MCL Technologies

Specializing in High-Productivity Software Products for Auto-ID

One of Zetes’ sustained innovations is the creation, development, and global marketing of its MCL-Collection software suite — developed and marketed by MCL Technologies, a Zetes Competence Centre.

In 1992, Zetes recognised that most Auto-ID integration projects had many common requirements. Consequently, Zetes started to package frequently required functionality for regular use in its own custom application development efforts. Zetes subsequently enhanced the development environment to provide a graphical design interface, and expanded the capabilities to include communications servers and “bridges” for integration into enterprise applications and databases. The completely integrated suite of software, known as MCL-Collection, shortened the time scale required for integration and deployment while improving overall implementation quality and robustness for its customers.

In 1998, MCL Technologies entered an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer)agreement with Symbol Technologies, the industry leading mobile computer manufacturer. Following Symbol’s endorsement, other manufacturers followed suit, and since 2002, MCL Technologies has signed several similar agreements with other mobile computer manufacturers. MCL has also signed an OEM agreement with Datamax, an Auto-ID barcode and RFID label printer manufacturer.

Today, MCL-Collection has evolved into a high-productivity software application for mobile workforce development, deployment, and management. It is an enterprise-ready software suite that seamlessly integrates the latest technologies with mobile computer, multi-manufacturer, cross-platform compatibility. Through the integration of mobile computing, wireless infrastructures, and data capture technologies like barcode scanners and radio frequency identification, MCL-Collection helps organisations deploy mission critical and on-demand multifunctional applications to improve workforce productivity, reduce costs, and achieve competitive advantage.

The latest enhancement to MCL-Collection includes the integration of voice recognition and voice synthesis capability allowing developers to create mobile worker applications with voice input and output. These research and development efforts have heightened Zetes’ competence in voice recognition.

Since 1992, MCL-Collection has been implemented in thousands of locations around the world by large and small organisations across sectors as varied as retail, banking, healthcare, government, transportation & logistics, warehousing, field service, and manufacturing.

Via the OEM partners and their direct and indirect sales channels, MCL-Collection is available to systems integrators, resellers and end-users across the world bringing MCL-Collection’s many benefits to organisations globally.