Mobile computers have made great inroads into industrial business environments. The types of devices that are represented include handheld computers, smart scanners, vehicle mount computers, wearables, tablets and enterprise data assistants (EDA). These devices are used for communicating operational activities and data collection. Overall, they help to improve productivity and increase data accuracy rates in warehouses, distribution centers and manufacturing.

The operations area wants more productivity and reliability from mobile warehouse and field computers. The information technology area wants more efficient methods of working with rugged mobile devices for diagnosis and content delivery. Take control of your mobile workforce. SOTI MobiControl is the mobile device management solution of choice for centralized control, robust security, immediate support and enhanced tracking over any network for any size of deployment.

Data collection solutions began with stationary laser scanners in warehouses and then gained momentum when barcode scanners became more common use in supermarkets in the 1970’s. Today multiple options are available for how to capture inventory movement data.