{{notability, date=April 2023 CipherLab is a company that designs, manufactures and markets

automatic identification and data capture Automatic identification and data capture (AIDC) refers to the methods of automatically identifying objects, collecting data about them, and entering them directly into computer systems, without human involvement. Technologies typically considered ...

(AIDC) products and systems. The company's

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and barcode scanners are integrated into the networks of government and

logistics Logistics is the part of supply chain management that deals with the efficient forward and reverse flow of goods, services, and related information from the point of origin to the Consumption (economics), point of consumption according to the ...

installations worldwide, as well as grocery, manufacturing, retail, distribution, agricultural and healthcare companies. Headquartered in

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, Taiwan with North American headquarters in

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, and operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA),

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, Asia-Pacific and

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, CipherLab is publicly traded on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (Taiwan OTC:6160).

History

CipherLab was founded in 1988 when it built the first real-time feedback system for the Taiwan Stock Exchange.

Products and services

The company offers a broad range of mobile computers, scanners, fixed terminals and software for all facets of AIDC. CipherLab products incorporate

Wi-Fi Wi-Fi () is a family of wireless network protocols based on the IEEE 802.11 family of standards, which are commonly used for Wireless LAN, local area networking of devices and Internet access, allowing nearby digital devices to exchange data by ...

RFID Radio-frequency identification (RFID) uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to objects. An RFID system consists of a tiny radio transponder called a tag, a radio receiver, and a transmitter. When tri ...

GSM The Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) is a family of standards to describe the protocols for second-generation (2G) digital cellular networks, as used by mobile devices such as mobile phones and Mobile broadband modem, mobile broadba ...

GPRS General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), also called 2.5G, is a mobile data standard on the 2G cellular communication network's Global System for Mobile Communications, global system for mobile communications (GSM). Networks and mobile devices wit ...

EDGE Edge or EDGE may refer to: Technology Computing * Edge computing, a network load-balancing system * Edge device, an entry point to a computer network * Adobe Edge, a graphical development application * Microsoft Edge, a web browser developed by ...

, and linear imaging or laser scanning. CipherLab's products are used by customers worldwide, including AC Nielsen, the national postal services in Brazil"CipherLab Selected By Brazilian Post And Telegraph Corporation For Improved Mail Dispatch And Data Capture Logistics System"
Data Collection Online, 2008-09-01 and Poland, PayPoint,

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hotel and casino.

Partial list of products

* CipherLab makes mobile handheld computers for business use in logistics,

transportation Transport (in British English) or transportation (in American English) is the intentional Motion, movement of humans, animals, and cargo, goods from one location to another. Mode of transport, Modes of transport include aviation, air, land tr ...

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, route accounting, direct store delivery, field service, and sales. * CipherLab manufactures

bluetooth Bluetooth is a short-range wireless technology standard that is used for exchanging data between fixed and mobile devices over short distances and building personal area networks (PANs). In the most widely used mode, transmission power is li ...

and

tethered A tether is a cord, fixture, or flexible attachment that characteristically anchors something movable to something fixed; it also may be used to connect two movable objects, such as an item being towed by its tow. Applications for tethers incl ...

scanners that provide a means to automate inventory management and

point of sale The point of sale (POS) or point of purchase (POP) is the time and place at which a retail transaction is completed. At the point of sale, the merchant calculates the amount owed by the customer, indicates that amount, may prepare an invoice f ...

. * CipherLab’s fixed data terminals are used for data capture for integrated business security, employee activity logging and business operation tracking.

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CipherLab History
– Company timeline Companies listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange Companies based in Taipei Electronics companies of Taiwan Taiwanese companies established in 1988

History

Products and services

Partial list of products

See also

References

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