THE PROBLEM: This manufacturer specializes in producing twisted pair wires according to customers' specifications making each reel a unique product. They were spending a lot of time and resources to positively identify and keep track of each reel of wire to ensure proper product shipment. Even to a trained eye, it's difficult to distinguish the different wires by visually looking at them. As a result, their manual tracking system was subject to human error and was time consuming. THE SOLUTION: The 100-year-old firm installed a highly accurate inventory tracking system using wireless RF data collection and bar code tracking equipment in their 80,000 square-foot main warehouse & manufacturing facility. The RF system lets employees roam anywhere they need to capture data, yet instantaneousl

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