Roslin Cells, a world leader in the isolation of new clinical grade pluripotent stem cells for use in research and development, was moving their site from within the Roslin Biocentre in Edinburgh to a new facility housed within the new Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine. 

Two patient samples that were supposed to be picked up at London Heathrow Airport for delivery to a central lab were not available for retrieval. The airline handling agent in London claimed that the shipment had been misplaced and may not have arrived in London.

Edinburgh and the Lothians to Fife, was closed for the first time ever due to the snow with both the Edinburgh and Glasgow airports also closed. To make matters worse, the major motorways and other main roads were closed by police due to jack-knifed lorries and stranded cars.

The challenge involved the precise cold storage temperatures (between 2-8°C) required to assure the integrity of the strips during the transfer and storage of the product to various sites around the globe.

In August of 2010, both dry ice factories in Moscow, Russia were shut down for an unplanned technical upgrade. At the same time the weather in the region was unusually hot (40°C, 104°F) which placed a higher than normal demand for dry ice to keep frozen shipments within the required temperature range.

Marken collected a shipment from southern Sweden that was bound for next-day delivery in northern Belgium. However, all airline flights into Belgium were cancelled as a result of a strike action by airport workers.

Following the major earthquake (8.9 on Richter scale) that struck Japan on March 11, 2011, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant suffered severe damage to multiple reactors. Due to the damage at the nuclear plant and other serious damage caused by the tsunami, service to the main cities and prefectures in central Japan was dramatically curtailed.

A growing number of small to mid-size businesses are considering mobility solutions as the means to automate,  increase productivity and eliminate errors in their business processes. This white paper examines challenges confronting small to mid-size businesses interested in mobile solutions as a means of escalating productivity

The new Omnii RT15 is the result of requests for a sleeker, customer-facing device that’s rugged enough to handle unforgiving field environments. It combines modularity, performance and durability for mobile workers.

The RT15 leverages our single, versatile Omnii computing platform to help deliver new technologies quickly and easily. This means it can be simply configured to meet any business need – now or in the future – with no risk of obsolescence. It’s all part of our commitment to open innovation and adaptability.

The rapid advancement and adoption of consumer mobile devices like the iPhone, iPad, BlackBerry, and Android-based smartphones have put fairly sophisticated mobile computing in the hands of almost every enterprise employee, from the field technician to the CEO. By Datalogic ADC, Inc.