Revolutionising Data Capture:

Bringing enterprise-grade

barcode scanning to everyone

GS1 Industry & Standard Event

T&L Workshop

October 4, 2016

Christian Floerkemeier, PhD

CTO & Co-Founder

christian@scandit.com

Scandit – Leading Cloud-based Enterprise

Mobility and Data Capture Platform for Smart Devices

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About myself:

CTO & Co-Founder of Scandit

Previously Associate Director of Auto-ID Lab at MIT

About Scandit:

Established:

Founded in 2009, offices in Zurich and San Francisco

Trusted:

Global customer and partner base, across US, EMEA and

APAC

Proven:

1,000s of Scandit-powered data capture solutions

75+ million active mobile devices

More than a billion scans per year

Scandit – Leading Cloud-based Enterprise

Mobility and Data Capture Platform for Smart Devices

Other

Logistics & Transportation

Manufacturing

Technology

Retail Wholesale

Early Days of AIDC: Driven by Hardware Innovations

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Evolution of AIDC Hardware

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~1985 ~1995 ~2001 ~2008 ~2012

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Smartphone Devices as Data Capture Devices?

▪ Excellent UX

▪ “Modern” Operating System

▪ Low Total Cost Of

Ownership (TCO)

▪ But …

▪ Barcode Scanning

Performance?

▪ Battery Life?

▪ Durability?

▪ Ergonomics?

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137

132

290

380

0 100 200 300 400

High End Imager*

High End Laser Scanner**

iPhone 6S

Samsung S7

Max Barcode Scan Distance (Code 39 – 20 mil) in cm

Barcode Scanning on Smartphones Matches even

Outperforms Dedicated Barcode Scanners

Smartphones come with

high resolution image

sensors (8-16MP).

Smartphones also come

with high power CPU

and GPUs.

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*Zebra SE4750 Spec Sheet **Zebra SE96X Spec Sheet

Better Read Range

than Dedicated

Scanners

Match Speed and

Robustness of

Dedicated Scanners

Data Capture with Today’s Smartphones

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Smartphone Devices Have Evolved Into

Outstanding Data Capture Devices

▪ Battery Life: Scan every 5s on a single charge for

10.5h (7500 scans) on an iPhone 6 SE

▪ Durability: Many rugged phones or cases available

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Ergonomics – Use the Latest Accessories

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Features:

• Point-to-scan functionality

• Protection from everyday use

• Scan button

• LED aimer

• No Electronics! Uses built-in

phone camera/LED

Benefits:

• Strong scan performance

• Ergonomic scanning

• Low cost

How Smartphones Enabled Swiss Railways SBB to Deploy A Nationwide

Pickup and Delivery Solution 3x faster and at 4x lower TCO

Goals:

Increase productivity/satisfaction

All delivery tasks on one device

Real-time business insights

Lower IT costs

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Mobile Pickup and Delivery Solution (provided by

Scandit):

App on Galaxy S4/5 Mini

Cloud-configurable workflows, MAM and

real-time analytics

Leverage GPS, maps, communication

4x TCO advantage

3x faster time to market

Smartphone Data Capture Technology can replace Proof of Delivery

hardware and save up to 3.5M over 4 Years

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DEVICE TYPE

Estimated

Device Cost

in Euro

Ruggedness 4 year TCO*Estimated # of

Devices

TCO (buy and

maintain over

4 years)

Estimated TCO

Savings

Non-Rugged Smartphone 149 Non-Rugged 1862 1066 1’985’000 2’752'000

(i.e. Samsung J5)

Rugged Smartphone 300 Fully-Rugged 1111 1066 1’184’000 3’553’000

(i.e. Kyocera Brigadier, IP68)

Dedicated Scanner 1200 Fully-Rugged 4444 1066 4’737’000 0

(i.e. Motorola MC67, IP67 )

Source: VDC Research

Motorola MC67: ~ 1066 devices of

this type are deployed for this

sample customer

Beyond “Handheld(!)” Devices

Smartphones provide many

benefits to the enterprise:

Lower TCO

Higher Flexibility

More Transparency & Visibility

But Smartphones are still hand-

held:

No hands-free operation

Requires humans in the “data

capture” loop

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Hololens-Based Order Entry

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Operate Hands-Free

▪ “Enterprise” Use Cases for

Digital Eyewear

▪Short term

▪Picking

▪Long term:

▪Maintenance/Field Service

▪Reordering/Replenishment

▪Delivery

Taking the Human Out of the Data Capture Loop -

Robotic Inventory Stock Out Detection

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Drone-Based Inventory Management ;)

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Thank you

Christian Floerkemeier

CTO and Co-Founder

christian@scandit.com

GS1 Industry & Standard Event

T & L Workshop

October 4, 2016

Thank you

Warehouse Management Performance Benchmark

Speed Test: Scandit Case vs Dedicated Scanners

Time [seconds] to complete 25

barcode scan test

26.1

34.3 36.239.0

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10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

Scandit Case Zebra MC55 Zebra MC40 PanmobilECCO+

Scandit Case vs Dedicated HW

Scanners

Test setup

Procedure:

1. Scan shelf label

2. Scan 4 boxes

Total of 25 code

128 barcodes of

varying quality (thin

codes, quiet zone

violations etc.)

Total of 3 testers

performing 2

iterations for a total

of 6 instances per

measurement