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• Are you still running a primarily “paper based”
inventory management system? What benefits would
you realize if you could replace paper with real-time
processes and automate data capture to eliminate
the opportunity for data errors?
• Who is the intended user group (for example,
warehouse personnel, loading dock personnel)?
• What applications are you looking to create (new) or
mobilize (existing)?
• Are your mobile workers currently using mobile
computers? If so:
– Which manufacturer and model?
– Is the device performing to your enterprise
standards from both a processing power and
durability point of view?
– What do you see as the benefits and limitations of
this device?
– How easy is it to manage the mobile devices
(initial provisioning, updating of firmware
and configuration, troubleshooting)? Does
management of the mobile devices create any
internal issues?
Uncover the opportunity and areas where the
strengths of the MC9190-G are key selling points:
• How important are device size and ergonomics?
• Will the device be used in scan-intensive
applications?
• In what type of environmental conditions will the
devices be used? Do workers spend much of their
time on the loading dock or warehouse floor where
the devices encounter moisture, dust and are
dropped/banged repeatedly?
• Do you find environmental issues such as extreme
temperature fluctuations, water/moisture humidity
and excessive vibration an issue with your current
technologies?
• Do you have ‘plug-in devices’ that connect to your
existing mobile devices, such as bar code scanners,
wireless cards, cameras and document scanners?
(These plug-in devices represent a significant source
of failure when the device is dropped.)
• Do personnel work in areas where there may
be combustible materials? For example, do
workers need to process an incoming shipment of
ammunition, inspect a missile, take inventory of
weaponry? Is Haz Loc certification important?
• What bar code symbologies do you need to support?
Do you require 2D bar code imaging now or in the
future? Do you need to migrate to the new GS1 bar
code? Do you need to capture direct part marks?
Or PDF417 bar codes on driver’s licenses and
identification cards?
• Do your employees waste time lining up the scanner
trying to get a positive scan? Do workers have trouble
getting a positive scan on damaged or dirty labels?
• Do workers need to scan items/shelf tags from a
distance (i.e. on a high shelf or deep inside a truck)? Do
you currently have a long range 1D solution in place
today that requires special reflective label stock?
• Have you deployed or are you planning to deploy
RFID? Would your organization benefit from the
ability to automatically track the movement and
location of MC9190-G devices?
• Would you like to be able to swap keypads right
in the backroom to either upgrade the keypad to
support updated or new applications — or to re-
deploy devices in another area of your business in a
completely different division?
Specific questions for manufacturing
opportunities:
• Do you need to track parts throughout the supply
chain or production process?
• Would you benefit from tighter control over inventory
levels? Do you want to lower inventory carrying
costs? Do you experience scheduling bottlenecks?
• Do you need to comply with any new part-tracking
mandates — i.e. TREAD in the automotive industry,
e-Pedigree in healthcare, or IUID for the U.S.
Department of Defense?
Uncover the technical environment:
• What security protocols are currently in use?
• What security protocols are required in your
mobility solution?
• What back-end systems will you need to integrate?
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