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TAKE Supply Chain Launches Gemini Voice for Supply Chain Execution Solutions
New hands-free solution aimed at providing affordable, speech-enabled warehousing
Austin, TX – July 17, 2009 – Supply chain execution solutions provider TAKE Supply Chain has launched a new voice-enabled user interfacing system that supports the company's Gemini Oracle Process Manufacturing (OPM) and Oracle Discrete Manufacturing mobile data collection applications.
The Gemini Simplified Interface (G.SI) Voice solution supplements existing Oracle capabilities without costly, time-consuming modifications, the solution provider said. "By utilizing the existing system through common radio-frequency terminal interfaces, Gemini Voice can be implemented in days, rather than months as required by traditional systems, and for a fraction of the cost," according to TAKE, formerly known as ClearOrbit.
Gemini Voice uses speech technology from Voice-Insight, a provider of voice user interfaces for the logistics domain. It is integrated to work out-of-the-box for any G.SI transaction and supports more than 36 languages. In noisy warehouse environments, the technology filters out background noise.
TAKE said that Gemini Voice, by enabling hands-free picking and putaway, can improve productivity and accuracy across material handling operations. The information collected is immediately available to Oracle applications throughout the enterprise to improve control and visibility of key processes the moment they occur, the solution provider added.
"Hundreds of manufacturers and distributors worldwide currently use G.SI to increase the availability and accuracy of real-time information on receiving, shipping, manufacturing and inventory activity," TAKE said.
"Providing our customers with voice-enabled technology helps them achieve greater supply chain efficiencies by streamlining warehouse operations, while at the same time driving down cost," said Warren Sumner, general manager of the enterprise software group at TAKE Supply Chain.
