Chris, the official wife of your humble correspondent spends most of her waking hours with her nose buried in a iPad mini – and I have to admit, it’s a pretty neat device – small enough to fit in a large pocket with a large enough screen to do just about anything – especially with these new mobile apps – a perfect solution.
Also, you can get iPad mini’s new for around $300. And throw on the $59 Griffin Survivor case, now you have something that WILL stand up to most food and beverage situations. (I learned first hand {first foot?} about ‘food and beverage situations’ some years ago when I first started calling on F&B guys, and trashed a few pairs of nice Johnson & Murphy shoes before I realized something a bit more rugged was needed).
If you have an IT guy roaming about the place worried more about ‘specs’ than usability, you can also use your favorite Android or Windows tablet, for around the same price.
There’s still some WMS (Warehouse Management Systems) that are built around these units and aren’t ready for mobile solutions (gotta start thinking about these things when buying older technology, folks).
But in any case, now with the Griffin Survivor cases, we can now cut costs on the plant floor by 10x – pretty neat deal if you ask me – and you should ask me – about any technology improvements – saving money, improving productivity – somebody’s gotta do it.
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