Sandpiper’s FocusID Managed Service Solution supplies and supports AutoID systems for Logistics, Supply Chain and Enterprise Mobility Operations. Whatever the mix of hardware and software services, be they in premise or field based operations; FocusID’s inherent flexibility ensures that equipment levels are maintained to match fluctuating operational demand levels.

By eliminating costly equipment shortages and over supply scenarios associated with capital equipment purchases, business units that operate in unpredictable or seasonal demanded environments will find this key feature of significant benefit in balancing operational technology needs against operating cost. In short, optimising equipment availability to track and meet operational demand reduces costs, improves efficiency, performance levels and customer response service levels.

Sandpiper offers a wealth of experience in designing, delivering and supporting wireless local area networks, field based 'Mobility' Solutions, Barcode printing, and application software integration. Combining this experience with Motorola's industry leading rugged mobile computer hardware is sure to please customers with increased accuracy, enhanced productivity, improved safety, real time manageability and increased profits. Download FocusID Brochure

The Motorola MC9500-K raises the bar for premier rugged mobile computing, incorporating breakthrough ergonomic design and features to support the most demanding field mobility applications. This device is as different on the inside as it is on the outside. Building on Motorola’s signature MC9000 Series, the MC9500-K delivers a more rugged design, more data capture options, true WAN technology independence and application flexibility through customer swappable WAN subsystems and keypads, more processing power and a game changing approach to battery and backroom management — all in a lighter, sleeker and easier to use form factor. Download datasheet

Features include:

Motorola MAX Rugged: IP67 sealing
Motorola MAX FlexWAN: Customer swappable broadband 3.5G GSM HSDPA and 3.5G CDMA-EVDO Rev A
Motorola MAX keypad:  Modular field swappable keypad options
Motorola MAX Sensor: Enables leading edge motion based applications
Motorola MAX locate: SiRFstarIII GSC3ef/LP chipset; Assisted and Autonomous GPS
Motorola MAX Backroom management:  New accessories for improved backroom efficiency
Motorola MAX Battery : high-capacity battery with industry first battery information indicators

The Motorola rugged WT4090 VOW is a simple, rugged tool for voice directed task workers, enabling high performance hands-free applications to improve productivity and reduce errors in the warehouse.

The wireless 802.11a/b/g device offers the same high power processing and superior voice functionality as the fully featured Motorola WT4090, including support for voice recognition and text to speech engines. At home in extreme temperatures, the WT4090 VOW is ideal in coolers and freezers. A full range of accessories future proofs and protects this investment, allowing you to easily expand the functionality of this hip or wrist mounted device with cordless scanners and more. Download datasheet

When a company is considering a new wireless network, the first question should be, “Is it reliable?” and the second question should be, “How can I make sure it’s ALWAYS reliable?”

Every professional IT manager is familiar with the goal of “five nines,” referring to a network that is up, running and available 99.999% of the time. It’s a lofty but worthwhile goal, as the closer you come to meeting it, the more money you will save. Network downtime is not just frustrating; it’s quantifiably expensive. A recent study of 80 large corporations, from Infonetics Research, showed that companies experience an average of 501 hours of network downtime annually, including both outages and service degradations. The average cost of this downtime equalled a whopping 3.6% of a company’s annual revenue.

It should be noted that in a wireless world, network downtime affects not only the office, but also all the mobile devices connected to the network – from the wireless scanners on the manufacturing floor to the networked infusion pumps in a hospital’s emergency room to that dual mode smart phone that is becoming key to user productivity......

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