Human errors, as seen when using the paper and pen method to track orders and inventory, can cause burdensome fines and chargebacks. Modernizing your warehouse provides your business the capability to grow while becoming more flexible to changes and uncertainty. The benefits far outweigh the cost of remaining stagnant in a technologically driven world of business.
Warehouse modernization is just that. Modernizing the technology of your current facility, or helping you build your new facility, to help you manage modern complexities while thinking about future growth potential. With current trends in ecommerce, labor shortages, and economic disruptions, it is vital to business success to remain flexible.
Technology can often appear to be expensive or overly complicated. But with technology advancing at an increasing rate, it is more readily available and easier to manage than ever before.
Benefits Now & in the Future
SMBs can have greater operational complexity than large enterprises due to managing everything with fewer warehouses. One SMB facility can be managing all business operations within it. Technological advances are more accessible than before, making it easier than ever to incorporate and scale technology as needed.
Some SMBs wonder why they should bother incorporating technology into their current operations. Incorporating technology does not have to be a complex ordeal and does not require creating an entire department dedicated to learning how to manage it. The experts can help you quickly learn how to easily operate and manage everything, or the experts can manage it all for you.
You can quickly enhance visibility within your facility by incorporating technology. A small business can incorporate labeling systems, software, and mobile devices to more efficiently process and track orders. Medium-sized businesses can upgrade their current systems and software to better manage the complexity of their growing demands.
Automation can ease labor shortages and reduce unnecessary steps. It is more accessible than before, with more options to fit your current needs. Mobile computing, mobile scanning devices, and mobile printers makes it easier to reduce the amount of time employees spend walking around your facility.
From $25 Million to $900 Million in Sales
A medium-sized medical startup business was earning about $25 million in sales a year. This company was growing very quickly and was struggling to maintain their current warehouse system. After updating their warehouse management system, they are now making about $900 million in annual sales.
Zebra Solutions
Zebra Technologies is an expert in the barcoding technology field with rigorous testing of their own products and certification requirements of select partners. Zebra has multiple R&D facilities to test their products and is one of the largest converters in the USA for barcode labels. Their products are considered among the best in the industry.
Imprint Enterprises, a Premiere Solution Partner for Zebra, has the expert advice to take your warehouse into the future. The specialists at Imprint can help guide you on basic technological incorporations that can be upgraded and expanded as you grow. The specialists walk through your current processes with you, describe possibilities in a good, better, best option, and can help you strategize for future upgrades as you grow.
Compliance Matters
While you’re growing your business and building your clientele list, it’s important to know if there are specific barcode label industry compliance standards that your manufacturing company must adhere to. If labels are not done to specific standards, your company can be liable for more than just fines and chargebacks, there is a possibility of a legal exposure as well.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires using a unique device identifier (UDI) on barcode labels in food, beverage, and medical fields. The United States, European Union, China, and Brazil have specific serialization requirements for pharmaceuticals, with more countries joining to include this requirement. The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) created industry standards to improve efficiency and accuracy. ANSI and ISO are barcode label grading systems based on a letter or a numerical score.
These standards play key roles in identifying, tracking, and tracing products as they move through supply chains across the world. Whether it is a simple traceability requirement or a complex regulatory compliance code, incorporating barcode technology can help your manufacturing company minimize fines and exposure.
Optimize Your Effectiveness
The goal of Zebra Technologies and Imprint Enterprises is to optimize your technology to help you be more dynamic and profitable. They strive to build life-long partnerships so you have someone you can count on.
Zebra Technologies is an award-winning company and Imprint Enterprises is a trusted partner for Zebra. Together, they bring you good, better, and best options to help your business step forward while considering future possibilities.
Ensuring the future longevity of your warehouse is what makes Zebra Technologies the best in the industry and is why Imprint Enterprises is a Premiere Solution Partner with Zebra.
Contact Imprint Enterprises today to discuss Zebra’s warehouse modernization solutions that are best for you.
