Meet the device that will significantly improve efficiency in the warehouse. The new Falcon™ X3+ mobile computer from Datalogic offers advanced features and performance that make operations in the warehouse faster, easier and more accurate. Use the new 2D Extra Long Range version for the highest shelves and take advantage of the improved working ranges […]
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Mini Case Studies – Building Better Businesses
What DCT Mobile Solutions can do for you… — The client: Global leader in manufacturing in conveying, palletizing, packaging, sorting and distribution technologies. Nearly 4,000 employees. Approximately $1 billion in annual revenue. The problem: Needed to improve inventory management and supply chain visibility for job sites in remote areas with extreme environmental conditions and limited connectivity. Solutions: DCT […]
Outsourcing
It’s more than 8,400 miles from Goa, India to the Kansas City, Mo, but the 22 hours of flight time was endured by two of our off-shore teammates, Ivo Costa and Gaurav Borkar proved well worth it for our whole development team. At DCT, we have employed an offshore team through Creative Capsule, a Kansas […]
Small Scanner – Big Difference
Introducing the wireless Bluetooth CS4070 Companion Scanner from Motorola. This scanner empowers tablets, smart phones, laptops and other devices with enterprise-class scanning technology. The current challenge with most consumer devices is they can’t offer the highly accurate bar code scanning that most applications require. The best feature is the simplicity – connect the CS4070 via Bluetooth to […]
Calling Dick Tracy
The announcement of Android Wear and the imminent battle between Apple and Google to build a computer that people will actually wear, reminded me of DCT’s first experience with wearable computer technology. In the summer of 2000, DCT was involved in a warehouse management project with Sony Electronics. The solution seamed right in our wheelhouse: we […]
Wait, How Did I Get Here Again?
When employees use hand-held cell phones while driving, whether to text message, read and respond to e-mails, make phone calls or even view GPS maps and directions, they pose a serious danger to themselves, other motorists, and the company’s bottom line. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), on-the-job crashes cost employers more […]
Android Gets Rugged
A first look at the Motorola MC67 and TC55 and the Intermec CN51 In November of 2012, I sat in a meeting room in Chicago with some of the brightest minds from the leading companies in the bar code, data collection, and field mobility industries. The event was an executive summit organized by the market […]
C# Comes to Smart Phones?
Recent rumors of a Microsoft investment of an acquisition of Xamarin has our development staff giddy at the thought of creating native code for IOS and Android in the familiar IDE of Visual Studio. We actually started our R&D into developing software for iPad with Xamarin’s predecessor Mono in late 2010. At that time, the code produced by […]
Is the iPad Suffering from Shrinkage?
iPad sales are shrinking and that is big news in the world of tech pundits. If you want more of the dirty details you can find it here, here or here if you like your news with an Apple-Centric spin. I particularly like the Apple-Centric article because it explains all of the opportunities Apple missed because they were too busy racing with […]
And… We’re Back!
Welcome to the most recent reboot of our Blog Site. We attack this project with fits and starts it seems. There are a number of reasons that we have lacked consistency in producing this site. Primarily, it has been an issue of quality. We have always felt that sending out a collection of warmed over […]