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Don’t Swing Between Just-in-Time and Just-in-Case. (There’s a Better Framework.)

Yes, shortages can drag down revenue, but excess inventory can drag down your bottom line even more. Here’s why.

My Take: Four Ways AI Will Make Retail Better

Zebra's Suresh Menon shares four ways AI could make retail better or, perhaps, four ways AI is already making retail better.

You Need to Hear “What’s New” with Voice Technology If You’re Trying to Automate Workflows

AI, robots and other automation technologies will help you drive operational improvements sometime in the future. But, today, you need to be using voice-command automation (which is not the same thing as the voice-directed picking “solutions” you’re struggling with today.) Find out how voice-command automation differs from the other ways your frontline workers are using voice technology today.

Why – and How – Walgreens is Removing Friction to Stop Revenue from Walking Out the Door

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When Sustainability and Security Align

As sustainability reporting leaps up boardroom agendas, a byproduct of enhanced visibility is uncovering the most secretive malware.

When to Buy Tech Products Online and When to Buy Direct from a Sales Rep

While buying technology online for your business can be convenient in the short-term, in some situations buying from a sales rep can save you time, budget, and a headache long-term. Here's when you should buy online versus direct from a person.

How to Find the Right Stats to Support Your Business or Marketing Strategy

The National Football League knows how to collect, decode, and harness data fast – and it’s having a huge impact on its brand and bottom line. These are the best practices you can extract from its Next Gen Stats initiative and apply to support your business or marketing strategy.

Will There Ever Be a Communication Technology Standard with More Staying Power Than Bluetooth?

Bluetooth has become ubiquitous over the last 20 years. (30 billion devices using Bluetooth.) But can it really get even more widely deployed (or better) than it is today? Inventor Jaap Haartsen has some interesting thoughts on what may happen in the next 20 years. Check it out.

Is It Really Possible for Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) Companies and Retailers to Predict – and Plan for – Future Demand?

There’s both an art and a science to forecasting, especially when trying to achieve the “right” level of inventory. That’s why you need both people and AIs contributing to your fact-gathering and decision-making. Find out how you can get them to work better together.

How to Integrate Pricing and Trade Promotions Strategies into Your Demand Planning

It's so important to manage pricing and promotions in tandem and to integrate them into your demand planning strategy, especially when managing consumer packaged goods (CPG). This is why.

The Crucial Role of a Lead Partner in Complex IT Projects

When working with an ecosystem of partners on digital transformation or other complex IT/OT projects, it can be advantageous to have one partner who leads the charge. Larry Walsh of Channelnomics explains why in this blog post.

Three Ways a Good Inventory Formula Helps You Reduce Inventory as a Manufacturer, Warehouse Operator, or Retailer

You need safety stock in your store or warehouse, but you also need to avoid overstocks. So, how can you get the math right when you’re not even sure what figures to put in?

Wish You Could Easily Customize the Mobile Device User Experience for Your Front-line Workers? You Now Have Lots of Options

Check out the Design Studio in your Zebra DNA software suite.

What I Have Learned About Leadership as CEO the Past 15 Years

After 15 years, I am still amazed at the incredible things our employees, partners and customers accomplish each day. I have also learned a few things as CEO that I believe can benefit everyone.

Why Your Mobile Device Could Soon “Know It All”

Google and Zebra are pulling out all the stops around mobility (and AI and AR) so you and your employees can source the info needed to more confidently do your jobs and secure more wins. Hear what’s unfolding.

How Bimbo Bakeries USA Used AI to Transform Its Bakeries, Keep Stores Stocked and Reduce Waste

Bimbo Bakeries USA has shown us how data-driven insights from AI can transform demand planning for CPGs and help keep fresh food on our tables without anything going to waste - even during a global pandemic.

Why You May Not Always Want Your Workers’ Android Mobile Devices to Automatically Connect to Wi-Fi

Just because a Wi-Fi network is “available” doesn’t mean that it’s the right network to connect to at this moment. It’s a matter of productivity and whether or not your workers can actually get anything done. That’s why you're going to want to check out the Enhanced Connection Manager, which is going to let you decide whether WWAN (i.e., cellular) networks should be the first/automatic connection for your workers’ Android devices or whether to stick with WLAN (i.e., Wi-Fi).

One (Completely Preventable) Reason You Might Be Losing Money on Your Enterprise Software Investments

Software requires technical support and feature optimisation (just like hardware). So, unless you have access to experts via ongoing consulting services, the business impact of your software investment may disappoint.

Where Are Banks Falling Short on Branch Efficiency?

There are far too many good software tools out there to guide banking associates’ every move and automate decision-making. No one should feel like they are lacking direction or support.

Why the Best Replenishment System Might Be the One You Already Have

You probably don't need a new replenishment system to get a grip on your inventory, but your system probably does need a fresh diet of AI-powered augmentation. Here's why.

Shedding Light on the Dark Warehouse

How long will humans outnumber the machine workforce? And is there a way to extract more value from their current co-existence? Those are two questions answered by a warehouse automation expert in this blog post.

How to Use Public Maps to Locate Missing Zebra Mobile Devices

When Zebra mobile devices are accidentally left at workers’ favorite lunch spot, a customer site or on a pallet in the yard, Device Tracker can now pinpoint their last known locations on a map.

Three Things You Must Do as a Business Leader Right Now if You Want to Still Be a Business Leader in a Year

Some say now’s the time to take the road less traveled. We say it’s now or never. If you keep doing the same things you’ve always done, especially if you’ve typically avoided AI, you’re going to keep feeling the grind.

What Most People Don’t Think About Before Deciding Whether a Consumer or Enterprise Mobile Device is Best for Their Business

We are asked a lot of questions about why enterprise mobile devices should be the only type of devices used for business applications when consumer devices are being marketed for business use, too. Technology Solutions Engineering Fellow Bruce Willins attempts to answer them all now.

Happy 60th Birthday to the GUI: What’s Next for the Graphical User Interface?

There’s no doubt the GUI will remain a staple in our daily life. But will the GUI forever be as we know it today? Find out why one UI/UX designer doesn’t think so.

Why It’s Wrong to Think of RFID as a Barcode Replacement

The RFID tag is not the next evolution of the barcode. It is technology you should treat as complementary to barcodes. Here’s why.

Proactive Device Management with Zebra VisibilityIQ Gives Italian Wholesaler a Performance Edge

Sogegross Group turns to Zebra’s VisibilityIQ™ Foresight to manage fleet of devices. Learn more about the Italian wholesaler's experience.

There’s a New Alternative to Legacy SAP Mobile Solutions to Consider

Learn why (and how) you should migrate from ITS Mobile, SAPConsole and Windows mobile apps to “Mobile Inventory Templates,” and what the process was like for two global companies that have already migrated.

Make These Changes to Make Your Home Health Operations More Efficient

It’s not helping you as a home health provider or your patients if you’re “making do” with manual processes or “finding workarounds” when your tech doesn’t work. So, let’s get you set up correctly.

How Your Quick Service Restaurant Can Respond to the Death of Single Use Plastics

If it feels inconvenient to have to buy all new reusable bins or recyclable serving utensils, find out what one global QSR chain is doing to conveniently maintain operations, meet sustainability goals and comply with multiple plastics bans.

Hear How CrewPack Fixed Its Wasteful Warehouse Inventory Management Practice

Find out how this small business quickly turned around its operations - and inventory locationing – to ultimately reduce delivery times by up to 86%.

How to Use a Barcode to Automate Data Capture, Positive Patient ID and More in Healthcare Settings

The continued use of handwritten records and manual administration processes in some healthcare settings is hindering the quality of care that even the best physicians and nurses can provide. Let’s talk about how to change that.

How to Speed Up Ticket Checks (and Boarding) on Passenger Rail Routes

Want to confirm passengers have the proper tickets before the train departs – or the passenger departs at the next stop? Consider digital wallet tickets powered by Apple VAS and Google Smart Tap on Zebra mobile devices.

“The Asian Experience” May Not Be What You Think

Individual experiences differ based on culture, geography, gender, and many other factors. Of course, stereotypes can also lead to shared experiences of discrimination. Here’s how you and I can help change misperceptions, especially about the Asian community.

Are We Really Still Debating the Value of Enterprise vs Consumer Devices after All These Years?

Let’s talk about why enterprise mobility solutions are better suited than consumer market offerings in retail, hospitality and other business applications based on what we've learned the past two-plus decades.

An Easy Way to Automatically Capture Automotive VIN, TIN and License Plate Data

Find out how OCR Wedge enables you to automatically capture VIN, TIN and license plate data across automotive supply chains, stores and service centers using only a handheld mobile computer.

8 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Mobile Dimensioning but Should if You Process Packages

It’s time to stop underestimating package sizes and undercharging customers for shipping. There’s a better way to get an accurate measurement and payment at drop-off and pickup points. Learn all about it.

You Can Now Track All Your Zebra Barcode Scanners on One Screen with VisibilityIQ Foresight

The newly expanded VisibilityIQ™ Foresight service enables you to monitor the location and health of your deployed Zebra scanners on the same dashboard used to monitor your Zebra mobile computers and printers. Learn more.

A Closer Look at Walgreens’ AI-Powered Demand Planning Transformation

For years, Walgreens enticed customers with an ad highlighting “what’s on sale this week.” Now, it can proactively tailor the whole retail experience around customers’ real-time wants and needs. Learn how.

Why You’re Really Struggling to Manage CPG Supply Chain Variability

Intelligent Order Promising isn’t just a buzzy tech term. It’s the only AI-based method proven effective at staving off the traditional consequences of disruptive events, such as supply and demand imbalances. Learn more.

Bill Burns: Day One as Zebra CEO

As only the third CEO in Zebra’s history, Bill Burns' vision is to maintain continuity and drive change. Here’s how he plans to do both – with the help of employees, partners and customers.

How to Prepare for Your Move to Wi-Fi 6 – and Wi-Fi 6 Printers

Did you know there are Wi-Fi 6 printers available or that you might need to switch to one? Learn more about how they work and how you can prepare for the transition to Wi-Fi 6 - and Wi-Fi 6 printers.

You Can Now Connect Your Zebra Mobile Computers with New Barcode Scanners and Point of Sale Devices in Just a Few Minutes (without Any Technical Know How)

New universal software interfaces and DataWedge APIs enable you to make critical connections between your existing Zebra mobile computers and new Zebra barcode scanners without having to make any software upgrades. Learn more.

The Long Road to Branch Operations Modernization: Are You on the Right Path?

As customer and employee demands continue to evolve, the banks that invest in digital transformation will continue to thrive. Here's where to focus

De Vries International Transport Boosts Efficiency After Move to Android-based WMS and Mobility Solution

De Vries International Transport Company migrated to an Android® Warehouse Management System (WMS) to boost efficiencies within its warehouses and keep popular treats moving along to retailers. Read about the team's experience.

How to Use Bank Branch Scheduling Processes to Drive Revenue

With a little AI assistance, you’ll be able to get the right people on the schedule at your bank branches at the right time to fully support customers and convert sales. Learn what "a little" means..

Why a Mindset Change is Needed to Drive Progress against Healthcare Compliance, Patient Care and Telehealth Priorities

You may need to change how you think about, choose, and implement technology for your healthcare system to make progress against these your patient care, compliance and telehealth priorities. Here's why.

Why AI Isn’t Working for Everyone

There’s a (data) science to AI. If you can understand the basics, you’ll recognize whether AI will solve your problems—or create unwelcome ones. Two AI experts explain.

Challenges Faced When Trying to Feed Data from Barcode Scanner, RFID Reader or Mobile Computer to the ERP

Here's what you need to know before you start trying to integrate your barcode scanners, RFID readers, mobile computers and other automated data capture devices with your ERP system.

How Wearable Technology is Speeding Up Front-Line Worker Training

Learn how wearable devices that audibly or visually tell workers where to go and what to do when they get there can help them reach full productivity faster.