Automated System Helps Save Thousands Of Dollars Monthly By Improved Tracking,Verification Procedures

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By Intermec

The discrepancies were costing Wood-Mode thousands of dollars each month in lost cabinetry and order remakes, which were placed as rush orders reducing an eight- to ten-week manufacturing process to just a few days, disrupting scheduled production.

Wood-Mode turned to Intermec and its partner, Computer Support Services Inc. (CSSI), to help find a solution. The system they developed gives every Wood-Mode driver an Intermec 6808 mobile printer and 720 Pocket PC handheld computer running customized application software from CSSI. In the factory, workers use Intermec wireless scanners running over an Intermec wireless network to follow goods through the production cycle.

With the new automated system, units ready for delivery are scanned twice. A warehouse worker performs the first scan as the cabinets are loaded onto the truck. The data is exported to a PC then onto the 720 handhelds. This gives drivers an accurate reading on how many cabinets are on their trucks. The second scan, at the final destination, is done with the 720.

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