You may already recognize computer simulation as a powerful business analytic tool for evaluating your fulfillment operations. Many multichannel retailers have used simulation analysis to improve... View More
For many years, image processing and address recognition technologies have been used to speed up mail sorting and reduce manual data entry costs. With todays increased competition in the postal business,... View More
For many years, image processing and address recognition technologies have been used to speed up mail sorting and reduce manual data entry costs. With todays increased competition in the postal business,... View More
The evolution of barcode technology has led to the development of faster, more intelligent scanners than anyone could have imagined when they were introduced nearly 30 years ago. Notwithstanding the numerous... View More
Whats the worst thing that can happen to your computer? Worse than a hard disk crash, virus infection, spam assault, denial-of-service attack, hacker takeover, fire, flood or other human, mechanical, or... View More
Posten Sverige AB, with headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, is a public-owned limited liability company and one of the largest companies in the country, with around 45,000 employees. The Business Parcel... View More
Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, barcode scanning became a critical component of automated material handling systems in operations of all sizes and across all industries. As technology advanced, laser-based... View More
There are two misconceptions in the consumer goods supply chain: First, a barcode scanner and a barcode verifier do the same thing. Second, verifying barcodes is a complicated ordeal. From packaging... View More
Imagine sending out over 80 million items a year a significant percentage of which is returned by the recipient. Sound like a nightmare for returns processing? Absolutely. But Bookspan, which does just... View More
Editor�s Note: The following is an excerpt from a much larger paper prepared by Dr. Billo, et al. The full text, which contains considerably more information, tables, explanations and mathematical models,... View More
So here is the scenario. You spent months deciding on your new parcel-shipping platform. The hardware is in place, the software runs like a champ, your new printer fires out perfect labels � at least,... View More
Over the past 30 years, barcode scanning has moved from the supermarket checkout, through the supply chain and into every industry where items are moved. From packages arriving at a receiving dock to medicine... View More
