We help you specify, source, integrate, and deploy the mobile system the operation will actually run — devices, accessories, management, and commissioning — as one scope.
This page covers industrial mobility: handheld computers, vehicle mounts, wearables, and tablets used to scan, pick, count, inspect, and service. Every choice below is made for a shift, not for a spec sheet.
What we specify
Device class. Handheld, pistol-grip, wearable, tablet, or vehicle mount. The job decides the form factor. A picker and a yard clerk should not share a default model.
Environment. Dust, drop height, temperature, rain, cold chain, and hazardous rating if the area requires it. Ingress-protection (IP) and drop figures are taken from current supplier documentation, not from memory.
Capture. One-dimensional (1D) codes, dense two-dimensional (2D) codes, direct part marking, long-range scanning, or radio-frequency identification. If the only job is shelf barcodes at one metre, you do not pay for a yard engine.
Power. Shift length, hot-swap, spare ratio, and charging location. Fleets fail in the cage, not on the spec sheet.
Software stack. Mobile device management (MDM) or enterprise mobility management enrollment, staging, and the warehouse management system, enterprise resource planning system, or terminal-emulation session the user opens on day one. We work with the application you already have unless you have asked us to replace it.
Lifecycle. Android version at purchase, the promised operating-system path, and what happens when the original equipment manufacturer ends that branch. Accessories and batteries are specified in the same bill.
Those six decisions belong in a written scope you can review before anything is purchased — that is technical planning.
What helps us give you a useful first response
Nothing here has to be settled before you get in touch. Send what is known and flag what is open:
- Sites, and whether they share one wireless local area network or need mobile data coverage
- Workflow: receive, put-away, pick, pack, ship, cycle count, inspection, or field service
- The application, and whether it is a browser, a native application, or terminal emulation
- Quantity now and at 24 months
- Accessory kit: holster, sled, trigger, mount, printer pairing
- Who enrolls devices and who holds the management tenant
- Spare ratio, and whether you want a restock program
- Training language and who signs acceptance
Relevant environments: manufacturing, logistics and warehousing, energy and utilities, field operations.
FAQ
What is included in an enterprise mobility project?
Requirements, equipment supply for the agreed classes, integration planning, staging and enrollment, deployment, training, and the support boundary that was written into the proposal. A new warehouse management system is a separate decision, not part of this scope by default.
Can you work with our existing warehouse or enterprise system?
Yes. We assess your existing applications and interfaces during discovery. If the constraint is the application, we say so before we specify devices.
Do we need rugged devices, or are consumer phones enough?
If the device is dropped, scanned all day, shared across shifts, or used in dust, cold, or rain, compare the two-year cost of a rugged class against a consumer phone plus a sled — breakage, accessories, and scan time, not unit price. If the job is light, indoor, and personal, we will say so. See Rugged device vs consumer smartphone.
Will you name a brand on the first call?
Only if you already have a standard. Otherwise we specify the class, then shortlist current models against supplier documentation.
Stack used here: Rugged handhelds · Scanners · Device management · Fleet insights Turnkey: Warehouse · Field · Hardware + software
Fleet management question
Why is device management part of the hardware scope?
An unmanaged handheld becomes a consumer phone with a better drop test. Mobile device management is part of the operational product, not an add-on slide.