AI for the Frontline

With Zebra’s AI solutions, companies can unlock the potential of their frontline operations, harnessing the power of automation to make better business decisions. Zebra’s AI opens up a world of possibilities, making work for the frontline better every day.

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Our Vision for AI and the Frontline

Zebra has been providing solutions for the frontline since 1969. From retail to healthcare, logistics, and manufacturing, we deliver cutting-edge hardware, software, and solutions that digitize and automate business frontlines. We create new ways of working for frontline operations, equipping people with AI-enabled solutions intelligently integrated into the tools our customers and partners rely on. Processes are streamlined to enhance operational agility, workflows are automated to increase efficiency, and work is made easier—every day.

Facts

By the Numbers

10x

 

faster detection speed with OCR Wedge and machine learning capture.

32%

 

increase of checkout speed for retail cashiers using Product Recognition.

27%

 

reduction of shrink rates and product waste through Loss Prevention real-time analysis and actionable insights.

The Next Generation of Intelligent Operations

AI Built for Frontline Operations

Zebra delivers cutting-edge hardware, software and solutions that digitize and automate the frontline of business.  For years, we’ve been embedding AI into our products, elevating outcomes for our customers and partners. Our AI-enabled solutions are shaping the future of frontline operations, making work easier - every day.

OCR Wedge
OCR Wedge

Uses machine learning to automatically capture specific text in the real world up to 10x faster than manual entry. Accurately capture license plate numbers, tire ID numbers, vehicle ID numbers, shipping container IDs, and dial, digital and analog meters.

Dirty Lens Detect
Dirty Lens Detect

Improves photo clarity and quality with alerts when smudges, dirt, and fingerprints are detected on a camera lens.

FS42 Fixed Industrial Scanner
FS42 Fixed Industrial Scanner

Enable faster scanning and more complex AI-based deep learning machine vision applications through increased onboard memory and a greater neural processing unit (NPU).

Zebra Dimensioning Mobile Parcel
Zebra Dimensioning Mobile Parcel

The Zebra Dimensioning Mobile Parcel software solution enables 'one-shot' dimensioning of most cuboidal and non-cuboidalparcels in less than 5 seconds. The camera and time of flight sensor in select Zebra mobile computers work together with AI and Zebra’s proprietary algorithms to virtually reconstruct and measure irregularly regular shaped items.

Free-form OCR and Picklist+OCR
Free-form OCR and Picklist+OCR

Uses machine learning for flexible capture of text on paper, signage, labels and more, enabling you to leverage text capture across unique workflows.

Produce Recognition
Produce Recognition

Helps cashiers more quickly and accurately select non-barcoded items during the checkout process, increasing checkout speed by up to 32%.

Voice AI Assistant
Voice AI Assistant

Allow workers to simply ask for what they want in their own words. The integrated natural language voice AI engine, available for Workcloud-enabled models of the WS50, TC series handhelds, and ET series tables, analyzes voice queries, determines intention and takes action.

Identity Guardian
Identity Guardian

Facilitates login to enterprise mobile computers or tablets with a biometric facial profile, reducing risk of unauthorized access and theft.

Machine Vision Smart Cameras
Machine Vision Smart Cameras

Supports a sophisticated collection of tools for AI-based image analysis, including classification, segmentation, object detection, anomaly detection, OCR, and more.

VisibilityIQ Foresight
VisibilityIQ Foresight

Predict and reduce device loss by tracking device locations and unusual activity through machine learning analytics

Industrial Automation
Industrial Automation

Optimize quality inspection, automate workflows, and ensure accurate tracking with Zebra's machine vision software. Zebra Aurora boosts traceability, reducing reject rates to under 5% for a customer producing 7,000 parts daily.

Loss Prevention
Loss Prevention

Real-time analysis and insights enhance asset protection and improve customer experience. Workcloud Actionable Intelligence cuts product waste shrink by up to 27% and saves time and money by identifying missed credit opportunities.

Optimize Labor
Optimize Labor

Reduce schedule administration time by automatically generating schedules based on historical time series data. Workcloud Scheduling considers skill, resource, and time matching down to 15-minute intervals for optimal labor efficiency.

In-Season Inventory Execution
In-Season Inventory Execution

Harness our AI-powered Pricing & Allocation solution to optimize inventory with consumer demand. Eliminate spreadsheet hassles, manage markdowns, and utilize real-time scenario building. Achieve a 5% sales increase and 10-point sell-through boost with advanced AI-driven insights and decision-making capabilities.

Forecasting and Analysis
Forecasting and Analysis

Reduce demand planning time and the hours spent building, testing, and implementing forecasting pipeline by 30% with Workcloud Demand Analysis and Modeling Studio.

Cooperation & Alliances
Cooperation & Alliances

Zebra’s history of AI partnerships with academic institutions and industry leaders like Google, Microsoft, and Qualcomm drives technological development and applications in real-world scenarios.

API-First Collaborations
API-First Collaborations

Zebra’s development of AI APIs for cloud, hybrid, or edge solutions will provide an easy-to-use ecosystem for partners to integrate into any business application.

AI Platform and Tooling
AI Platform and Tooling

Zebra actively develops tools for creating, deploying, and maintaining AI solution components that ISVs, partners, and customers can leverage across its product portfolio, enabling them to easily develop their own AI applications and solutions.

Leveraging Community and Open-Source Contributions
Leveraging Community and Open-Source Contributions

Zebra's seamless integration with open-source models like Google’s MLKit, Qualcomm’s AI Hub, and Hugging Face enables partners and customers to explore innovative solutions with ease and speed.

Developer Enablement
Developer Enablement

Zebra works closely with developers to discover what tools will be useful for a full end-to-end AI pipeline that allows them to collect data, train AI models, and deploy across any Zebra devices with an AI software development kit (Vision, Voice, Data, and GenAI) and pre-trained models.

Learn more about Zebra’s AI solutions and how we create new ways of working with AI for the frontline.