Case Study: Toshiba achieves 25% productivity gain and $549,548 annual savings with Ivanti Speakeasy

Toshiba Increased Productivity by 25% with Speakeasy, Saving More Than $500,000

Toshiba America Business Solutions (TABS), operating a Memphis distribution center that supplies repair teams nationwide, struggled with a slow, two-step picking process driven by heavy, key‑based handhelds that required workers to stop and manually type data and then have orders rechecked—adding roughly 20–25% more time per order. Seeking to streamline picking without the high cost of traditional voice systems, Toshiba evaluated solutions and selected Ivanti (Ivanti® Speakeasy, deployed with Ivanti® Terminal Emulation and managed by Ivanti® Avalanche).

Ivanti implemented Speakeasy with Bluetooth ring scanners, headsets, and wrist‑mounted mobile clients so pickers work hands‑free and data is validated in real time; the Ivanti deployment eliminated the separate verification step, boosted productivity by up to 25%, maintained 99.8% accuracy, and produced projected annual savings of $549,548 with payback in fewer than three months.

Toshiba

Daniel Sanders

Director of Distribution