Global Third-party Logistics Group Chooses CipherLab's RK25 and RK95 Handheld Computers｜August 2021
CipherLab Connection｜August 2021
Global Third-party Logistics Group Chooses CipherLab's RK25 and RK95
Handheld Computers to Ensure Overall Warehousing Efficiency
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Global Third-party Logistics Group Chooses CipherLab's RK25 and RK95
Handheld Computers to Ensure Overall Warehousing Efficiency
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User Scenario
Global Third-party Logistics Group Chooses CipherLab's RK25 and RK95
Handheld Computers to Ensure Overall Warehousing Efficiency
Headquartered in France, this logistics group has expanded with its
many subsidiaries to a strong global presence. The group opened its
first subsidiary in early 2002 in Taiwan where it now owns six
warehouses covering one hundred thousand square meters across Taiwan.
It accounts for nearly 50% of all warehousing businesses for large
hypermarkets in Taiwan to which it executes order picking and shipping
of twenty thousand various products per day.
At first, the logistic group was using handheld devices from other
brands that ran on the WinCE operating system before Microsoft
announced that the updating service of WinCE would be discontinued in
2021. On top of that, it was practically time for the group to replace
their old devices with new ones; Android devices were therefore being
considered. Basically, inside its warehouses, mobile computers are
utilized to conduct operations related to shipments and purchases.
Operators mainly use the mobile computers to read barcodes on the
first level of pallet racks and on cargo pallets to conduct shipping
and receiving processes. As stacker operation is common in the
warehouse, operators had great expectations for the new mobile
computers; that is, the devices must be drop-resistant and the pistol
grips and shoulder straps would be essential for operators when doing
manual order picking. The stability of the Wi-Fi and availability of
the Terminal Emulation connection would also be highly essential in
the warehouse. The company also has cold storage warehouses where
operations are done at temperature of minus 18 degrees to minus 24
degrees Celsius, so the devices must be absolutely
freeze-resistant.
After a series of tests, the CipherLab RK25 rugged mobile computer and the RK95 industrial mobile computer for cold storage eventually got the nod among the many competitive brands being considered.
They were also very pleased to find out that the RK25 is equipped with a middle-range scan engine which allows operators to read barcodes without having to repeatedly squat down, thus improving efficiency and protecting operators from occupational injuries.