Manufacturing is one of the verticals to benefit most from wireless networking. Materials handling, inventory and asset management using wands, scanners and imagers can significantly increase accuracy, efficiency and productivity.

However, integrating wireless networks into back-end processes such as inventory reporting and supply chain management can be difficult and expensive due to numerous challenges.

Warehousing environments constantly change. Wireless technicians must take into account how those changes may degrade RF signals. Large amounts of highly absorptive and reflective material as well as heavy machinery also contribute to the difficult conditions. Users are very mobile and their devices typically feature smaller radios that only operate in the crowded 2.4 GHz frequency band.

Experience and knowledge of wireless networks and antenna theory is required to create designs that can accommodate these dynamic and challenging environments. Insight Consulting Group has experience designing and implementing robust wireless networks for large corporations.