Fierce competiton in the postal industry forces organizations to commit to their public service obligation. The use of innovations like identification technologies increases transparency and attributes to visible leadership. To keep the mail flow accurate and efficient, the mobile operators need to keep the promise of quick delivery. Internal mail flows at distribution centers are already automated on a large scale. Automation can easily be expanded to the field distribution, adding an increase in profitability.
Opticon established a position in the postal market. The products especially suitable for the postal industry have grown to a complete range of products consisting of advanced data collectors (real-time), GPS devices and smartphones.
The kick-off products of Opticon in the postal industry were barcode data collectors. Nowadays these devices still prove to be a successful tool. The Opticon data collectors are ideal for on-route tracking and well known for their compactness and ergomic design where the mobile staff is kept in mind.
The equipment evolved by listening to the demand of the postal industry. Businesses used to look at consumer grade devices when implementing mobile solutions. Devices with a Windows operating system keep the work force in touch with the office and the enterprise systems. The field personnel can operate these devices without training as the look-and-feel is familiar to every day used consumer products. The wireless connectivity suite enables communication on the road.
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