Scandit, a developer of
software-based barcode
scanning solutions for
smartphones, tablets and
wearable devices, has
introduced a mobile data
capture development
platform that enables
organisations to migrate
data capture from expensive
dedicated barcode scanners
and outdated Windows CE
devices to the latest iOS and
Android smartphones and
tablets.
Scandit Flow enables
customers to build, deploy,
run and manage mobile
applications for Proof
of Delivery, Inventory
Management and Asset
Management much more
quickly by providing out-of-the-
box scanning workflows and
pre-built solution accelerators.
Customers can also run
and deploy their own HTML
and JavaScript to enable
custom workflows and
integration with existing IT
systems.
Scandit Flow uses
Scandit’s patented barcode
scanning technology, which
is claimed to offer equivalent
scanning performance to a
dedicated scanner but at a
fraction of the cost.
Admin a waste of money
UK businesses waste £60 billion a year on unnecessary admin
tasks, according to a new report from The Workforce Institute and
Kronos. The
£60bn Question
report states that employees spend
7% of their working week on unnecessary administration tasks,
at a cost of £1,932 per year, per employee. More than three
quarters (77%) of managers surveyed cited out-dated systems
and technology as their biggest workforce management challenge;
72% attributed poor productivity to reliance on manual systems.
The Ricoh Arena, home to
Premiership Rugby team
Wasps and Coventry City
Football Club, has introduced
a paperless pay-on-foot
parking system.
The ticketless Fusion
system installed by Newpark
Solutions will be used
to manage 2,000 onsite
parking bays at the award-
winning venue, which offers
a mix of conference, training,
banqueting, exhibition, hotel,
music and sports facilities.
The Fusion system uses
automatic number plate
recognition (ANPR) at barriers
to record when a car enters,
eliminating the need for drivers
to roll down their window and
push a button for a ticket.
Newpark Solutions says this
reduces the time taken for
cars to get through entry and
exit barriers from around 15
seconds to less than 3.
The 40-acre site will have
seven walk-up pay terminals
with large 17in touchscreens.
To pay, drivers enter their
number plate details and
the system automatically
calculates how long they
have been parked and what
the cost is. Visitors can also
make online payments through
Newpark’s hosted platform.
Matthew Cook, managing
director of Newpark Solutions,
said: “The Fusion system will
revolutionise the way that car
parks operate, generating
up to 15% higher revenues
than ticket-based pay-on-foot
systems. It not only provides
faster entry and exit with easier
payment options, but also has
fewer moving parts to reduce
the maintenance burden and
deliver operational savings.”
Nine out of 10 office workers
believe there will always be
a reason to print documents
and 80% say they need paper
to do their job. Even so,
print volumes are likely to
keep falling, as 73% say they
are trying to reduce their
reliance on the printed page.
In a survey of 1,000
office workers by document
solutions provider Danwood,
printers came out as the most
used item of office equipment,
cited by 81%, ahead of pens
(73%), staplers (71%) and
desktop computers (70%).
Almost half (46%) of
respondents say they print
daily. The main reasons for
doing so are document review
(48%), postal communications
(42%), presentation handouts
(33%), filing and audits (32%)
and annotation (30%).
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Ricoh Arena introduces paperless
parking system
Almost half (48%) of UK businesses still
produce material for board-level meetings
in printed form, according to new research
by eShare.
The company behind BoardPacks,
which moves meeting papers and
company information online, claims that
each of these companies annually prints
an average of 6,200 pages purely for
board meetings.
Its survey of 50 company secretaries
reveals that the average board pack
contains 96.7 pages. With the average
company having 8.1 directors on the
board and holding 7.9 board meetings
each year, this works out at around 6,200
pages printed just for board packs.
Alister Esam, CEO of eShare, said: “It
seems archaic that in this era of digital
transformation so many organisations
are still using paper to produce board
packs. Not only are the printing and
production of them a drain on resources,
but paper board packs can easily be
lost, are inefficient and do not make for
transparency and good governance at
board level.”
eShare’s research shows that the
average board pack takes 9.5 hours to
prepare and that material often has to
be re-printed following changes; 26% of
company secretaries report that board
members often request changes to
documents after they have been printed
and distributed.
Esam added: “The exact printing
cost of a board pack is dependent on a
number of variable factors, but it is clear
that the printing and production of more
than 6,000 pages just for board packs
is an unnecessary expense. It’s also a
highly inefficient way of disseminating
information. With digital board packs, it
is much easier to keep content secure
and private. And board members have all
the information they need before, during
and after a meeting, and can access that
information via their tablet or smartphone.”
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