Vocollect Voice Versus RF Scanning
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Why Vocollect Voice is Better
Vocollect is the only company that can offer you a completely engineered solution optimized for maximum efficiency, savings, and ease of use in the warehouse.
The tangible and intangible benefits you'll realize through voice-enabling your warehouse / distribution center are extensive. For the overall business, Vocollect Voice helps reduce operating costs, improves productivity and accuracy, and represents the lowest total cost of ownership when compared to other technology methods.
In addition, your workers will quickly embrace Vocollect Voice's “Hands-Free, Eyes-Free” experience which enables them to focus on performing a task quickly and efficiently. Because they no longer have to perform tasks while holding a handheld scanner or paper/labels, their productivity increases right along with their job satisfaction.
Vocollect Voice Solutions are easier to implement, faster to learn, safer, and more intuitive and comfortable to use. Above all, your Vocollect Voice Solution will simply be more effective than any other competing solution.
Factors to Consider: Vocollect Voice Solutions vs. RF Scanning
If you are evaluating handheld RF Scanning, key data points to consider are:
- Vocollect is 15%–25% faster, thus providing increased productivity.
- Customers using Vocollect Voice Solutions achieve greater accuracy: RF customers experience the industry average of 4-6 errors per 1,000, versus Vocollect's customer average of fewer than 2 errors per 1,000.
- Training time on Vocollect Voice Solutions is 50%–65% less than the training time for RF Scanning.
Additional issues that customers encounter with RF Scanning include:
- Safety issues: Operator is head down while reading and scanning, and distracted when performing data entry.
- Handheld RF Scanning equipment is not ergonomic, and is neither hands-free nor eyes-free.
- Customers experience battery issues with RF equipment and many points of failure, which requires them to maintain an inventory of back-up equipment.
Videos: Vocollect Voice vs. RF Scanning
- Vocollect Voice vs. RF Scanning (short version) » (WMV | 0:57 min | 2 MB)
- Vocollect Voice vs. RF Scanning (short version with speed test) » (WMV | 1:12 min | 3 MB)
- Vocollect Voice vs. RF Scanning (long version) » (WMV | 4:47 min | 29 MB)
- Vocollect Voice vs. RF Scanning (long version with Tote ID) » (WMV | 2:38 min | 20 MB)

