Jungheinrich upgrades barcode scanning
- Jungheinrich said it integrated Dynamsoft’s Barcode Reader SDK into a forklift operator application so workers can scan goods at the rack and reduce inventory differences. - The system uses a forklift-mounted camera scanner and monitor, showing green frames for accepted reads and red frames for mismatches in pick verification. - Jungheinrich already sells scanner-enabled warehouse tools, including addedVIEW fork cameras tied to its warehouse systems. (jungheinrich.com)
Barcode scanning in warehouses is a simple check with big consequences: scan the shelf, scan the goods, and the system catches the wrong pallet before it moves. Jungheinrich said it built that check into a forklift operator application using Dynamsoft’s Barcode Reader SDK. (dynamsoft.com) Jungheinrich said the app lets customers scan goods directly at the racking to avoid inventory differences. The company described the setup as a forklift-mounted scanner with a camera and a monitor for operator confirmation. (dynamsoft.com) On the screen, green frames mark accepted barcode reads that can be recorded into the system. Red frames flag mismatches and tell the operator to keep searching. (dynamsoft.com) The hard part is not reading a clean label in a lab. Jungheinrich said it needed barcodes read under poor lighting, across different label colors, and at different sizes on crowded shelves. (dynamsoft.com 1) (dynamsoft.com 2) Dynamsoft said its software was chosen after Jungheinrich weighed in-house development and tested other libraries. Seven people from three departments worked on the application design, according to the case study. (dynamsoft.com) This fits a broader Jungheinrich push to put scanning and verification closer to the truck itself, instead of leaving checks to a separate handheld step. Its support pages list industrial information technology, mobile computing, scanners and printers as part of its warehouse systems stack. (jungheinrich.com) Jungheinrich has been building similar ideas into truck hardware too. Its addedVIEW fork camera, which won an International Intralogistics and Forklift Truck of the Year award in 2023, includes an integrated barcode scanner. (jungheinrich.com) In a 2025 product release, Jungheinrich said addedVIEW reads storage-location data in real time and compares it directly with the goods management system on its ETV 3i reach trucks. That is the same basic promise here: verify the move while the truck is already at the rack. (jungheinrich.com) The case study does not give a launch date, customer count, or measured error-rate improvement. What it does show is Jungheinrich betting that faster, more reliable barcode reads are worth embedding directly into forklift workflows. (dynamsoft.com)
