Following the latest round of government spending cuts the police are expected to find most savings through greater efficiency in the back office and redesign front line operations to make them cheaper. Using digital pen technology can help in the battle to fight crime, cut costs and improve front line efficiency. (more…)
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Pen technology benefits police in spite of UK budget cuts
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011ISRetail Collaborates with The Supply Chain Carbon Council
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011Reducing carbon emissions is becoming an increasingly important part of any organisation’s supply chain activities around the globe. ISRetail is helping organisations meet these challenges.
To help carbon emission innovation, ISRetail, a leading supply chain software, warehouse management and RFID system solution and data management provider has just joined the work of the European Supply Chain Institute (ESCI) ‘Supply Chain Carbon Council’ (more…)
Improve your health and safety records using technology
Friday, December 3rd, 2010One of the problems with manufacturing health and safety records is ensuring the administration is completed accurately and in a timely manner. This can take up valuable time and resource and not allow more value added activities to be completed. Using a digital pen however can improve this situation. Whether for example completing risk assessments, site audits, accident recording or daily lift truck checks a digital pen brings a number of advantages to office and operational environments.
5 ways to improve your pager system
Friday, December 3rd, 2010Ensuring effective communication and the safety of doctors, nurses and other staff members in a hectic, constantly changing hospital environment is a challenge in healthcare. Hospital staff members can be exposed to high risk situations throughout their working day or week and need support. Plus this can happen all over the hospital in:
- Waiting & examination rooms
- Bathrooms
- Car parks
With risk exposure to altercations with:
- Acutely or permanently mentally disturbed patients
- Other patients, their relatives and friends
Yet wireless pager technology can be used to help and support staff in these and other situations. Here are 5 ways the wireless pager can help.
10 reasons why you should use a digital pen for your deliveries
Friday, December 3rd, 2010
A digital pen provides an alternative way to capture signatures for proof of delivery and proof of collection, for delivery drivers.
It provides a different option to smart phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs), tablet PCs and other data capture devices (DCD) used by delivery drivers. So what advantages does the pen bring to the logistics industry?
Here are ten reasons a logistics or haulage business should consider a digital pen.
Top considerations when you buy a lone worker tracking device
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010On a large manufacturing site, a lone worker i.e. someone working alone or without direct supervision is common place, for example with maintenance workers, engineers, project personnel, site security, some site visitors and contractors. They all however must have the same levels of personal safety and security as office and operational based personnel. So if you have on-site lone workers, what are some of the top considerations when purchasing lone worker devices and lone worker solutions?
Tips to improve patient safety using technology
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010Managing patient safety presents some very unique and difficult challenges to hospitals, as healthcare workers have to provide high quality patient care at the same time as making sure patients:
- Don’t “wander” and disappear e.g. patients with cognitive disorders get lost somewhere in the hospital
- Are administered the right medication in a timely manner
- Do not cause other patients distress or pose a risk to hospital workers or visitors
- Who move around and exercising as part of their healing process can be easily located
- Being a curious child can disappear in seconds and not be found for hours
- That suffer from dementia might walk out the front door and not be noticed by anyone
The overall challenge is that the hospital staff may spend hours finding these patients, and every hour that passes by the patient under search is not receiving the critical care he was scheduled for, such as getting medication, having vital signs measured or receiving a treatment or therapy.
So how can technology help?
Why does wireless tracking make a difference in healthcare?
Wednesday, December 1st, 2010A big challenge in hospitals is managing mobile equipment. With thousands of mobile devices and medical equipment in an average sized hospital and more equipment constantly being added to meet new advances, this puts a strain on inventory and engineering personnel to maintain equipment, not to mention a financial strain on operations who require a access to a broad range of equipment for patients. So how can hospitals best manage the maintenance, cleaning and re-calibration requirements and reduce the financial burden by ensuring timely availability? (more…)
5 tips on saving money using wireless tracking in manufacturing
Wednesday, December 1st, 2010Wireless tracking solutions enable you to locate, track, communicate, alert and report on people, assets, inventory and much more in manufacturing using your existing Wi-Fi networks. So here are 5 tips on how you can use them in manufacturing to save money. (more…)
What should you look for in a good GPS tracking system?
Monday, November 29th, 2010If you work in logistics, transport or delivery services here are 8 tips for what to look for in a good GPS tracking system. (more…)