Honeywell offers product refinements to boost supply chain interconnectivity

With a variety of embedded products already contributing to warehouse worker mobility and efficiency, Honeywell (Booth 4935) offers a cohesive range of sensing and productivity solutions that are undergoing constant refinement, said Bruce Stubbs, director of supply chain marketing.

Stubbs highlighted a variety of ways data from Honeywell’s existing sensors—located throughout distribution centers, retail stores and over-the-road vehicles—can be leveraged for real-time decision making and immediate correction of potential issues.

“For example, with our temperature sensing technologies, connected to the Cloud, a receiving manager can be alerted to a temperature spike in a refrigerated trailer two days before the product arrives at the facility,” he explained. “Not only can the driver be alerted to the problem, but purchasing can be advised that the products won’t be viable upon arrival and that they need place a replacement order.”

Stubbs also demonstrated the D75E wearable computer with ring scanner that is Windows CE, Android, and Windows 8 (soon to be Windows 10) compatible. “The previous model used a 1D laser scanner, but we’ve changed that to a 1D/2D imager that can capture even the tiniest bar codes on the smallest parts in high detail, and at the same scan rate as our mobile computers,” he said.

Other highlights include the updated, wireless MP compact printer for forklift mounting that holds a large spool of paper, preventing the frequent change-outs associated with wearable printers, and new Z-SIM software that simulates Zebra bar code label printers.

“The simulation language allows users to make a seamless transition from an existing printer to another and break free from the herd, so to speak,” Stubbs noted.