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Can Voice Picking Increase Your Warehouse Productivity?

ericjgough • Jun 24, 2016

The newest trend in warehouse picking is multi-modal & vocal directed picking.

multi-modal and vocal directed picking

Looking for ways to increase your warehousing productivity and fulfillment rates? How about incorporating voice solutions with your scanning? Provides employees with hands-free options allowing for quicker picking processing, reduced errors and improved safety. It has been stated that voice solutions deliver up to 99% accuracy and 10% increase in productivity.

Highlighted Key Benefits:


  • Improved customer service provided - get the right product to the right customer in the least amount of time
  • Increased accuracy and reduction in errors – by scan-verifying each transaction with hands-free technology and vocal check-digit input requirements
  • Stock identification efficiency – steamlines the picking process - faster location of stock and reduction in congestion on the stockroom floor by knowing exactly where inventory is located for picking
  • Increase in productivity levels - save time as workers able to use both hands freely

Zebra Technologies offers a variety of multi-modal hardware, software and customized services and location services to suit your specific warehousing needs. In regards to hardware, Zebra’s product lines include not only their industrial, desktop and mobile printers and vehicle computers, but wearable computers as well.

Below is a quick overview of a few wearable computers options. These lightweight, rugged wearable computers are built with the latest data capture and voice technology, such as:


  • RCH51 Cabled Headset - provides superior noise-canceling technology for dependable use in nearly any environment
  • RS419 Ring Scanner - small, light-weight wearable ring scanner that maximizes worker productivity and accuracy
  • RS507 Cordless Ring Scanner - rugged scanner boasts advanced ergonomics and Bluetooth cordless capability, permitting extreme comfort and freedom of movement
  • WT41N0 Wearable Terminal Series – provides maximum error-proof productivity, operational efficiency and accuracy through voice compatibility for streamlined warehouse and package handling functions; used for inventory management, voice-directed picking, putaway, receiving, and replenishment

Some of the hardware used for muli-modal and voice directed picking include wearable computers, industrial printers , mobile printers , vehicle computers and desktop computers.

Zebra’s TekSpeech Pro software makes the process of voice-directed applications extremely ease of use, providing first-rate speaker independent voice recognition and voice quality.

For further information on multi-modal and vocal directed solutions and for all your barcode labeling equipment options, call us as (800) 643-2664 and immediately talk to one of our friendly representatives; or chat us up on Facebook , Twitter , Google+ and LinkedIn !

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