Keep Production, Maintenance & Operations Connected
Factory operations depend on fast coordination between people working across production floors, warehouses, loading areas and support facilities. Wireless Voice & Data designs and supports communications solutions that help factory teams communicate instantly, respond to problems and keep production moving.
From professional two-way radios and repeaters to dispatch and wide-area Push-to-Talk, we help factories throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California build communications systems around their facilities, workforce and operational requirements.
Connect Your Entire Factory
Instant Communications Across the Production Floor
When equipment goes down, materials are needed or a supervisor needs assistance, employees shouldn't have to search for someone or rely on phone calls and text messages.
Two-way radio and push-to-talk communications give factory personnel an immediate way to reach individuals, departments or entire teams.
Wireless Voice & Data can help connect:
- Production supervisors
- Machine operators
- Maintenance technicians
- Engineering
- Safety personnel
- Quality control
- Warehouse teams
- Material handling
- Shipping and receiving
- Security
- Facilities
- Management
The right system can help information move as quickly as your operation does.
Communications Built for Demanding Environments
Clear Communications Where Work Gets Done
Factories can be challenging environments for communications. Machinery, background noise, concrete and steel construction, large production areas and employees constantly moving between departments can make ordinary communications difficult.
Wireless Voice & Data can evaluate your facility, users and coverage requirements and design a communications solution around the environment.
Depending on your operation, solutions may include portable and mobile radios, repeaters, antennas, noise-reducing accessories, dispatch systems, IP-connected communications or broadband Push-to-Talk.
Improve Production & Response Times
Get the Right Person to the Right Place Faster
Instant communications can improve coordination throughout the factory.
Production
Allow supervisors and production personnel to communicate quickly about workflow, equipment, materials and changing production requirements.
Maintenance
Reach technicians immediately when equipment requires attention and coordinate repairs without searching the facility for available personnel.
Warehouse & Material Handling
Coordinate inventory movement, material requests, forklifts, staging and production supply.
Quality & Safety
Quickly communicate quality concerns, hazards and situations requiring immediate attention.
Shipping & Receiving
Connect docks, warehouse personnel and production teams to coordinate incoming materials and outgoing shipments.
Management
Give supervisors and managers greater visibility into issues affecting production and operations.
Communications for Noisy Factory Floors
Make Sure the Message Gets Through
High ambient noise can make communication difficult around machinery, production equipment and material-handling operations.
Selecting the right radio is only part of the solution. Speaker microphones, headsets and other professional audio accessories can help users communicate more effectively in demanding environments.
Wireless Voice & Data can help match radios and accessories to specific job functions and operating conditions instead of giving every employee the same equipment.
Coverage Throughout Your Facility
From the Production Floor to the Loading Dock
A radio system needs to work everywhere your employees do.
Large buildings, concrete walls, steel structures, machinery, warehouses and separate operating areas can affect radio coverage.
Wireless Voice & Data can evaluate where communications are needed and help design a system using the appropriate combination of radios, repeaters, antennas and communications infrastructure.
For facilities with challenging in-building coverage or public safety radio requirements, we also provide RF testing and DAS/BDA solutions.
Communications Technology for Factories
Choose the Right Platform for Your Operation
Different factory environments require different communications solutions.
Wireless Voice & Data can evaluate your users, facility, existing equipment and coverage requirements and recommend the technology—or combination of technologies—that best fits your operation.
KENWOOD Two-Way Radio Solutions
Professional Communications for the Factory Floor
KENWOOD professional two-way radios provide rugged, dedicated communications for production, maintenance, warehouse, safety and management personnel.
Solutions range from straightforward portable radio systems to digital KENWOOD NEXEDGE systems with repeater and multi-site capabilities for larger operations.
Depending on the equipment and system selected, KENWOOD solutions can support individual and group communications, multiple channels or talk groups, digital functionality and scalable system configurations.
KENWOOD can be a strong choice for factories that need dedicated push-to-talk communications throughout the facility without relying on public cellular networks.
Icom Communications Solutions
Radio, WLAN/IP & Wide-Area Options
Icom provides multiple communications technologies for industrial operations.
Professional portable radios can provide dedicated communications throughout the factory, while Icom IP/WLAN solutions can use compatible wireless network infrastructure to provide push-to-talk communications across Wi-Fi-covered areas.
For supervisors, service personnel and employees who work beyond the facility, Icom LTE communications can provide additional wide-area options.
Wireless Voice & Data can help determine whether traditional radio, WLAN/IP, LTE or a combination of technologies is appropriate for your operation.
Motorola Communications Solutions
Communications for Production & Operations
Motorola communications technology can support production, maintenance, warehouse, safety and other factory personnel who need immediate push-to-talk communications.
For organizations already operating Motorola equipment, Wireless Voice & Data can help evaluate supported products, accessories and communications requirements as part of the overall system.
Talk with our team about your existing Motorola equipment and what you're trying to accomplish.
HearClear Push-to-Talk
Connect the Factory with Teams in the Field
Some factory operations extend well beyond the production floor.
HearClear Push-to-Talk over cellular can connect supervisors, drivers, field personnel, warehouses and other employees across much greater distances without requiring a traditional radio network to cover the entire geographic area.
Supported capabilities can include group and private calling, GPS location and tracking, computer-aided dispatch and smartphone connectivity.
HearClear can be particularly useful when an organization needs push-to-talk communications between the factory and personnel working at other facilities or throughout a larger service territory.
One System for Different Job Functions
Give Each Team What It Needs
A maintenance technician working around loud machinery may have different communications requirements than a warehouse employee, security officer or production manager.
Wireless Voice & Data can configure radios, channels, talk groups and accessories around different roles while keeping departments connected when they need to coordinate.
That can include dedicated communications for production, maintenance, warehouse, safety and management as well as shared channels or groups for plant-wide coordination.
More Than Two-Way Radios
Complete Communications Support
Wireless Voice & Data can support your factory communications throughout the system lifecycle with:
- Communications system design
- RF coverage evaluation
- FCC licensing
- Equipment programming
- Professional installation
- Repeaters and antenna systems
- In-building coverage solutions
- Systems integration
- Preventive maintenance
- Two-way radio service and repair
- System upgrades and expansion
With more than 30 years serving the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California, Wireless Voice & Data provides local technical expertise from initial system design through ongoing support.
Factory Communications FAQs
What is the best two-way radio system for a factory?
The right system depends on the size and construction of the facility, background noise, number of users, required coverage and how different departments need to communicate. Wireless Voice & Data can evaluate these requirements and recommend an appropriate communications system.
Will two-way radios work around loud factory machinery?
Professional radios can be paired with audio accessories designed to help users communicate in high-noise environments. The appropriate radio and accessory depend on the user's job, noise level and operating conditions.
How can we improve radio coverage throughout a large factory?
Repeaters, antennas and other communications infrastructure can be used when portable radios alone do not provide adequate coverage. Wireless Voice & Data can evaluate the facility and determine the appropriate approach.
Can production and maintenance have separate radio channels?
Yes. Depending on the system and licensing, radios can be configured with different channels or talk groups for production, maintenance, warehouse, security and other departments while allowing teams to coordinate when needed.
Can radios connect our factory with a separate warehouse?
Yes. Depending on the distance and infrastructure, options can include multi-site radio systems, IP-connected communications or cellular Push-to-Talk. Wireless Voice & Data can evaluate the locations and recommend an appropriate solution.
Can our factory use Wi-Fi for push-to-talk communications?
Icom offers IP/WLAN communications solutions that can operate over compatible wireless network infrastructure. WVD can evaluate your network, Wi-Fi coverage and operational requirements to determine whether WLAN-based communications are appropriate.
Do factory two-way radios require an FCC license?
Many professional two-way radio systems operate on frequencies that require FCC authorization. Requirements depend on the frequencies, equipment and system configuration. Wireless Voice & Data provides FCC licensing assistance for professional radio systems.
Can Wireless Voice & Data maintain our factory radio system?
Yes. Wireless Voice & Data provides installation, programming, preventive maintenance, troubleshooting and repair for radios and communications system equipment.
Keep Your Factory Connected
Whether you're replacing aging radios, improving coverage, connecting departments or planning a new communications system, Wireless Voice & Data can help develop a solution around your facility and operation.