Barcoding.co.uk frees Avery Dennison of tethered communications system

Barcoding.co.uk has supplied a wireless data collection and communication system to Avery Dennison. The system has boosted productivity at Avery Dennison’s Cramlington site in Northumberland, UK, and comprises a WiFi network with handheld devices.

‘We had already installed a wireless system in the finishing department and had been benefiting from this for some time. We decided that it was time to implement wireless in the goods-in area and then throughout the site. This was
a phased plan that spiraled through the operation,’ commented Colin Moir, systems support manager, Avery Dennison Materials UK Ltd.

Barcoding.co.uk performed a wireless survey to ascertain how the technology would perform relative to the site topography. The system designed and installed by Barcoding.co.uk comprises a WiFi network that utilizes Dolphin
scanner-microcomputers from Hand Held Products.

The key business driver for Avery Dennison was to speed up shopfloor jobs. The system reduces the need for shopfloor staff to walk to and from fixed-position terminals or to carry paper-based systems around. Productivity has reportedly been boosted as a result of a quicker, more responsive and more accurate working environment.

‘The staff get on well with the equipment; this system has enabled them to do two jobs in one,’ said Colin Moir. ‘The truck drivers in finishing think that the Hand Held Products Dolphins are wonderful compared with the previous
equipment. Moreover, the people involved in stocktaking have quickly taken to the inventory system designed by Barcoding.co.uk, which runs on the handheld computers.’