In the Spirit of home shopping
August 1st 2008 J D Williams, a direct home
shopping company,
recently decided to
upgrade some of
its devices. The
company opted for
three models of
mobile computers
for three different
applications,
supplied by Spirit
Data Capture. "Our
existing devices had
been in use for over
ten years," says Joe
Fisher, project
manager at J D
Williams "We needed
to replace them with
models that would be
very robust, as they
would be used in a
harsh warehouse
environment.
"Another problem
was that the age of
the network and the
equipment was
causing delays. The
operators were
sending information
from their scanners to
the mainframe and
then having to wait for
network points to pass
the data to the
mainframe to update
the stock file."
Spirit has worked with JD
Williams for several years,
and recommended three
models (the Dolphin 9501,
Dolphin 7600 and Motorola
MC3090). The Dolphin 9501
has Adaptus Imaging
Technology; an Intel X-Scale
processor; and a Microsoft
Windows Pocket PC platform.
It also has a triple-radio
design.
The second solution
involved Dolphin 7600
mobile computers to
supersede Dolphin 7200s.
This required the migration
of the original software from
DOS to Windows, using MCL
software provided by Spirit.
The 7600 is an industrialgrade
mobile computer that
reads any linear or 2D bar
codes – high, medium or low
density. It also captures
digital images. The units help
identify potential issues with
the company's carriers.
Spirit recommended
Motorola MC3090s for the
warehouse replenishment
process. The MC3090 is a
rugged mobile computer
ideal for scan-intensive
environments. Please contact
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