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A scant three years ago, voice technology vendors questioned whether they'd be able to wean order pickers from their paper lists, keypads and touch screens. Now their biggest problem is keeping up with a double-digit surge in demand.
It took a nudge from Nobel Prize winner Milton Friedman to push aspiring economist Jack LeVan into the business world. But once there, LeVan found a way to use basic microeconomic principles to fuel triple-digit sales growth.
Although they had been kicking around in research and development labs for years, it wasn't until the summer of 1974 that the bar code was unveiled to the public.
is Haggar sourcing now? Today it may be the Dominican Republic; tomorrow it could be Vietnam. Fortunately, the logistics guys have learned to fly by the seat of their pants.
Lost amid all the hype around RFID are the strides taking place in the voice recognition and response technology that supports distribution operations.
The word's spreading quickly that voice recognition systems are a lot more than just toys for gear geeks. Wearable computers let DC workers do their jobs faster and better whether it's picking, putaway or cycle counting.
MCL Technologies and Vocollect are developing unique software products combining Vocollect's Talkman voice technology with the MCLCollection software suite.
Many industry observers see auto ID as the breakthrough technology to watch the one that will forever change the way in which our supply chains operate.
Vocollect, a Pittsburgh-based provider of voice-directed distribution systems, achieved record sales in 2002, more than doubling its revenues over the previous year.