1. Point your phone at the sign

2. Go to camera app.

3. Welcome to THE BCD TEST LAB.

Rugged mobile devices made by Zebra and Honeywell have been through a lot of tests but the BCD Test Lab conducts several tests yet to be done.

Watch Zebra’s Rugged L10 Tablet vs a Friendly Game of Paintball, Zebra’s MC9300 Cold Storage vs Ice Sculpture & H2O, Honeywell’s CK65 vs Gravity and many more.  Also Check out Honeywell’s demo of the CK65 Cold Storage and R1o Tablet.

Call a BCD team member at 1-800-343-1750 or schedule a live demo today!

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Call us at 1.800.343.1750 to right solution for your school or drive through location. Learn more about our COVID-19 School Testing Solutions.

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Help a start-up E-Grocer compete in the volatile Online grocery category. Many stores rely on labor-intensive methods to complete Online orders. Without a traditional brick and mortar footprint, or the reach of a competitor like Amazon, the start-up needed an innovative, cost-effective, and contactless way to fulfill orders. 

THE SOLUTION: 

The E-Grocer built a collection of automated micro fulfillment centers where most work was completed through robotics. However since some critical picking needed to be done manually, we created a custom solution that included arm-mounted Android mobile computers integrated with ring scanners. This allowed the manual process to be fast and efficient, which kept costs down and allowed the start-up to compete with established services 

THE TOOLS:

ZEBRA TC25 Handheld Units 

Wearable Barcode Scanner

Custom Arm Mount Holder 

SOTI – Enterprise Mobile Device Management

Lifecycle & Asset Management

“We worked closely with this innovative start-up from their inception to ensure their picking tools were the perfect fit for their processes. Their growth has been remarkable, and they are working with the largest names in the grocery business.”

PETE GRIMES
VP Marketing & Sales
BAR CODE DIRECT

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Warehouse workers need to fulfill more orders – faster and more accurately – than ever before. Manufacturers need to produce and ship more products, without sacrificing quality control. Technicians need to complete more error-free repairs in a day. With the rugged HD4000 Enterprise Head-Mounted Display, you can boost task efficiency and accuracy by overlaying the most relevant contextual information over your workers’ real-time field of view. Now, hands and eyes are always free to focus on tasks — instead of interacting with an application on a mobile computer to obtain the same data. Imagine how many additional 100% accurate pick orders warehouse workers can complete every day. Imagine how many more pieces of equipment technicians can repair every day. And imagine how much faster and more accurately assembly workers can build your products, increasing production without expanding your production lines or your workforce. You have just imagined the power of hands-free directed-action workflows, made possible with the HD4000.

The Solution: The HD4000 delivers everything you need in an enterprise-class mobile device accessory.

The HD4000 was developed in collaboration with Six15 Technologies, the leader in innovation in wearable optical displays. The best in class see-through display technology delivers unmatched color, contrast and image clarity. The focal distance minimizes eye fatigue. The drop-proof, dust-proof and waterproof rugged design is built to last for years, despite all-day everyday drops, bumps and spills. The accessory architecture utilizes the battery, processor and WiFi and cellular radios of the host mobile computer, enabling a feather-light 1.06 oz./30 g design that delivers extraordinary all-day comfort. Since the HD4000 mounts to commercial, off-the-shelf safety glasses without tools, you can give each worker their own personal pair of glasses, improving hygiene and helping prevent the spread of germs. The ability to switch the HD4000 from right to left eye in seconds reduces eye strain and ensures all day comfortable viewing. And workers can flip the HD4000 up and out of view in a split second, providing convenience and security.

Since there are no batteries to change, wireless radios to configure or OS updates required, management time and cost is marginal. And with Zebra’s Android HD4000 SDK and two ready-to-use tools — Zebra Warehouse Templates and Zebra Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) — integration into any existing or new application is fast and easy.

Maximize workflow efficiency, workforce productivity and the value of your mobile computers with the HD4000 from Zebra — the only see-through wearable display built for the enterprise.

Schedule a No Cost Virtual Demo at Barcodedirect.com/hd400 or call us at 1.800.343.1750.

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Founded in 2009, LNL Systems began by providing communication equipment for the retail industry. Today, LNL Systems continues to be one of Motorola Solution’s largest business-class two-way radio partners in North America – providing cost effective communication solutions for many national retailers in the US and Canada. As an innovator and leader in the retail technology space, LNL Systems has evolved to deliver the most comprehensive portfolio of smart devices, platform integration and analytics that retailers use to profit from the Internet of Things.

Founded in 1994, Bar Code Direct, Inc. develops custom enterprise wireless mobile computing and barcode systems for supply chain, retail, healthcare, and hospitality. Their solutions increase productivity for service delivery personnel, warehouse workers, package delivery personnel, freight truck drivers, field service technicians, in-store associates, and caregivers. BCD’s customer base includes CVS Health, Polar Beverages, Clean Harbors, Fresenius, Kens Foods, Estee Lauder, and more.

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We also recognize that our company has a tremendous responsibility to continue to support our customers and community members who work in the medical, healthcare, pharmaceutical, food and beverage industries and supply chain.

We have equipped our team with the necessary tools to work safely and effectively from both remote and on-premise locations. Your contacts, and their respective phone numbers and email addresses have not changed. We will strive to make sure there are no disruptions in service levels and continue to monitor and communicate some of the longer lead times that are a result of the current crisis.

We are continuously monitoring the situation and are following the guidelines from the experts at the CDC, WHO, local, state and federal governments.
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us or call us at 1.800.343.1750

We appreciate your business and hope you and your loved ones are healthy and safe. The BCD Team

Join Zebra in Supporting the Red Cross.

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic are presenting significant challenges as the Red Cross works to continue delivering its lifesaving mission,
and will require millionsof dollars in additional investments to support people who count on Red Cross. Learn More how you can help.

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A Fortune 50 health management company with thousands of retail locations, and a complicated supply chain, had a big challenge: their warehouse operations were struggling to keep up with growth due to several processes that still relied on paper and pencil. As an automated system was being developed to greatly improve productivity, it was determined that the hardware required to run it would need more power than was available on the market. Readily available consumer power packs were priced right, but proved far too unreliable, both from a durability and power cycle standpoint.

THE SOLUTION:

Bar Code Direct – a leading enterprise mobile systems integrator, and GTS — a leading battery supply manufacturer — partnered to create a proprietary long-lasting rugged and mobile power solution. With many of the warehouses operating 24/7/365, the solution needed to keep pace with the demanding personnel, shift after shift. After all, having a tablet with barcode scanning on a pick cart that accesses a state-of-the-art system is useless without power.

The end solution allows mobile workers to access the new system without interruption, thereby achieving the stated productivity goals required to fuel their continued growth.

SOLUTION COMPONENTS:

• Zebra ET50 TabletS
• Zebra DS457 scanner
• Pro-clip Tablet Mount
• Ram Mounting Kit

MANAGED SERVICES:

Staging & Configuration
Asset Management:

• Spares Pool
• RMA
• Site Inventory
• Help Desk

Contact your BCD representative at 1.800.343.1750 for more information.

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