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This article looks at how advancements in information systems can help assist a community in the eye of a natural crisis. How data collection can support and drive effective action. The article commences with a review of the information needs of those impacted by disasters and those involved in the larger scale disaster management and recovery processes.
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Nearly all the transportation and distribution companies in a market are governed by the similar labor laws, pay the same fuel prices and share the same roads. So why are some much more successful than others? Winning T&L companies don’t rely on cyclical business conditions to be successful. They can be profitable in any business conditions because they are differentiated, either in the services they offer customers or in their underlying business processes.
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Tablet computing is one of the fastest growing categories of consumer
electronics, led by the Apple iPad. This buzz is leading many businesses to
explore new uses for tablet computers, and some devices are finding their way
into evaluation trials on forklifts and other vehicle applications in the
distribution center. This white paper compares ruggedized enterprise tablets to
purpose-built vehicle mount computers, and addresses mounting, survivability,
power, compatibility, and cost considerations between the two product
categories.
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While production is often optimized and automated, producing the necessary documentation often is not. Creating the necessary job tickets, component IDs, and product labels for manufacturing is a growing source of waste and error. This white paper will explain how manufacturers can realize tangible improvements with proper printers and media.
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Bar-coded shipping labels are essential to sophisticated tracking and material-handling systems, and thus so are label printers. This white paper identifies the features of shipping-label printers that will return the greatest value for long-term, low-cost reliable operations, from features that save time to those that simplify integration and management.
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Electronic-citation systems enable organizations to simultaneously increase the number of citations issued while reducing the time needed to create and process them. e-Citation applications also improve citation accuracy, and therefore collections.
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Thermal printing has clear performance, cost and convenience advantages over dot matrix for DSD operations. The most compelling reason to use dot matrix printers is for full-page printing.
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Organizations don’t typically attain best-in-class status by throwing a lot of technology and investment at their operational problems. Instead, they continually look for ways to leverage the technology tools they have to make incremental process improvements.
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