Twelve deployments, written down honestly.
Each programme below started with a workflow that was losing time, a device that kept failing, or a software stack nobody would confirm. The numbers are the ones the factory publishes for these projects; no customer is named.
8 h → 30 min
Retail & apparel
Fashion chain, 200+ stores
Full stock-take of a two-floor store, done before opening instead of after closing.
UHF RFID handheld + fixed reader at the stockroom door
10 M parcels / day
Parcel & logistics
Global logistics hub
Sortation reads at belt speed; no manual re-scan when a label is creased.
Pistol-grip UHF reader + vehicle terminal on the tug
1,800 spindles
Production & MES
Smart textile mill
Spindle-level traceability replaces paper travellers on the spinning line.
Rugged tablet at the line + UHF handheld for the doff round
24/7 AS/RS
Warehousing
Warehouse automation retrofit
Manual exception handling around an automated store, without stopping the cranes.
Vehicle terminal + long-range scanner
−25 °C, 3 shifts
Cold chain
Frozen distribution centre
Devices that survive the freezer and still have charge at the end of the shift.
Heated-battery handheld, glove-mode screen
320 stops / route
Courier
Last-mile courier fleet
Proof of delivery captured once, offline, then synced when the van reaches signal.
5-inch handheld, 4G, spare battery in the cab
42 kitchens
Food service
Restaurant group goods-in
Delivery checked against the order at the door; invoice matched the same morning.
8-inch tablet on the receiving bench
6 t / day
Seafood
Seafood processing plant
Batch and catch-area recorded at intake, printed label follows the crate to the pallet.
Washdown IP67 handheld + label printer pairing
11,000 assets
Utilities
Utility field inspection
Substation rounds on one device: asset tag, photo, meter reading, signature.
10-inch rugged tablet, 1000-nit, GNSS
2–8 °C audit trail
Pharma
Vaccine cold chain
Temperature log and batch number travel together; the audit exports as one file.
Compact handheld with 2D imager and NFC
1,200 enrolments / day
Identity
ID enrolment centre
Card, fingerprint and face captured at one counter, offline when the link drops.
Multimodal terminal with ID reader and TCS1 print sensor
Offshore, no LTE
Marine
Marine survey crew
Paper forms replaced by a tablet that survives spray and syncs over satellite Wi-Fi.
IP68 tablet + satellite messengerBefore you commit a fleet
Samples, lead times, warranty and what happens when a unit fails on site.
All questions01Can you supply five units for a pilot?
02What warranty do you give?
03What is the minimum order?
04What happens when a unit fails in the field?
05How fast does a sample ship?
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Send the workflow and the environment. We will tell you which of these programmes is the closest match, and what it cost to run.