RACO Industries, a leading integrator of mobility and data management solutions, is forming a strategic partnership with OnAsset Intelligence, Inc., a leading provider FAA compliant wireless package tracking, monitoring, and control solutions, to provide an all-inclusive, asset management solution. The solution features the OnAsset Vision Platform and the SENTRY™ FlightSafe™ product line with RACO’s package tracking applications and will provide its customers with real-time visibility and situational awareness to the location and condition of their high-valued assets.

“Our foremost priority at RACO is to provide the most effective mobility solutions so that our customers can receive a superior level of visibility to their important assets,” said Don Mech, VP of Business Development for RACO Industries. “By combining the capabilities of RACO’s wireless mobility integration with OnAsset’s SENTRY package monitoring solution, our customers will receive comprehensive, relevant and customizable information into their everyday workflow to help reduce costs and improve supply chain efficiencies.”

“We are pleased to combine OnAsset technologies and services with RACO’s comprehensive integration capabilities in wireless mobility applications,” said Nikki Cuban, VP of Marketing and Business Development.  “Our Vision Platform offers our customers the ability to visualize data from many different sources including data from SENTRY devices, warehouse and inventory information, ERP data, and web content in a single user experience.  By working with RACO, we are able to continue expanding our service platform to enable our customers with a transparent supply chain.”

For more information, contact RACO Industries at 1-800-446-1991.
 

 

Are you in need of fast, economical custom labels? Colorful labels of quality without an intimidating cost? Or maybe you need only a few high-quality custom labels for a special short-run promotion or project? If any of these scenarios apply to you, then take a look at RACO’s brand new custom digital label service. Our digital press features near-photographic quality, a wide spectrum of colors, and the procedure is totally painless and completely customizable. Whether you need one color or a thousand, the price doesn’t change, and we even offer a variety of specialty materials for label printing, including polyester, paper, synthetics, or tag stock. Your label can take the shape of a traditional square or rectangle, or a circle, oval, or specialty shape if you choose. We also do variable printing, perforations, different wind positions, protective coatings and more. The possibilities are endless, giving you the chance to make a label that matches exactly what you want.

The process of creating and ordering your label is made easy by our very own Custom Label Tool, which gives you a listing of all the options and variables you’ll need to create your label. Colors, label size, shape, material, coating, perforation, proof type, and other features are all available with the click of your mouse, and the price is updated for you as you go along. Once your order is received by us at RACO, we will contact you about your order and even send you a proof of your label for review before we receive your billing information.

Check out the product page for RACO’s custom labels, where you can learn more about this service and begin your own order with the Custom Label Tool. If you’re still not convinced of the quality of these labels, please feel free to check out our custom label samples.

RACO Industries has entered into an agreement with FASCOR, Inc. to provide an all-inclusive warehouse management and transportation solution that includes the wireless infrastructure, ruggedized hardware and professional services along with FASCOR’s industry leading applications to its client base.  For 28 years, FASCOR Inc. has been a leading developer of Trusted Distribution Solutions that includes advanced warehouse, shipping and distribution management software built upon Microsoft technology.
 
“We elected to enter into this partnership with FASCOR based on their years of experience in WMS and TMS applications and their established ability to easily integrate the FASCOR solutions into existing ERP systems” said Don Mech, RACO's VP of Business Development. “This new partnership complements RACO’s strength in wireless mobility integration services and provides an immediate return to our warehouse and distribution customers’ investment. We look forward to this partnership for the years to come.”
 
“We are very excited about our partnership with RACO,” said Don Ruberg, President & CEO of FASCOR, Inc.  “FASCOR and RACO’s product offerings complement each other extremely well allowing both organizations to provide more time-tested solutions to our clients and prospects.  Our company philosophy has always been to develop long-term relationships with trusted organizations and we look forward to this partnership with RACO continuing down that same path.” 

We are pleased to announce that RACO Industries has been named to the inaugural Cincinnati Enquirer’s Top Workplaces List for 2010.  This award is tied to an employee survey that we did a few months back and the results of the survey were compared with other companies in the Greater Cincinnati Area.

Some of the statements made by employees that allowed us to achieve a high ranking are:

“I have the flexibility I need to balance my work and personal life”
“I have confidence in the leaders of this organization”
“I feel genuinely appreciated at this organization”
“Senior managers understand what is really happening in this organization”
“My manager frequently praises good work”

This is not the first time RACO was honored as an employer.  We have been named to the best employer in Ohio list in 2007 and 2008 by the Ohio Chamber of Commerce, ranking 5^th and 6^th respectively in the small business category.  At RACO we recognize that happy employees are the key to maintaining strong relationships with our valued partners.  We will continue to strive to be one of the top workplaces in Cincinnati, Ohio, and the United States. 

Another one of our partners is announcing a significant milestone.  Zebra Technologies, leading providers of specialty printing and identification technology, recently said that they have now sold over 125 million wristbands designed specifically for patient identification and service.

Zebra’s Z-Band wristbands feature an anti-microbial coating, which eliminates the growth of harmful microorganisms, and are made from materials that are resistant to water, alcohol, soap, blood, and other substances that are potentially destructive to more widely-used traditional hospital wristbands. The most helpful feature of these wristbands, however, is that they allow for patient information and bar codes to be printed directly onto the wristband via thermal printers such as the Zebra HC100 Patient I.D. Printer.  This eliminates the need for labels and wristband assembly, and produces a crisp, easily-readable bar code. These bar codes can then be scanned to instantly bring up important patient information, including name, condition, allergies, and blood type, among other pieces of patient-specific data.  What all of this means in practical terms is less mix-ups and mistakes when it comes to fast and accurate patient care, which means more human lives saved each year. 

“Of the 125 million wristbands Zebra has sold, more than 50 percent were in the last 18 months," According to Anders Gustafsson, CEO of Zebra. "This increase can be directly tied to the dramatic rise in the adoption rate of bedside bar code medication administration, which requires scanning a patient's wristband and then scanning the medication before administering it to the patient."  Enabling healthcare professionals to more accurately match patients with appropriate treatment helps to lower the yearly death toll, so it makes sense why Zebra’s barcode wristbands have begun to gain popularity.

To learn more about barcode wristbands, contact a product specialist at 1-800-446-1991.

Apple’s new tablet PC, the iPad, is beginning to make waves not only in the portable computer market, but in the realm of barcode scanning, as well.  Two products, in particular, are taking advantage of the popularity and usefulness of what some consider to be a revolutionary device.

The first of these products is the OPN 2002 iPad Companion Scanner from Opticon Mobility Solutions, which is a compact and affordable barcode laser scanner with iPad compatibility.  The Bluetooth-enabeld memory scanner combines convenient barcode data collection with flexible communication options.

Then Socket Mobile Inc. announced their Socket Bluetooth Cordless Hand Scanner 7X and its counterpart, the CHS 7XRx are also iPad compatible. “We see a lot of potential for the need to add barcode scanning to the iPad, particularly in the healthcare sector where barcode scanning is used in applications such as medication administration, patient ID verification, material management and pharmacy logistics,” said Samantha Chu, data collection product manager at Socket Mobile.

As the tablet computer grows in popularity, we should be seeing more and more devices help iPad users gather information with barcode scanners.  To learn more about what scanners can work with your iPad, contact a product specialist at 1-800-446-1991.

Datalogic Scanning is celebrating a major milestone and you can get in on the fun.  On April 30th, they produced their one-millionth Magellan Bi-Optic Scanner.  Bill Parnell, President and CEO of Datalogic Scanning, celebrated this event proclaiming, “It is a major accomplishment for the company, and one that will be marked by celebrations and customer recognition worldwide.”

Those celebratory festivities are already in full force with the “Thanks a Million” World Tour, a year-long event which has the historical millionth scanner making appearances at events and trade shows all across the globe. The tour officially kicked off on May 10th at FMI 2010 (the largest food industry event in North America) in Las Vegas and the remainder of the tour includes locations in Mexico, Italy, Costa Rica, France, China, and more, where event participants can see the scanner in action, as well as receive an exclusive Datalogic Magellan World Tour t-shirt. 

This event marks a long-coming milestone, as the brand began its long journey in 1994 when the first Magellan scanner was released. Now an industry standard, the original Magellan scanner was one of the first to feature 360-degree scanning technology, fitting for a product whose namesake was the first explorer to lead an expedition around the world. Since then, the brand has spawned eight different models, including the most recent Magellan 8500Xt, and has been shipped or sold to 97 different countries worldwide.

If you’d like to learn more about the Magellan line of scanners, contact a RACO product specialist at 1-800-446-1991.

RACO Industries is joining forces with Mincron Software Systems to provide its customers with a comprehensive package of ruggedized mobile devices, wireless infrastructure and a robust warehouse management software application to simplify the return on their Warehouse Management solution.   Houston-based Mincron is a premier supplier of distribution and warehouse software solutions.
 
“This new partnership displays our mutual interest in improving both of our customers’ operations and bottom lines," says Don Mech, RACO's VP of Business Development. "RACO Industries specializes in integrating the hardware solution based on the specific requirements of the Mincron software solution and the customer. This integration provides immediate benefits of rapid implementation, cost savings and a quick return on ROI.”
 
Wendy Berger, Chief Operating Officer of Mincron Software Systems stated, “We constantly look for quality products and services that augment our software suite. Our partnership with RACO Industries promises to allow us to offer an even better work experience to our customers.”

To benefit from our new partnership, contact a product specials at 1-800-446-1991.

RACO Industries is now one of just a handful of Motorola partners certified to provide Motorola Direct Part Marking scanners to our client base.  DPM is the method of applying a permanant, non-destructable mark directly onto an item.  DPM allows a company to meet federal traceability requirements throughout the manufacturing process. 

To increase worker productivity, streamline data collection, and improve accuracy and quality DPM Readers read a wide variety of marks such as dot peening, laser etching, molding, and casting methods on surfaces such as metal, plastic & glass. This process is ideal for automotive, aerospace, electronics, healthcare, and other manufacturing industries.  Direct Part Marking allows you to track, monitor, and manage parts throughout the life of your product.  To increase worker productivity, streamline data collection, and improve accuracy and quality, consider current and future Motorola products like:

• MT20x0
• DS3508-DP (corded)
• DS3578-DP (cordless BT or Wi-Fi)
• MS4407DPM
• MS6707-DP (hospital use)
• MC70-DPM
• MC3090-DPM
• MC9090-DPM 

In order to be certified by Motorola, RACO Industries had to show proof of experience with DPM or Automation and Manufacturing solutions and have a technician participate in the onsite DPM Product Technical Instructor-led course.  The dot-peening card above was made by our very own Jack Grimes during training.

Take advantage of our DPM knowledge and contact a RACO product specialist at 1-800-446-1991 to learn more about Motorola Direct Part Marking products.

RACO Card Solutions, a leading provider of card-printing hardware, software, and accessories, is proud to announce it has joined the Advantage HID Channel Partner program.  This exclusive association is a network of distributors, security integrators, photo ID dealers, and resellers committed to working with HID Global to guarantee the integrity of the Genuine HID value chain.  Becoming an Advantage HID Channel partner allows RACO Card Solutions to extend and enhance the HID Global customer experience in product quality, delivery and service through a unique set of value-added customer and channel partner advantages.

“We have worked hard to earn the trust of our customers and partners so we are very honored to be recognized by HID,” says RACO Card Solutions’s Patti Jones.  “Becoming an Advantage HID Channel Partner is a privilege that will allow us to work with HID in order to provide their quality products to our customers.”

To benefit from the Advantage HID Channel Partner program, contact a RACO Card Solutions specialist at 1-866-940-7226.