ACCELERATED ACCURACY: It's Automatic.

Warehousing Management, May, 2001 by Terreri, April

Automatic ID and data capture technologies are moving products faster and more accurately from manufacturers to consumers, resulting in a healthier bottom line for warehouses As consumers continue to grow more accustomed to ordering products in a flash over the Internet, they are becoming more and more impatient when it comes to receiving those products.

Behind the scenes, warehouse management systems (WMS) use a variety of automatic identification (auto ID) bar code technologies to track, locate and help move products quickly -- with almost-perfect accuracy rates -- to these waiting consumers. So what is the status of auto ID -- still an emerging technology -- in today's warehouse? "They go together like a horse and carriage -- they're...

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