OBSOLETE HARDWARE NOTICE, DISCOUNT AVAILABLE ON REPLACEMENTS: At Open Road we pride ourselves on our ability to offer leading-edge technology at an affordable price. We’re also proud of the fact that we have always offered hardware with a useful, reliable work-life of at least five years. The time has come, however, to notify our clients that [Read More...]

FINISHED GOODS LABELS - Open Road is now switching to our summer shipping schedule for finished goods labels. Heat and high humidity can cause the adhesive to ooze and the vinyl to shrink, exposing the adhesive and possibly causing printer problems.  In order to avoid shipments sitting in a very hot UPS truck or warehouse over [Read More...]

The following article by Tim Loden, National Sales Manager for ORT, appeared in the November 2005 issue of eTireNews. The concept of using portable, handheld data capture devices is not uncommon in many industries, especially in the retail and manufacturing sectors—it has been around for years.  Because of the high cost of hardware and system integration, [Read More...]

In the December issue of eTireNews, I was given the opportunity to overview the emerging concept of using portable, hand-held technology within the Commercial Tire Industry.  With this issue, I would like to write about my experience deploying this technology within this industry. Anytime new technology is introduced into the business arena, usually the first two questions [Read More...]

RFID is the next phase in inventory tracking. Symbol Technologies has a great overview of the top questions asked about RFID. Click on the link below. http://www.symbol.com/products/whitepapers/rfid_faq.html

OpenRoad General Manager Tim Loden recently was a guest writer for eTireNews.  To read the article click on the link below. http://www.etirenews.com/eTireNews-MobileHandheldsTwo.htm

Dorsey Tire Pursues Growth through BASys Data As Billy Dorsey tells it, startup on the BASys IT system back in October 2004 was a rocky experience, but the new system has allowed his organization to strengthen their competitive position.”We are absolute fanatics about using the data that comes out of BASys Manufacturing,” says Dorsey, President, [Read More...]