Industrial Windows Tablets: Optimising Warehouse Management

1. Industrial Windows Tablets: Optimising Warehouse Management Tablets are one of the fastest-growing rugged devices. Their demand has surged in every industry including warehouses. From labor costs, inventory management cost, service cost, operational expenses to facilities management, managing a warehouse is the major cost driver for a company. Mobile technology helps to improve warehouse efficiency and reduce costs. However, commercial- grade mobile devices cannot sustain the extreme environments in a warehouse. Rugged tablet computers are ideally suited to meet the data collection, security, performance and accuracy requirements of a warehouse with harsh conditions like freezing temperatures in a food warehouse, vibrations of a forklift, or moisture in seaports. Why Use Industrial Windows Tablets? • Rugged tablets come with a full Windows operation system, larger & resistive touchscreens, embedded broadband capabilities, GPS, scanners, and access to a broader suite of applications and security solutions. • They are designed according to MIL-STD-810 standard, so they are durable and have a longer life span, reducing your total cost of ownership. • Falls and drops ruin consumer tablets internally. Military-grade laptops and tablets can withstand the impact of a jarring fall or sudden shock. • Consumer tablets will stop working suddenly due to extreme heat or cold temperatures. Using rugged devices helps you carry out activities without any interruptions or downtime issues. • They come with better processor performance. They are faster and more responsive. From barcode scanning, transportation hours of service tracking to mobile point-of-sale, your staff can work on any activity easily and quickly. How Military-Grade Tablets and Laptops Optimise Management 1. Easy and faster data collection: Using logbooks and manual entries of goods and products in a warehouse is a time-taking process. The cross-examination of data entered manually is even more complicated. Military-grade tablets and smartphones come equipped with high-resolution cameras, gyro sensors, RFID and barcode scanners, biometric scanner, and GPS modules. They offer more functionality than traditional barcode scanners used for collecting data of goods in a warehouse. Apart from faster data collection for inventory management, rugged handhelds can act as a high- powered communication device to transmit images, audios and videos during transit, delivery, pick- up, and other tasks. 2. Advanced Asset tracking: Collecting and maintaining accurate records of your assets (goods, employees, and others) can be an expensive task. With a rugged solution and secure warehouse management software, you can track every asset in real-time, maximise your asset control efficiency, and minimise losses. Staff can carry rugged tablets with them and track goods from production to loading and provide real-time order status. This will help your staff to plan and work on the production process without wasting any time. With accurate reporting of assets using a rugged tablet, you can enhance accountability, eliminate error, and increase flexibility.

2. 3. Better quality assurance: Industrial Windows tablets can be used for inspection, machinery maintenance, and quality and inventory control. This removes the extra of entering data in a system plus improves the efficiency of your quality assurance process. Whether it’s inventory data or quality data, rugged handhelds come with the latest data security features to keep your information safe. The Best Industrial Windows Tablets and Laptop Panasonic’s Toughpad FZ-G1 Windows 10 Pro tablet offers a fluid user experience to mobile field workers. Comes with Intel® Core™ i5 vPro™ processor and MIL-STD-810G and IP65 certifications, it can support all your warehouse management processes with ease. It also enhances the security of your data with "Windows Hello". Another model by Panasonic - the fully rugged Toughpad FZ-M1 - sets the new benchmark for industrial tablets. It has been designed to optimise the efficiency of field workers in any environment. Panasonic’s military-grade laptop - Toughbook 55 with Windows 10 Pro doesn't compromise on durability, with an HD touchscreen, good data security, and high performance. Conclusion Warehouses can be a bottleneck in your company’s value chain if the processes and workflows are not streamlined and automated using rugged technology. From inventory tracking, data collection to employee attendance management, industrial windows tablet and laptops offer a new level of computing power and flexibility in warehouse applications. To improve and optimise your warehouse operations, contact Panasonic and deploy its rugged devices.