with Zebra Portable Printers While having used a radio network for a long time, the logistics specialists FM Logistic seized the launch opportunity of the first WiFi-enabled portable bar code printers from Zebra to help their fork lift truck operators gain greater mobility and efficiency while reducing operating costs. With the new system implemented it takes FM Logistic less than three hours to record and store a whole truck’s worth of pallets, while updating its information system in real time. 22 Oct 2004 524 Kb
Faster than Pikachu! Technology Partners Speed Merchandise Sales at Electronics Boutique Electronics Boutique is a worldwide video and computer game retailer that needed help with its check-out lines during the holidays. A wireless mobile check-out system featuring touchscreen handheld terminals and Cameo® 2 belt-mounted printers to the rescue. When not needed for point of sale, associates can use the system to receive inventory and change prices. 07 Jun 2001 835 Kb
Florida State Attorney's 15th Judicial Circuit Locates Case Files in Real Time Using RFID The Florida State Attorney’s 15th Judicial Circuit uses real time RFID technology to locate over 21,000 active case files each year. 29 Sep 2008 188 Kb
Fredriksberg hospital invests in technology for medicine management Bar coded wristbands, scanners, portable computers and a wireless network make medication delivery safer for both patients and hospital staff 14 Mar 2005 1 Mb
Fuller’s Brewery Can Handle Its Beer Fuller’s Brewery is one of the UK’s leading independent brewers and retailers producing and distributing high quality ales. Fuller’s strives both to provide a guaranteed, quality supply of beer every time and also to ensure that it offers the highest customer service and reliability. In order for Fuller’s to fulfil this criteria it has implemented a system which enables staff to track beer kegs and casks to each customer. Fuller’s turned to Lowther (U.K) Ltd, a specialist in the provision of business systems in the handheld and automated data capture markets, for a one-stop solution using a Zebra Cameo 2 printer. 05 Feb 2003 42 Kb
Heating Meters Monitor Energy Consumption This company is responsible for reading around two million meters a year in homes and company premises, something which makes exacting demands on the ongoing development of high-precision, efficient technical solutions. To make life easier they have implemented their own hand-held terminal along with Zebra Cameo printers. They now offer improved customer service which is quicker and efficient. 07 Jul 2003 1 Mb
Heineken Spain Chooses Zebra For Printing Invoices And Receipts A division of Heineken Spain, Servicio Integral a Horeca (SIH), has chosen Zebra® wireless mobile printers for printing receipts and invoices generated by the deliveries, made by their distributors using portable terminals. 21 Sep 2006 932 Kb
Hospital Gains Efficiency with Innovative RFID Pilot Jacobi Medical Centre provides quality healthcare for more than one million New York area residents and, with more than 800 beds, it is the largest public hospital in The Bronx. The hospital is in the midst of a modernisation program that calls for updating processes and constructing facilities such as a new patient tower. As part of this upgrade, Jacobi Medical Centre decided to improve its system for retrieving patient information using identification numbers. 12 Apr 2005 1 Mb
Hospitals Admissions More Productive, Records More Accurate with Bar Coding When it looked to replace its older, unreliable card embossing machines with a better patient record identification system, Provenant Health Partners, a group of affiliated Denver-area hospitals, opted for point-of-activity printing featuring Zebra® Stripe® label printers. Productivity is up substantially since workers no longer waste time transporting cards from department to department. 30 Jan 2003 52 Kb
How Akzo Nobel Has Perfected the Packaging Process for its Paint Products by Printing its Labels in Real Time The use of bar codes not only represents a major rationalisation of management processes and a reduction in costs, but also significantly simplifies operating procedures for all those who work in this sector, from the programming department to those employed in warehousing and distribution, and provides constant qualitative control of the work in progress. 16 Jun 2003 229 Kb
Iceland Post improves deliveries with Zebra The organisation has seen significant improvement in its deliveries, through the automation of postal management and track and trace abilities as a consequence of using Zebra printers and barcode labels. 22 Jan 2008 226 Kb
Incoming Goods are on the Move with Forklift Mounted Mobile Printers Company moves inventory from dock to stock with much greater efficiency through a wireless, forklift-mounted system using mobile printers and handheld terminals to communicate with the host computer. 06 Feb 2003 47 Kb
Inlana Round Up European Union regulations regarding the traceability of imported beef back to the animal and farm of origin are required. The RF readers and field computers run off batteries charged by solar panels, and the PC units are additionally able to run off vehicle power, enabling the monitoring to be done from any motor vehicle in the field. 08 Apr 2003 789 Kb
JEPCO empowers its service engineers with the ability to bill customers on their doorstep. Invoicing and billing customers accurately for their power consumption is not a straight forward task. Filling in forms is a manual process with the added challenge of errors being made by misinterpreting illegible handwriting. One organisation in Jordan has now discovered a new way of reducing mistakes such as these in addition to speeding up the overall billing process and subsequently improving the company’s profitability. 02 Oct 2007 229 Kb
Jumbo Chooses Zebra Label Printers to Improve Customer Service Customer service, reducing costs and improving productivity are key factors in helping to drive and expand its businesses, and to achieve this, Jumbo recently decided to automate its labelling, price control and stock replenishment procedures. Zebra’s mobile printing system has helped to save employees between 45 and 90 minutes per day, walking to and from the fixed desktop printers. 08 Nov 2004 1 Mb
Kimberly-Clark's Smart RFID labeling system Consumer products giant Kimberly-Clark is one of the first, largest and most experienced RFID smart label users. The company faced familiar compliance challenges, but also had to scale its RFID system to support high-volume production. Zebra printer/encoders integrated with WMS and order management systems successfully met the challenge. 01 Sep 2007 88 Kb
LabelTrace Delivers Better Data in Less Time for GPs Labels hold key information such as patient ID, surname, forename, date of birth, requesting doctor and are printed on a Zebra LP2824 5-6 hours per week are saved by printing the test request labels rather than hand writing them. Data accuracy increased from 15% to 98% following the implementation of the system. 22 Oct 2004 1 Mb
Labelling of Hazardous Goods from SAP/R3 Labelling and identification is the key to ensuring overall safety when transporting chemicals. We immediately convinced that we had made an excellent choice of printer once we’d tested the quality of the Zebra bar code labels. 16 Jun 2003 1 Mb
Latin American Steel Producer Improves Processes with Bar Codes Rugged and wireless mobile and tabletop bar code printers help eliminate product misidentification errors, inventory inaccuracies, shipment problems and manual record keeping at SIDOR’s 5,430-acre steel mill complex. 01 Jul 2007 167 Kb
MIM Labels Three Times Faster with Zebra Mobile Printers Ergonomically designed and very simply to maintain, the PDT and printer combination is easy to use. We chose Zebra’s QL 220 mobile printers as they were compatible with existing equipment and development tools, but above all because they are very easy to use for the store sales staff, all at a reasonable cost. 06 Oct 2004 1 Mb
Madrid City Parking Madrid City Council Makes Inroads In Parking Enforcement Improvement. Parking fines are quickly and efficiently processed with Zebra® Cameo® mobile printers 26 Oct 2005 1 Mb
Major Food Manufacturer Implements Bar Coding to Reduce Errors of Manual Production Tracking System A national cookie and cracker maker had a taste for a system that could track the thousands of pallets it shipped daily out of its six regional bakeries. Product freshness and better organized shipments were key concerns. The best recipe turned out to be a warehouse management system featuring bar code scanning and real-time updating. 01 Jul 2007 235 Kb
Managing Bar Code Printers Over the Internet The printers are used to produce mailing labels, shelf labels and labels that contain information on where a product is located within the warehouse and because we are able to access each printer’s home page directly over the Internet, we can solve any printing problems that might occur more easily and quickly than ever before. 16 Jun 2003 785 Kb
Methodist Medical Center Uses Bar Coding to Reduce Errors Bar code medication administration has resulted in a 50 percent reduction in adverse drug events at Methodist Medical Center in Peoria, IL. Pharmacists uses Zebra printers to create an accurate bar code label for all medication administered in the facility. 01 Jun 2005 99 Kb
Mobile Point of Sale (POS) is the Gift that Keeps on Giving The largest book and magazine retailer in the As the leading and largest magazine and book retailer in the United Kingdom, WHSmith maintains 540 retail stores and over 800 airport stores worldwide 06 Feb 2003 1 Mb
Mobile Printing - Worth Its Weight In Gold The use of a new mobile printing solution has enabled the A&G Group to streamline its supply chain, make cost-effective use of a third party warehouse and logistics company and introduce a new range of ready-to-wear fashion clothing. The use of the PEAK Technologies’ solution has been of paramount importance throughout the process of procurement, manufacture, shipping and final delivery. View all 17 Nov 2005 1 Mb
Mobile Printing Keeps Productivity Percolating at Green Mountain Coffee Roasters A mail-order coffee company that became a fast-growing national brand sold in supermarkets and restaurants installed wireless mobile printers to improve productivity at its distribution center. Cart-mounted Zebra wireless printers and tabletop models integrated with the ERP system complement mobile operations to provide total product tracking. 01 Jul 2007 180 Kb
New Look partners with M-Netics and Zebra to deliver fashion faster New Look, the third largest women’s retailer by value in the UK, is synonymous with ‘fast-track fashion’. The company is famous for the ‘speed sourcing’ of high-fashion garments that make their way from the designers’ drawing boards to over 500 high street stores in as few as eight weeks. But, with consumer expectation higher than ever, to stay ahead of the game, New Look continues to evolve its supply chain with innovations that push the boundaries of achievable speed-tomarket. With 84 million items of stock travelling over five million miles each year, New Look requires a slick supply chain with every element reliable, robust and accurate. 01 Jun 2005 1 Mb
New mobile printing solution for price mark down labelling sees improved customer service During autumn 2006 the Eliona Group launched, under franchise, the TopShop chain of retail clothes stores in Russia. Already well established in Western Europe as a familiar high street name, TopShop sells mid-priced mens and womens clothes. Its first store in Moscow opened in the “Evropeiskiy” trade centre, taking up 1000 metres of retail space. One of the key requirements of TopShop Russia was to implement a leading edge price mark down system which could be easily integrated with the store’s existing IT systems. 17 Oct 2007 229 Kb
No Bones About It: Orthopedic Supplies Manufacturer Improves Inventory Control with Bar Codes DePuy Orthepaedics expects a $100,000 savings in forms costs alone once all its facilities have converted to an on-demand bar code labeling program. Twenty Zebra® printers are the key to this solution. 06 Feb 2003 148 Kb
Northeast Medical Center Uses Bar Coding to Increase Patient Safety Bar coded patient wristbands, bar code labels on phlebotomy specimens and bar code bedside medication administration have made nurses happier and reduced errors at Northeast Medical Center. 08 Aug 2006 157 Kb
Otis, a Lift Manufacturer, Has Implemented a Labelling and Bar Coding System By integrating with the warehouse management software, the bar code printers contribute to the smoother operation of the manufacturing and distribution centres. Forklift truck operators were among the first to notice the benefits of the new equipment as they spent so much less time finding relevant packages. 16 Jun 2003 1 Mb
Parking Tickets Made Easier – Sorry! The process of issuing a parking ticket is manual, time consuming and often unenforcable as others struggle to read the handwriting of the issuing officer. By automating the ticket issuing system, using a Zebra mobile printer in conjunction with a hand-held PDA, the solution is simple. The officer uses a stylus to select from simple drop-down menus or enters information via a keyboard. The ticket generated is then automatically printed out. 16 Jun 2003 709 Kb
Picking and Printing on the Go A Midwestern distribution center wanted a better picking solution. Bar codes now control the process, and forklift-mounted Zebra® portable printers play a vital role, letting the forklift driver print shipping labels on demand instead of traveling back to the shipping office. 30 Jan 2003 101 Kb
Pioneering radio frequency tagging for positive patient identification In 2004/5 alone, the UK’s NHS (National Health Service) faced over £400 million worth of clinical negligence claims. One of the key causes being patient misidentification. The National Patient Safety Agency states this causes 19% of all hospital errors. 17 Oct 2007 295 Kb
Pricing Accuracy Through Wireless Portable Printing One of America’s largest retailers changes prices on 1,000 products every week, while up to five percent of its inventory changes every month. An inefficient price-changing system was costing the company 20 percent of its profits every week. Now, a team of price checkers armed with handheld scanning terminals and Zebra® mobile printers connect wirelessly to the store’s network, and a 120-hour pricing process now takes just three hours. 05 Feb 2003 87 Kb
Processing Return Shipments More Smoothly and More Quickly Otto’s core business is catalogue selling, therefore, access to a robust Warehouse Management System that allows the company to process return shipments effectively is of great strategic importance. Otto installed Zebra’s robust and high capacity Z4M bar code printers that feature a metal casing and include ZebraLink. ZebraLink offered Otto several advantages because it shortened the reaction time necessary to perform service tasks on the Z4M printers that are occasionally necessary. 16 Jun 2003 998 Kb
Public Transport Case Study DM: The Most Scanned Man in Greece To comply with European Union legislation which dictates all ferry passengers be checked in before boarding, Greek ferry operators have turned to automation for help. Ten million tourists board ferries to visit thousands of islands during the summer. Bar-coded tickets linked to the ship's database are scanned when tourists board, helping control passenger flow, prevent overcrowding and improve administrative procedures. 08 May 2003 815 Kb
Purchase Goods Anywhere...A Check-Out Counter on the Move This national discount retailer decided to take the checkout to the customer, eliminating those long lines so frustrating to shoppers. A Zebra® Cameo® mobile printer handles receipt printing and credit-card processing, while a portable scanning terminal reads the products' UPC labels. 05 Feb 2003 97 Kb
Queues disappear with wireless network solution Shorter queues and faster service with the help of wireless and mobile printers. Swedish Byggmax has introduced a new system in its stores that reduces the queues at the checkout and exit. The new technological solution is to be installed in all Byggmax stores in Sweden. 29 Nov 2005 282 Kb
Quite a Catch: Zebra Helps Fish Supplier Meet RFID Compliance Requirements Fish and seafood distributor Beaver Street Fisheries met its Wal-Mart EPC compliance shipment tagging requirement more than a year ahead of schedule and is learning how to take advantage of the technology in its own operations. 22 Feb 2005 282 Kb
RFID Helps Tennessee Pride Ease the Grind of Sausage Making & Compliance Sausage maker Tennessee Pride met its high-volume RFID labeling needs by seamlessly integrating automated, inline smart label printing/encoding and automatic applicators plus cart-mounted printers with its legacy production and industrial control systems. RFID data is integrated with the legacy ERP system to match shipments to orders to ensure accuracy. 01 Sep 2007 149 Kb
Raising the bar for positive patient identification Portiuncula Hospital, a public teaching hospital in County Galway, Ireland, wanted to automate its patient ID process. On an average day, the hospital’s 640 staff manage over 200 beds. Like any modern busy hospital, keeping track of blood samples, drug supplies and patient information is key to maintaining efficiency and the best possible patient care. Automating the patient ID process with barcodes would help reduce errors. 01 Jun 2007 182 Kb
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Streamline Lab System Using Bar Code Printing, Scanning Crime scene evidence and case files are managed more accurately and efficiently since the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Forensic Laboratory Services began using more than 50 Zebra bar code printers at six laboratories as part of an integrated bar code tracking program. 01 Mar 2006 64 Kb
Shoe Zone’s feat of logistics Hands-free scanning technology has helped to double output for a leading UK shoe retailer, Shoe Zone. Its warehouse now handles 1.000,000 pairs of footwear per week and delivers to the company’s 400 shoe stores in the UK and Republic of Ireland. 21 Jan 2008 225 Kb
Small Mobile Printers Make Big Difference for Tracking Government Port Activity Virginia-based Military Traffic Management Command provides a range of transportation services for the Department of Defense. Critical to that system are military shipping labels with highly readable and reliable 1D and 2D bar codes used to track unit equipment. Zebra® mobile printers provide point-of-activity printing wherever labels are needed. 01 Aug 2007 148 Kb
So Many Eggs So Little Time As the UK’s largest egg production and marketing company, Deans Foods handles over 60 million eggs per week and supplies fresh eggs to all of the major supermarkets. 09 May 2005 486 Kb
Sony ships it with RFID Supported by integrator Mieloo & Alexandar, SAP, Zebra Technologies and Symbol, Sony Logistics Europe B.V. initiated an RFID test and pilot program in 2004. 24 Nov 2005 118 Kb
Southwestern Vermont Medical Center Turns to Zebra for Reliable 2-D Bar Codes at the Bedside Southwestern Vermont Medical Center implements bar coding for bedside medication verification. 01 Aug 2008 147 Kb
Specialty Printing Makes Accuracy Part of the Process A rubber parts producer was able to accurately track materials through the mixing process and reduce waste and rework by tracking mix bags with bar coding. Only top-quality printers and specialty label material could meet satisfy the challenging printing and production requirements. 27 Mar 2007 145 Kb
Spreading wings with Kingfisher Airlines Kingfisher Airlines is the first carrier to introduce First Class premium cabins onboard its flights. Kingfisher first announced the launch of two world-class technological innovations to enhance customer convenience. 15 Mar 2008 206 Kb
Starwood Ends Check-in Lines with Zebra® Portable Printer/Card Encoder Weary travelers seeking to settle into their hotel rooms can do so that much quicker at several Starwood hotels and the Sheraton Atlantic City thanks to a system that mobilizes hotel staffs. With a handheld terminal and mobile printer, workers can print receipts and program room key cards, courtesy cards and property passes anywhere from curbside to poolside. 06 Feb 2003 94 Kb
Strategic Partnership with TOREX Retail Provides Virgin Trains with a European First in the Rail Industry TOREX Retail has developed a system which provides Virgin Trains with management information to help make business decisions. The system includes an on-board Javelin touch-screen terminal with a Zebra fixed printer, Symbol handheld units linked to Zebra® mobile Cameo 2 printers and smart media readers. Each train is stocked and its manifest loaded on smart media. Retail transactions are logged on the fixed units in the catering area and, on certain routes, through the trolley service via mobile units. 06 Oct 2003 203 Kb
Striped Logistics a Bar Code, a Printer, a Zebra and a …Gun Striped logistics, a bar code, a printer, a Zebra and a …gun 13 Jun 2005 1 Mb
Surgical Instrument Management for St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust St George’s is ranked as one of the largest acute NHS trusts in the UK, with 27 operating theatres and 1200 beds. In a normal year St George’s handle 35,000 different operations. Timely provision of the correct sterilised surgical instrumentation for these operations is a complex and laborious task, involving the coordination of over 700,000 individual items, 50 staff operating within six separate Sterile Service Departments (SSD). 01 Sep 2003 1 Mb
Sutter Health Targets Patient Safety with Zebra Bar Code Solutions Healthcare organizations are looking to bar code solutions to address the challenge and ensure the “five rights” of patient safety: deliver the right medication, in the right dose, at the right time, to the right patient, through the right method. Bar code solutions are increasingly being used for unit-of-use medications, specimens, blood products, IV mixtures, patient wristbands, and more. 24 Aug 2006 145 Kb
TCO Wins J.J. Taylor Over to Zebra Mobile Printers Rugged Bluetooth wireless mobile printers plus, handheld computers and software helped beer distributor J.J. Taylor Companies lower the total cost of ownership for its route automation system by reducing repair and supply costs and support time. 01 Feb 2007 159 Kb
TNT Express in The Netherlands Saves Time and Money with Zebra Mobile Printers By switching to a wireless mobile system, TNT Express has achieved significant time savings, productivity gains, flexibility and error reduction. With these mobile solutions, the process is much more efficient and effective, we can now not only serve the customer much better, but are also providing our employees with a much friendlier working environment. 20 Sep 2004 2 Mb
The Mix is Right with Zebra and SAP at Chef Solutions Integrating bar code label printing directly with its ERP system so batch numbers and traceability information could be included on product labels was a recipe for success for a national prepared foods producer. 01 Dec 2004 220 Kb
The San Benedetto Group Selects Diseño Codigo Barras (DCB) and Zebra Technologies for Real-Time Printing of its Barcode Labels Following an analysis of its new labelling and product identification needs in its factory, the company has implemented a project to optimise product management and warehousing efficiency. They required a solution enabling a fast and efficient printing of product labels, as the production process cannot be delayed at the labelling stage, once products are finished. Zebra printers integrated in Xenius applicators entirely fulfil this goal. 29 Jul 2004 883 Kb
Tracking Evidence and Stolen Property is Easier with a Portable Bar Code Solution Illinois' Lake County Sheriff’s Department turned to bar coding for its evidence tracking both in the field and at its labs. Now a computer can tail the evidence wherever it goes. 11 Mar 2003 33 Kb
Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona Entrusts Printing of its Tickets to Zebra Technologies This company needed to speed up the ticket issuing process in order to increase the efficiency and the comfort of both their staff and passengers.The Zebra Technologies Cameo 2 printer was suitable for processing data at the point of transaction and printing tickets thanks to its magnetic card readers (MCRs) or optional intelligent card readers. 18 Nov 2003 1 Mb
U.S. Military Relies on Zebra for Visibility to Keep Equipment Shipments On Track The U.S. Department of Defense relies on rugged Zebra mobile printers to create bar code labels in dangerous and remote locations as part of a system that uses satellite modems and mobile computers to deploy and track critical materials in real time. 01 Aug 2007 147 Kb
UK’s Number One Retailer Selects Zebra Wireless mobile printing has produced tremendous time savings at Tesco, the largest grocery retailer in the U.K. Tesco associates create price markdown labels in the store aisles with Zebra's QL220 mobile printers. Up-to-date prices are transmitted securely to the printer over the in-store 802.11b wireless network, leading to labeling accuracy and greatly improved worker productivity. 06 Dec 2004 2 Mb
WHSmith WHSmith needed a solution that would be easy to implement and offer a quick on return-on-investment. The new technology streamlined the purchasing process by allowing WHSmith staff to scan products in customers’ baskets while they waited in line, printing off a single transaction receipt to speed up the paying process at the checkout counter. 16 Jun 2003 1 Mb
Wegmans Goes a Cut Above With RFID for Supermarkets Supermarket chain Wegmans successfully piloted tracking meat products with EPC Gen 2 RFID so cuts could be tracked to individual stores to improve traceability and inventory management. Carefully matching smart label media and printers to usage environments helped led to outstanding read rates and convenient processes. 01 Sep 2007 157 Kb
What Other Retailers Can Learn from Prada The Prada Epicenter store in Manhattan is an unusual experiment in retail that offers a bold rethinking of how retail space and technology can be used throughout the store. Associates can use handheld readers to scan RFID tags on a piece of clothing, then give the customer a real-time view of the retailer's back-room inventory so he or she can consider only the colors and sizes in stock. Eventually, that view will extend to other New York stores, the local warehouse, even to the Prada store in Paris. 14 Feb 2003 230 Kb
Wincanton improves its investment in its central European logistics centre with Zebra QL 420 mobile printers. Wincanton Trans European is one of Europe’s largest logistics companies. With 27,000 staff worldwide, the company also has 14 Polish branches employing over 740 staff. Its regional head quarters is in Poland, as well as its 26,000 square metre main logistics centre located in Loziska, close to Piaseczno, on the outskirts of Warsaw. 21 Jan 2008 1 Mb
Wireless Curbside Check-in at Opryland Hotel With 2,883 guest rooms spread out over a square mile, Opryland USA is always looking for ways to speed the check-in and -out process. One way it discovered was to have "roving registration points" so guests could check in near their rooms. A handheld, Web-enabled computer and Cameo® mobile printer handle all tasks from altering reservations to printing receipts, processing credit cards and programming room keys. 06 Feb 2003 238 Kb
Wireless Mobile Printers are Ticket to Improved Parking Management Operations An upgrade in mobile printers to rugged, reliable wireless models has unlocked more benefits from automated parking citation systems in use at Burlington, VT, Michigan State University and other locales. Repairs and costs are down, collections are up and parking enforcement officers are more productive. 01 Aug 2005 63 Kb
Wireless Printing and Data Collection Give Construction Equipment Maker Something to Build On Caterpillar, the world’s largest manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, relies on durable Zebra mobile printers to support high-volume picking and putaway in distribution centers that operate 24 hours a day. The printers include LEAP security support and connect to Caterpillar’s 802.11b network, which may support 360 concurrent users. 01 Jul 2007 161 Kb
Wireless Receiving Helps the Show Go On The last thing an exposition company needs is missing booth materials. This leading firm has tackled this problem by having employees walk the floor with a wireless mobile pen terminal and printer which allows them to not only query the system but process service requests on the spot, in real time. 14 Feb 2003 95 Kb
Zebra Ensures Reliability for Innovative DOD RFID Compliance Service 01 Jan 2007 442 Kb
Zebra Involved in Fine New Mobile Printing Application It became apparent that the rail operator was missing opportunities to maximise its parking revenues, the main problem being encountered was the processing of the tickets themselves. Parking offenders who refused to pay were causing huge losses for Swiss Rail in terms of time and money. The idea of an entirely mobile parking enforcement solution, using handheld mobile input devices and printers was conceived. Wardens now record details of the offending vehicles, including pictures in digital format. At any time of the day, this information can be transmitted back to the central office via GPRS. This has a huge cost saving benefit for ISS. 08 Nov 2004 1 Mb
Zebra Printer and Label Combinations Deal Tropicana a Winning Hand The famous Tropicana Resort and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip wasn’t having good luck with the U.P.C. labels on its gift shop merchandise. A new combination of printers and label material matched to the task has practically eliminated scanning problems, improved inventory record accuracy and produced productivity gains estimated at $300 weekly. 01 Aug 2005 233 Kb
Zebra Printers Form Essential Part of New Methec Shop-Floor Control System at OPG Wholesale OPG integrated a wireless barcode/RF-system featuring mobile scanners and Zebra label printers to the ERP system. This completely integrated order processing which limited the level of human intervention required in the process and minimised the likelihood of error. OPG can now process up to 30,000 order lines per distribution centre. The processing times are very short, with the order usually being processed on the same day. And with Methec controlling the shop-floor, employee productivity has increased enormously. 06 Oct 2004 1 Mb
Zebra RW 420 mobile printers meet tough demands of Bydgoszcz parking wardens The Office of Paid Parking Zone (PPZ) in Bydgoszcz, a city in central Poland, is an administrative unit of the Municipal Road and Public Transport Authority (Zarząd Dróg MIejskich i Komunikacji Publicznej w Bydgoszczy). The office’s main task is controlling how cars are parked in PPZ and whether parking fees have been collected. Each working day ten wardens patrol the streets checking if drivers have bought relevant parking tickets that entitle them to park in this restricted area. Anyone failing to meet this requirement can be issued additional fines by PPZ wardens for unlawful parking. 10 Dec 2007 319 Kb
Zebra Smart Labels Pass In-Flight Test with Flying Colors Boeing is innovating maintenance management by using radio frequency identification (RFID) tags to record part history information. Boeing won FAA permission to be the first to send RFID tags into flight, and a smart label system from Zebra helped get the program off the ground. 01 Aug 2007 199 Kb
Zebra Supports Philips Roll out Largest RFID Supply Chain Project in Global Semiconductor Industry RFID industry leader Philips Semiconductor turned to Zebra Technologies to help implement RFID-enabled processes for its own supply chain operations. Applying RFID smart labels has helped Philips cut the time required to record outgoing and incoming shipments in half, improve shipping and inventory accuracy, reduce lead times and increase inventory turns. 01 Aug 2007 187 Kb
Zebra Technologies Keep an ‘Eye’ on the Queues The London Eye recognised the potential to increase sales and improve customer service by selling directly to those in the queue. To be able to do this a mobile queue-busting system incorporating a mobile Cameo receipt printer from Zebra Technologies with a Casio IT-700 wireless Pocket PC has been introduced. 16 Jun 2003 1 Mb
Zebra and R4 Global Solutions Make EPC Compliance Labeling Fast and Simple for Victory Land Group Victory Land Group (VLG) easily beat its deadline for providing EPC smart l