{"id":2285,"date":"2020-01-15T15:00:14","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T23:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.accuspeechmobile.com\/?p=2285"},"modified":"2020-01-15T15:00:14","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T23:00:14","slug":"scanning-voice-use-both","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accuspeech.designcode.com.tn\/?p=2285","title":{"rendered":"Scanning or Voice? \u2013 Use Both"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It\u2019s not Scanning OR Voice…
it\u2019s Scanning AND Voice!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For the past decade, companies that manufacture, inventory\nand deliver products have been researching, testing and deploying solutions\nthat can increase productivity, eliminate errors and provide smoother, more\nmanageable operational workflows. Additionally, omnichannel requirements and advances\nin approaches to supply chain management have permeated the industry and driven\norganizations to work harder to find an edge over their competition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barcode Scanning<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The barcode to visually represent data read by a machine,\nbegan to be widely used in the early 1970\u2019s when George Laurer\u2019s vertical bar\ndesign was embraced by the grocery industry. Inventory management benefited\ngreatly from this new technology which combined barcode scanning devices with unique,\nprinted barcode labels for items and the emergence of the Uniform Product Code,\nwhich is now a global standard used by many industries for the management of goods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speech Recognition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Speech recognition software in the distribution center\nbecame commercially available and deployed in the early 1990\u2019s \u2013 and it was\ndesigned and deployed for the picking application only and was initially viewed\nas the next evolution in warehouse efficiency, moving from paper to RF Scanning\nand on to voice directed warehousing was touted as the ideal path. In this\nearly voice-directed world, when embracing voice in the warehouse, pickers used\nvoice for the entire process. In this old-style voice scenario, the picker\nreceives instructions and responds verbally to the system, including the\nproduct information. For the barcoded product information, the picker is\nrequired to either speak the entire barcode one digit at a time (typically 12\nnumbers) or a portion of the barcode (4-6 numbers) to the system while picking\norders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this 1990\u2019s timeframe for voice-directed technologies,\nvoice picking worked only with specific warehouse management systems and only\non proprietary hardware which supported only voice and was very expensive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My how things have changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s not a choice between Scanning and Voice – they Work Together<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We recently rang in a new decade of 2020 and you may be thinking, the 70\u2019s and the 90\u2019s, that\u2019s ancient history, everyone knows that you can add voice and still use scanners in your operations! Well, you\u2019d be surprised how often we come across references to outdated information. Take this blog post from 2018<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are still pockets of people who are convinced that the\ntwo technologies are incompatible. This is patently untrue; in fact, when used\nin combination, the list of benefits is not only long, but impressive on\nmultiple levels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Benefits of Voice Automated Workflows with Barcode Scanning<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Economics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Companies that have made the investment in scanners have\ndone so at a price point that is significant. These devices can range from\nhundreds of dollars to thousands. They are ruggedized, feature rich and present\na mobile platform that is powerful, adaptable and long lasting. That investment\nalso included printers and the supplies needed to use them. By adding a voice\ninterface to these powerful mobile computers, it not only extends the useful\nlife of the technology providing a more reasonable ROI from just a hardware\nperspective, but it also exploits the feature richness and overall functionality\nthat these devices have. Voice as the primary data collection method and device\ncontroller allows for additional economic metrics of increased productivity, error\nreduction and user safety. And the benefits don\u2019t end there, they can be\nextended into WMS applications as well, without the need to integrate with\nmiddleware or lengthy engineering services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evolution of Scanning or Voice<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When older, server-based voice picking applications were\ninitially introduced the technology and software applications available were nascent\ncompared to what is available today. Amazon and many other market driving\nforces had not even been imagined; so, when WMS vendors introduced voice technology,\npeople took a long hard look, even though it did not allow for the use of\nbarcode scanners as part of the process. As the market matured, many companies\nfound that optimizing their workflows through internal development combined\nwith barcode scanning made for a more cost effective, workflow-centric solution\nthat could be maintained much more cost effectively and continuously improved\nupon internally, and was not dependent on costly professional services. Scanning\nbecame much more prevalent and powerful in the warehouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scanning AND Voice<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

As voice interfaces matured and scanning devices became more\npowerful, a new, more flexible solution began to emerge \u2013 voice AND scanning.\nAs the majority of companies had decided to develop their internal applications\nto conform with predetermined, highly optimized workflows specifically designed\nfor their environments, these same companies started to explore how a voice\ninterface could make these applications hands free and eyes free, all the while\ncontinuing to improve the speed and accuracy of their warehouse workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the legacy voice companies continued to sell server-based\nsingle application voice offering, AccuSpeechMobile introduced device based\nvoice \u2013 complete with an agile development environment, support for multiple\noperating systems and application types (Terminal Emulation, .NET, Web, and\nothers) as well as supporting all major brands of barcode scanners. This\nallowed customers of all sizes and types to reevaluate the use of voice in\ntheir operations now, to improve productivity with what they already have in\nplace. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Voice Automation with RPA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

As customers began to utilize the device based tools, it became immediately apparent that the device-based voice interface could not only integrate with any application, but it also could automate repetitive processes so the workers did not have to execute the same repetitive actions, keystrokes or hardware function keys. The agile development allowed workflow sequences to be added to a voice command, for instance, instead of filling in the last quantity of a pick sequence, hitting a couple of function keys, a return key and then opening another session, AccuSpeechMobile only requires the user to say \u201cPick Complete\u201d, all those keystrokes and additional repetitive actions are executed automatically, saving time and ensuring the correct keystrokes and optimized their sequence. Robotic Process Automation (RPA) capability was then utilized throughout multiple applications, with the customers developing additional voice automated workflows exploiting RPA\u2019s like shipping, receiving, replenishment, anywhere this strategic technology made sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Voice Automated Workflow with Scanning – A Strong Combination<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Voice and scanning are a strong combination for\norganizations to continuously improve their applications and offer a\ncost-effective way to utilize their handhelds more powerfully and for longer\nperiods of time. Integrating RPA technology provides an even more powerful set\nof tools for faster training, optimized workflows and increased productivity\nand accuracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scanning AND Voice, with RPA integration. That is where our customers are headed, are you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s not Scanning OR Voice…it\u2019s Scanning AND Voice! For the past decade, companies that manufacture, inventory and deliver products have been researching, testing and deploying solutions that can increase productivity, eliminate errors and provide smoother, more manageable operational workflows. Additionally, omnichannel requirements and advances in approaches to supply chain management have permeated the industry and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2287,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[75,63],"class_list":["post-2285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-post","tag-scanning","tag-voice-picking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/accuspeech.designcode.com.tn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/accuspeech.designcode.com.tn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/accuspeech.designcode.com.tn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accuspeech.designcode.com.tn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accuspeech.designcode.com.tn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/accuspeech.designcode.com.tn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accuspeech.designcode.com.tn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/accuspeech.designcode.com.tn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accuspeech.designcode.com.tn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accuspeech.designcode.com.tn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}