Zebra's Scan Ready Solutions

The need for speed and accuracy in your warehouse has never been greater, Zebra’s machine vision and fixed industrial scan ready solutions allow you to automate processes to move and track goods efficiently and accurately from the packing bench to the dock door, and everywhere in between.

What Scan Ready Solutions are there?

Scanners mounted in for-purpose tunnels provide data capture and data verification from multiple points, increasing your process speeds. Install scanners directly on your forklifts to verify pallets and products without having to stop, collecting data instantly for further analysis. Packing benches speed up your packing process, freeing up your workers hands with hands free scanning, increasing productivity and reducing errors. Ensure all outbound items are correctly accounted for by utilising dock door scanning, allowing for final verification of labels before the goods leave your facility.

This blog post will explain how these scan ready solutions work, what they can help your business achieve, and the main benefits you can expect if you implemented one of these solutions into your process.

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Dock Door Scanning

Forklift Scanning

Packing Bench

Scan Tunnels

Dock Door Scanning:

A worker efficiently moves goods through a dock door equipped with advanced scanning technology, ensuring streamlined inventory management.

How do they work?

Two fixed industrial scanners are mounted in an arch on either side of the loading door. The forklift passes through the arch and fixed scanners capture barcode data at high speeds. The data is relayed to the forklift’s onboard computer which confirms that the correct pallet is being manipulated. Automated system accurately scans the labels, saving time and increasing shipping output

What can they help you achieve?

• Better Inventory Accuracy: Helps to reduce discrepancies and ensures accurate

  stock levels

• Efficient Order Fulfilment: Enhances order accuracy and speeds up the picking and packing process

• Simplified Compliance and Reporting: Machine Vision technology simplifies the data collection and ensures adherence to regulatory requirements

• Improved Operational Visibility: Smarter and more connected environments deliver better visibility, to aid in making informed decisions and improving business outcomes

• Greater Traceability: Fixed Industrial Scanners automatically identify and capture data on packages, pallets, and containers for real-time asset tracking

Dock door benefits:

• ImagePerfect+ captures 16 data points from a single trigger, saving time and resources

• Liquid Lenses offer technological advantages over traditional mechanical lenses as they are designed to focus across variable working distances. They deliver dependable high read rates through the use of ImagePerfect+

• Default out the box settings aids in reducing training time and improving deployment time

• IP65 and IP67 ratings for scanners and sensors, optimised for challenging environments in warehouses, distribution, and manufacturing plants.

• Redistribute your workforce, enhancing other areas of your business and improving overall productivity

Forklift Scanning:

A forklift equipped with a scanning device prepares to scan and move a large cardboard box in a warehouse, demonstrating advanced logistics technology.

How do they work?

Two fixed industrial scanners or smart cameras are mounted on the front of the forklift, allowing for hands-free scanning to streamline the scan process. When the forklift approaches the pallet, the scanners automatically scan labels and transmit the captured data to the forklift’s onboard computer. This helps to save time, reduce read errors, and improves loading efficiency. Scanners also connect directly to handheld and vehicle mounted devices. Data transfer is wired or wireless depending on the

unique installation and requirements.

What can it help you achieve?

• Improved Inventory Accuracy: Machine Vision equipped forklifts automatically capture data from barcodes, RFID tags, or visual cues. This helps to reduce the need for manual documentation and improvement of inventory accuracy

• Pick and Put-Away Efficiency: Machine vision technology guides operations to precision item locations, improving the picking and put-away process, reducing the likelihood of errors

• Labor reduction and Cost Savings: Reduce the need for manual inspection and handling, leading to cost savings and increased processing speeds

• Fewer Operational Errors: Improve data quality, accuracy, and streamline operations by reducing human intervention.

Forklift Scanning Benefits:

• Default out the box settings aids in reducing training time and improving deployment time

• IP65 and IP67 ratings for scanners and sensors, optimised for challenging environments in warehouses, distribution, and manufacturing plants.

• Enhanced Optical Quality to assess barcode quality and ensure superior image quality at label edges, enabling verification and optical character recognition

• Easier troubleshooting and optimisation with Golden Image Capture and setup assistance. Minimise downtime and ensure your captured images meet best practice metrics, leading to more efficient operations.

• Redistribute your workforce, enhancing other areas of your business and improving overall productivity

Packing Bench:

How do they work?

An employee effectively handling packages at an advanced packing station equipped with a stationary scanner.

A fixed industrial scanner and a smart camera are mounted over the packing station, the operator places a box under the scanner, which will flash green and beep, providing both visual and audio cues for successful decoding in real time. Scanners can be plugged directly into the USB port of a workstation, tablet, or laptop to begin capturing data immediately. FS40 scanners also connect directly to handheld devices for even faster operations.

What can it help you achieve?

• Greater Efficiency: Improves inspection capabilities such as package integrity and volume verification

• Better Speed and Productivity: Streamline the warehouse process by automating quality checks and reducing manual inspection time

• Reduced Label and Material Costs: Zebra’s range of printing technology supports multiple mediums, sizes and speeds. Go one step further with linerless printing, eliminating the need to peel labels, saving valuable seconds on every pack

• Enhanced Quality Control: Reduce costly returns and customer dissatisfaction through automated verification and content validation

• Fewer Operational Errors: Improve data quality, accuracy, and streamline operations by reducing human intervention.

Packing Bench Benefits:

• Better power and visibility with Zebra laser aimers compared to LED aimers

• Cost of ownership reduction by elimination the need for extra hardware, reducing initial investment and maintenance expenses

• Enhanced Optical Quality to assess barcode quality and ensure superior image quality at label edges, enabling verification and optical character recognition

Scan Tunnels:

How do they work?

Warehouse conveyor belt equipped with fixed industrial scanners that capture barcode data for streamlined processing and inventory management.

One or more scanners or smart cameras are mounted to a gantry that spans the conveyor line. The array of cameras capture all sides of a parcel, reading barcodes and other machine-readable text. As the items move through the scan tunnel, the system captures data in real-time. The data stored in barcodes is decoded by intelligent software to route packages appropriately. The scan tunnel can reliably capture the data without stopping the goods regardless of package orientation and size, label location, or the number and type of labels.

What can they help you achieve?

• Better Barcode Reading and Verification: Accurate code and label reading is crucial for tracking, tracing and inventory management. Scan tunnels quickly verify barcode accuracy which prevents errors in shipping and logistics

• Improved Product Inspection: Quality control and compliance is improved as scan tunnels inspect items for defects, contamination, or damage and automatically divert problematic products from the production line

• Labour Reduction and Cost Savings: By reducing the need for manual inspection and handling, businesses benefit from cost savings and increased production

• Redistribute your workforce, enhancing other areas of your business and improving overall productivity

Scan Tunnel Benefits:

• Capture image and decode barcodes at high speeds using ImagePerfect and PRZM Intelligent Imaging software tools

• ImagePerfect+ captures 16 data points from a single trigger, saving time and resources

• Liquid Lenses offer technological advantages over traditional mechanical lenses as they are designed to focus across variable working distances. They deliver dependable high read rates through the use of ImagePerfect+

• Easier troubleshooting and optimisation with Golden Image Capture and setup assistance. Minimise downtime and ensure your captured images meet best practice metrics, leading to more efficient operations.

• Benefit from automatic assessment of captured images, visible from Zebra’s feasibility setup assistant

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