INNOVATOR AWARDS

Window Nation

We are thrilled to recognize the work of Window Nation as our 2024 Innovator of the Year, an organization that’s demonstrated an exemplary commitment to being more efficient, accurate, and connected.

Window Nation, a Barcoding customer, is a replacement window and door home remodeling company currently expanding throughout the country. The Company maintains a vast inventory of goods across several locations and is committed to providing exceptional customer service and quality installations. 

Window Nation is continually undergoing market expansions, and its processes need to be taken out of their manual procedures and into modern operations. With their dedication to modernization and process refinement, their partnership with Barcoding and Zebra Technologies was able to lift them out of traditional pen-and-paper methods and into automation which not only increased their productivity exponentially but also allowed a tremendous surge in inventory visibility.

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Jillamy

We are thrilled to recognize the work of Jillamy as our 2023 Innovator of the Year, an organization that’s demonstrated an exemplary commitment to being more efficient, accurate, and connected.

Jillamy is a full-service 3rd party logistics (3PL) provider with a full complement of freight forwarding solutions, including a customs brokerage as well as packaging, warehousing, and fulfillment services. With commitments to deliver the best logistics solutions, they understand that operational excellence, worker experience, and futureproofing are a priority. Jillamy is on the path to success with multiple expansions, and they’re looking to grow in innovative ways to continue offering and expanding their suite of services. 

With this level of growth, they knew they needed to implement a warehouse management system (WMS) but didn’t know how to bring it all together. By partnering with Barcoding, Jillamy was able to create a plan for the WMS roll-out that considered additional solution components needed for success. Things like hardware selection, connectivity, professional and managed services (Barcoding’s GoLive Services™ and StayLive Services™), warehouse rack and floor labeling, and 8x5 support to ensure users have what they need to use the new solution to its fullest. 

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Connect, Inc.

We’re thrilled to launch a new annual award recognizing a Barcoding partner that has had an outstanding impact on our customers’ efficiency, accuracy, and connectivity. Our first recipient of this award has been solving connectivity challenges for customers for more than 30 years. Their innovative solution helps Barcoding continue to raise the bar in managed mobility services.

Barcoding partners with Connect, Inc. to deliver its Mobile Systems Intelligence (MSI) solution as part of Barcoding’s StayLive Services™ for IntelliTrack^®. Together, we not only help keep IntelliTrack customers up and running, but we also help ensure their frontline mobile device users have an optimal experience on the job.

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Virginia abc

We are thrilled to recognize the work of Virginia ABC as our 2021 Innovator of the Year, an organization that’s demonstrated an exemplary commitment to being more efficient, accurate, and connected.

Virginia ABC is an independent political subdivision that generates revenue for the commonwealth. With almost 400 stores, Virginia ABC is a retailer, wholesaler, and regulator. All inventory is stored in a 300,000-square-foot warehouse that receives and ships approximately 23,000 cases of distilled spirits each day. All liquor in Virginia, whether being consumed at home or in a restaurant, originates out of this facility. 

As we all know, many businesses were faced with incredible disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic response. Virginia ABC faced challenges at every angle, but they had to focus on gaining daily inventory visibility at each store and facilitating new sales channels to support their customers.

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SCHNEIDER

We are thrilled to recognize the work of Schneider as our 2020 Innovator of the Year, an organization that’s demonstrated an exemplary commitment to being more efficient, accurate, and connected.

Schneider is a premier provider of transportation and logistics services and has been delivering exceptional experiences for over 80 years. Offering one of the broadest portfolios in the industry, Schneider’s solutions include Regional and Long-Haul Truckload, Expedited, Dedicated, Bulk, Intermodal, Brokerage, Warehousing, Supply Chain Management, and Port Logistics.

In a highly disrupted year, Schneider rose to the challenge and delivered for communities around the country through the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Our award committee selected Schneider, in part, for their exceptional efforts in keeping the supply chain moving. The IT and Operations teams at Schneider National leveraged their partnership with Barcoding to quickly adapt to changing requirements.

Schneider truly embodies the spirit of a Barcoding Innovator of the Year, as the company strives to maximize its investment in technology, increase efficiency, and boost productivity. We wish them continued success in the future.

FLEET FARM

We’re delighted to recognize the work of Fleet Farm as our 2019 Innovator of the Year, an organization has demonstrated an exemplary commitment to being more efficient, accurate and connected. This year, we announced the winner at our Open House event, where we unveiled our new headquarters in Highlandtown, a neighborhood in the south eastern part of Baltimore City.

Fleet Farm has been in operation since 1955 as a retail chain with 44 stores across the Midwest. Their locations supply customers with everything they need for the jobs and joys of daily life, including outdoor products, auto parts, home improvement goods, and more.

Last year, Fleet Farm became a Barcoding customer. We were able to provide them with a mobile hardware refresh, including new technology at 37 stores, as well as a new distribution center. They provided Zebra TC51/52 handheld devices for store employees, ET50 tablets in gate huts, and mounted Zebra MK3090/3190 price check kiosks in store aisles. With this new equipment, they were able to improve their employees’ effectiveness and customer experience. Plus, all of the devices are managed with a SOTI enterprise mobility management application.

However, Fleet Farm didn’t stop there. They took the extra initiative to seek out new applications to maximize their investment and create a stronger partnership between store team members and the corporate IT and operations staff. It is this kind of attention to detail and dedication that we look for in our Innovator of the Year, and we are so glad to be a part of their story.

NORTHWESTERN

Congratulations to Northwestern for winning the 2018 Innovator of the Year award.

With our help, the Center for Comparative Medicine at Northwestern moved from a paper-based system to our Operational Management System. We created a scanning system and RFID software interface that worked with their existing systems and communicated over their Wi-Fi network to create RFID smart applications, providing the lab with real-time results.

MIRABITO

Congratulations to Mirabito for winning the 2017 Innovator of the Year award.

FRONT GATE TICKETS

Congratulations to Front Gate Tickets for winning the 2016 Innovator of the Year award.

DAP PRODUCTS

Congratulations to DAP Products, Inc. for taking the prize in 2015!

AZTECA FOODS

AZTECA FOODS’ AUTOMATES ABILITY TO TRACK AND TRACE PALLETS

Background: Azteca Foods, Inc., is a family-owned and operated leader in the Mexican foods category.

Challenge: Azteca sought a way to track pallets of goods moving throughout its warehouse by assigning unique identification numbers to pallets as they come off the line.

Solution: Barcoding’s barcode scanning system comprising handheld computers, a customized mobile software application, an internally hosted web service, and network extenders.

Result: Achieved full traceability of pallets moving into its finished goods warehouse, eliminated time-consuming manual data entry processes, and increased accuracy.