Industry Solutions Application Stories
Find out how SATO helped these corporations with their needs. See how we can help you, by selecting your industry from the list at the bottom of the page or from the rollout menu on the left. 3PL Adds Customer Value with RFID
As more retailers and their suppliers turn to radio frequency identification (RFID) to help improve supply chain efficiency, an opportunity has arisen for third-party logistics providers to assist these companies with their RFID deployments. Megatrux, Inc., a California-based Top 100 3PL provider of Freight Management services for air, land, and sea shipments, is using RFID to provide real-time tracking for its customers and to improve its own internal import, warehousing, and distribution service offerings. New labeling, loading method is a smash hit at Blockbuster
Print-and-apply labelers, equipped with SATO print engines, print variable data at 300 dpi onto pressure sensitive labels and apply them to the left corner of the top of each case. These labels contain unique information, such as copy number, store name and address, movie/game title, original release date and movie viewing rating as well as a unique-copy barcode. Printing Labels using the Bitburger Data Highway
When asked why the German brewery Bitburger Brauerei decided to use label printers by SATO, Herbert Dahmen, IT Project Coordinator at Bitburger, simply answers by stating three qualities: “Versatile, fast and reliable”. Exhibition Ticketing
The customer was looking to implement an easy but efficient solution to manage their visitor flow with barcode badges. HT200e Department Store Solution
All the clothes are labeled with swing tickets. Until now, the customer simply received a small part of the ticket as a receipt, which was marked with a reference number and the signature of the respective salesclerk to allow the correct match of merchandise and customers at the check-out. Manufacturer of a wide selection of quality jams and confectionary products
After the production of prepared fruits, which are used in dairy products, such as yogurts, every container is labeled with a foil label for process control. Paper Roll Labelling with Wide Web Printer M10e
The challenge was to label master rolls (so-called “logs”) of different types of paper products. RFID-based process managment system
Process Control and Inventory Control for Digital Imaging Equipment Business/Camera Business / Optical Measuring & Inspection Instrument Business Manufacturer Fish gets case-ready
Angling for a share of the case-ready retail market, Beaver Street Fisheries commits itself to the business, hook, line and sinker, with high-speed tray-wrapping lines that produce 2,400 trays per hour of case-ready fish. RFID with ROI
Skeptical about the benefits of RFID (radio frequency identification)? This Wal-Mart supplier is using RFID to reduce data entry costs and improve inventory accuracy. Pharmaceutical manufacturers turn to radio frequency ID technology
RFID controls inventory, tracks and traces products and fights frowing counterfeit drug problems. Coding Shipping-tote the Rite Way
A dozen durable print/apply labelers went into Rite Aid's recently opened DC in Lancaster, CA, to generate bar-coded shipping labels for totes of 'front-end,' nonprescription products. Printer/applicators feature controls with I/O capabilities to boost picking line efficiency. Compressor maker packs fast with confidence
Copeland Corp. uses verification system to ensure accuracy Athena Controls complex labeling requirements made easy with new labeling method
Labeling should be a simple conclusion to a production cycle, not a complex job that could delay shipment, believed Bob Moran, materials manager at Athena Controls. Ultra high-volume handbag importer tags, packages, labels and ships within 48 hours
Shipping volume so high, labels are trucked into distribution centers. No holes in labeling program at Krispy Kreme
The doughnut maker's box labels go round and round -- but they always end up in exactly the right place, thanks to a custom labeling solution A contrast in time
Gospel for Asia's village missionaries supported by latest technology Wide web printers expand label options like never before
What could you do if you had a wider label to work with? The world of wide web printing continues to expand, if you will, with ever-larger print areas and consequently, a greater ability to meet the needs of diverse bar code label applications. Today's wide web printers fit into many situations never before considered. Inventory control partnership ties all systems together
Montgomery Wire ships right first time; cuts inventory-counting hours in half Pharmaceutical distributor cuts day of safety stock
Canada's Medis increases inventory control accuracy with barcode-based automated warehouse Patient education service cures informed-consent issues
Interactive pre-procedure education tool increases patient knowledge, reduces patient anxiety and improves patient-provider interaction Imagineering's bet on SATO CT400 printers pays off
Speed, high-quality images hit jackpot for casinos and keno maker Identity crisis averted with thermal-transfer printed badges
Austin Travel goes the distance with SATO's proven CL412 printer for business conference badges Industrial-style Technology Streamlines Library Operations
Integrated RFID and Sato-printed bar code labels reduce Farmington Community book checkout time by 40% Makin' Bacon - Bryan Foods Tracks and Ships with Bar Code Compliance System
Bryan Foods, a large pork processor, needed to meet their customers' compliance marking requirements. The results speak for themselves - increased efficiency, productivity, and accuracy, as well as, more efficient distribution of their products. Floor-Ready Merchandise- Corset Shop Supplies What Their Customers Demand
Corset Shop marks apparel to their retail stores' specifications so it can be received in the back room and sped to the selling floor. As a result of compliance marking and automation improvements, Corset Shop enjoys a 25% increase in productivity and throughput. Right Things, Right Tote, Right Time
Crotty Corporation needed to meet General Motors' quality and inventory control standards in order to maintain and grow their car visor manufacturing business. The solution--a bar code driven system that identified and verified visor packages for each make and model of GM car or truck. Sandvik ISO-9000 Initiatives Boost Efficiency 30%
Sandvik Rock Tools produces bolt resin capsules used to stabilize and strengthen the roof and walls in underground mines. Their mission was to dramatically increase productivity while improving safety, efficiency, and product traceability. Mission accomplished. | 
