New Rugged Tablet I/O Standards Remove Guesswork From The Logistics Equation

By Jeremy Trojcak, Xplore Technologies

Supply chain logistics are all about exact calculations: cost, weight, schedules, routes, inventory volume, etc. So why would you settle with a mobile computing device that requires you to guesstimate – and compromise – your I/O connectivity needs?

Whether you are responsible for warehouse, distribution or transportation operations, industry business processes are constantly improving, and your own organization’s operations must keep pace to remain competitive. In the supply chain game, that means constantly seeking out new efficiency gains and identifying new ways to leverage existing systems without disrupting the well-oiled machine.

Yet, how many times have you found yourself frustrated because you don’t have the right ports available on your mobile computer – or really any computer – to connect to essential equipment? Or how many times have your workers in the warehouse had to run back to a fixed station to complete a workflow that couldn’t be supported on the mobile device because they didn’t have the right connection capability from that handheld, tablet, or notebook?

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