Supply Chain
Optimising your Supply Chain with Auto ID Solutions
In response to Supply Chain challenges, TSC has heavily invested in IT and Operations-centric solutions using reliable, efficient and secure AutoID technologies. Traditional and 2D barcodes along with RFID have become an invaluable tool for digitising your supply chain from the automatic generation of work orders to inventory management and product traceability, a higher perfect order rate is within your control. Key benefits discussed in this guide include:
- Optimised receiving and shipping processes using scannable barcode labels to ensure accurate crossdocking, proof of delivery, and error-free fulfilment.
- Real-time inventory visibility with RFID technology to maintain optimal inventory levels, increase warehouse turnover rates, optimise pricing, and prevent stockouts.
- Cost-effective and easy to manage mobility solutions to collect, analyse, and view critical business data anywhere in value chain.
- Warehouse management solutions that integrate with existing equipment and workflows to optimise receiving and pick and pack processes.
- Device management from anywhere to monitor device health, ensure security, troubleshoot configurations and settings, and maintain the highest asset uptimes.
- Waste for work-in-process and shipping labels, supporting sustainability goals.
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Key Considerations when Building your AIDC System
When designing, upgrading, and deploying your AIDC equipment like barcode and RFID label printers and mobile computers, look to maximise your return on investment (ROI), scale your solution and future-proof your processes by considering these key factors:
Comprehensive Enterprise Auto ID Solutions
TSC Auto ID offers a wide range of solutions tailored to your global supply chain, addressing key challenges like inventory management, traceability, and production efficiency. Our solutions include:
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Barcode Quality
Barcode printing and scanning has reduced errors related to data entry from 1 out of 300 to 1 out of 3x10^10, but the consequences for barcode failures in the global supply chain can be devastating including carrier loss, chargebacks, automation errors, and product rework. The good news is that most of these concerns can be mitigated by employing a barcode inspection system using 100% verification.
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Mobile Devices
The use of handheld devices is vital for everyday business needs, requiring fast performance with persistent connectivity, advanced data capture, lightweight ergonomics, as well as simplified and secure authentication. Our Bluebird mobile devices fulfil critical business missions with numerous key features such as multi-OS support, true mobility and industry-leading battery life.
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RFID Experts
RFID has become a trusted industrial standard in the global supply chain owning improvements in tagging costs, standards in encoding and formatting, and improvements in read range performance for demanding applications. Beyond becoming the best practice for managing reusable shipping assets (RSA), RFID workflows are eliminating time and labour associated with inventory management and asset locating.
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Automation PEX
Automation continues to drive cost and quality improvements in supply chain operations with recent investments in automated storage and retrieval systems, sortation systems and voice picking. These systems rely on accurate AIDC barcodes and RFID labels to function. You can also drive significant ROI by automating your labelling workflows.
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Benefits of EMCs from Bluebird
Even small supply disruptions can cost your business approximately $50,000 per minute of downtime and even more when factoring in lifetime customer value. We are proud to be recognised by our clients for our product quality, reliability, and user-friendly printer designs, which minimise downtime and streamline operations. Explore the range of goals and initiatives we can support with these benefits:
Maximise ProductivityWe coined the metric mean-time-between-failures (MTBF). With MTBFs measured in years, our mission is to maximise asset up-time and your productivity. Our industrial printers, built with advanced engineering, all-metal construction, high-capacity ribbons, and intelligence, are designed to perform 24/7 to keep pace with your operations. Our mobile devices, readers and printers feature IP-rated, drop-resistant durability, long battery life, fast-charging, and a full range of accessories, ensuring reliable performance in harsh environments.
Interoperability that ScalesTSC enterprise-grade industrial printers offer seamless ERP integration with a comprehensive emulation library, supporting various printer languages (Postscript, PDF, IPDS) and data streams. We handle diverse label and ribbon combinations, accommodating the broadest specifications for label dimensions, label accuracy, thickness and materials. New TSC mobile devices run on Android and Linux, are upgradeable, and compatible with the most common business applications.
Lowest Cost of OwnershipTSC's ODV-2D systems for thermal printers automates label inspection and barcode verification, correcting errors without operator intervention. Plus, we control chart printer performance, prompting maintenance to boost productivity and cut costs. Our BOS care platform streamlines device fleet management and optimises deployment with built-in efficiency tools.
Shortest Deployment and Down TimesWe offer a variety of tools and solutions to support fast device deployment including the TSC Rapid Deployment USB device clone feature, the Printronix Quick-Change Memory Cartridges (QCMC) to support rapid enterprise-grade industrial printer deployment and Bluebird BOS Nest Rapid Deployment functions for mobile devices. These solutions make cloning, provisioning, and deploying IT-approved devices fast and reliable returning your supply chain to full operation and slashing deployment and upgrade times in your facilities.
Today’s most advanced RFID technologyTSC and Bluebird together offer a powerful RFID solution that helps you reduce tag clutter and eliminate encoding errors. Bluebird’s rugged mobile computers support advanced RFID reading and writing capabilities, making it easy to manage, verify, and track encoded data in real time. These devices work seamlessly with TSC’s RFID printers, allowing for smooth end-to-end encoding workflows. With our latest firmware updates, select TSC printers now include real-time tag verification features and native character-to-bit conversion—ensuring precise, accurate encoding with full control over bit sequencing from the most to least significant bits.
World-class Training and SupportWe have dedicated resources to engineer, coordinate, and deliver for our global customers. Our experienced field engineers are ready to support and solve the most challenging AutoID applications, and our highly trained technicians are ready to help answer all of your mobile device, label, and label printing questions.
Remote Management, Deployment and IT Solutions
We offer a trio of IT Solutions for remote management of your fleet: TSC Console, TSC Console Web and Bluebird BOS™.
TSC Console
Designed specifically for our wide range of TSC printers, the TSC Console enables IT staff to deploy, manage, monitor, and troubleshoot both wired or wireless connections to one or a group of printers.
TSC Console Web
TSC Console Web is a web-based version of TSC Console—a printer management tool offering remote configuration, quick implementation, troubleshooting, and preventive maintenance. Now, you can manage both TSC Auto ID and Printronix Auto ID printers, achieving centralised monitoring, cross-device management, intuitive data visualisation, and enhanced team collaboration.
Bluebird BOS™
BOS™ NEST provides essential solutions for entire stage of the enterprise's mobile equipment deployment and management. BOS™ NEST is designed to maximise mobile device productivity by offering a comprehensive platform to efficiently protect and manage mobile devices in the organisation.
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