Alméér Plant, a garden center in the West of the Netherlands, moved from its former site in Almere Stad to a new location in Almere Buiten five years ago, the garden center grew to three times its original size. As a result of this expansion, the need for automation also increased. “Before, we could get an overall view of the entire garden center in half an hour. We were able to manage the business using our gut feeling. That is simply no longer possible now that we have grown so much and substantially broadened our product range,” said Rico Blijleven. “We are more focused on data and try to burden our employees with as little red tape as possible,” the co-owner continued.

All 98 branches of the Belgian retail clothing chain Bel&Bo have recently started using the Joya Touch scanner. Datalogic supplied 200 multifunctional scanners in total, intended for the efficient processing of the retailer’s extensive assortment and for compliance with privacy legislation.