New eBook "The Talking Warehouse" Depicts the Voice-Centric Distribution Era
PITTSBURGH (November 18) – Vocollect, Inc., the world leader in voicecentric solutions for mobile workers, today announced the launch
of its new e-book, The Talking Warehouse: Unleashing Higher Business Performance in Product Distribution through Voice, and the
availability of its first chapter, also called ‘The Talking Warehouse.’ The new e-book is designed to introduce global supply chain
leaders to the proven value of voice in accelerating business results across multiple workflows and vertical markets.
Authored by Roger Byford, co-founder and chief technology officer of Vocollect, and David Maloney, senior editor of the
leading North American distribution industry magazine DC Velocity, the e-book chapters will provide insight to logistics and IT
executives and managers who want to learn more about how voice can help them solve key business challenges such as growth, cost
reduction, traceability, expanding regulatory needs, product mix changes and seasonality.
The first chapter, now available,
focuses on the history of voice and the early years of its use in distribution circles – a technology application which Vocollect
pioneered – and the tremendous potential voice has for improving logistics and distribution operations. Future chapters, released
periodically over the next two years, will cover such topics as:
Demystifying Voice in the Warehouse – Reveals how voice-directed workflows work, how industrial applications for speech recognition
differ from consumer applications, different approaches to industrial speech recognition and their pros and cons, and the tangible
business value of good speech recognition in voice.
Solving Warehouse Challenges Using Voice – Examines common strategic business challenges and how voice addresses them.
Implementing the Voice-Centric Warehouse – Highlights the use of voice for many distribution workflows beyond picking/selection,
such as replenishment, let-down, put-away, and cycle-counting, and examines the experiences of different companies in applying voice
for multiple workflows.
Identifying Operational Improvement Opportunities with Voice – Covers how to quantify the business opportunity with voice, identifying
particula inefficiencies and improvement opportunities, in order to build a business case for the investment.
Maximizing Your WMS/ERP Investment with Voice – Looks at the many integration options for voice systems, and ways to gain the most payback
from a voice solution, including common IT integration issues and how to address them.
Evaluating Voice Against Other Technology Options – Details how to evaluate voice against other material-handling and logistics
technology options currently available.
Selecting a Voice Solution: What to Look For, What to Ask For – Identifies the types of questions that should be asked of any voice provider
during the decision-making process.
Implementing and Sustaining a Successful Voice Deployment – Provides tips and tactics for ensuring a successful implementation of voice.
The Future of Voice – Examines what a variety of industry influencers and practitioners have to say about the future of voice across
the global supply chain.
“Last May Vocollect announced its vision for a world of voice-centric warehouses. With the increasing competitiveness of the global business
marketplace, the strategic value of the supply chain has become front and center as a means for improving business results,” said Joe Pajer,
president and chief executive officer, Vocollect, Inc.
“Our e-book’s premise is simple – the more distribution leaders learn about voice, the more they will see its merits for being the foundation
to address many substantive business challenges,” he said. “Further, they will clearly understand why more and more companies around the world
are turning to voice as a means to reengineer their distribution operations and attain significant payback in productivity, performance, and return
on investment,” said Pajer.
About Vocollect
Vocollect delivers proven gains in productivity, accuracy, safety and job satisfaction to companies seeking to improve
their supply chains. The Vocollect Voice portfolio features a complete range of hardware, software and services built for voice
performance, reliability and adaptability in the global supply chain and logistics marketplace. Every day hundreds of thousands
of people on six continents rely on Vocollect and its worldwide network of more than 100 certified supply chain resellers and channel
partners to improve work. For more information, visit: http://www.vocollect.com.
Susan Muttart
Vocollect
scmuttart@vocollect.com
412-349-2543
About Vitech Business Group, Inc.
At Vitech, we use our knowledge, experience and passion to achieve exceptional levels of
supply chain performance for our clients. We are focused on providing our clients
comprehensive solutions that solve their supply chain challenges and enable their operation
to perform to its full potential. Commitment to our customers’ success ensures they achieve
the best investment-to-return ratio in the industry. To learn more about Vitech, visit: http://www.vitechgroup.com.
COMPANY CONTACT:
John Dahl
Vitech Business Group, Inc.
info@vitechgroup.com
360.647.1622