A cloud-based encoding and logging solution developed in collaboration with Loftware digitizes retail tagging activities, keeping a detailed record as to who printed the label and when and what data was printed from the printer. Keeping these logs will enhance total operations for retailers by providing a secure, unique record of every encoded tag for total traceability.

SATO America will demo its Automated Robot Labeling System, which can be taught how to dynamically label items of varying form factors, sizes, and position on the product to move products through the distribution center (DC) faster than ever.

SATO’s mobile 4-inch PW4NX, which can be mounted on forklifts for mobile printing in the DC, provides the fastest, highest quality mobile printing in class, even on low battery. This reduces read errors to streamline DC operations while lowering the total cost of ownership¹.

With UHF tunnel readers and a central data management dashboard, retailers can greatly streamline their inventory control operations as well as packing and shipping. The UHF platform as a service (PaaS) dashboard from Chainlane provides centralized visibility across the chain to understand and improve operations.

Wiliot’s BLE tags, SATO’s CL4NX Plus, and Energous’ PowerBridge provide a powerful solution for food safety and traceability and even waste management.

Finally, allergen labeling in compliance with the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and AI markdown automation can improve food-loss management and optimize in-store operations. The SATO solution allows retailers to print nutrition labels, directly supplying the printed data, printed time, expiry date and quantity back to their systems. These data can be combined with POS data to enhance store operations.

For more details, please visit the SATO America booth #4456.