Specialists in Proof Of Delivery, Mail and Parcel Tracking Applications

Channel and Mobile Solutions Ltd was established in 2003 by Mike Bowen a veteran of the mobile computer, barcode and wireless communication industry. Mike had previously worked in a number of roles at Symbol Technology and Telxon for 16 years. During this time he managed large corporate sales into companies such as Tesco, Sainsbury, Swiss Post, Swedish Post, Federal Express, British Steel, Motorola and Rover. This experience has given the organisation a wealth of experience from both a systems design and hardware capability front.

The company specialises in producing state of the art but "affordable" solutions for Parcel Tracking, Proof of Delivery, Internal Mail and Document Tracking markets. Channel and Mobile Solutions has deployed its tracking solutions to organisations such as Computershare, G4S, The Met Office, ISS, Royal Derby Hospital, Cube Express, Leeds University, London University of the Arts as well as Government Departments.

Mike Bowen explains - "Back in 2003 we saw a gap in the market. Large couriers were deploying tracking systems, so just about everyone could see that it is possible to track an item from Point A to Point B and provide online access in real time. No matter whether it was Internal Mail, Assets, Sensitive Documents or Parcels - everyone was asking "Can't we use that technology here to stop things going missing and prove it was delivered?" We viewed it slightly differently to the multi national couriers, we wanted a low cost solution that enabled you to track anything (Assets, Incomming Mail, Records and Files as well as parcels) in any situation. Therefore our systems support both classic courier deliveries (to doorstep) as well as Internal Tracking (locations, mail trolleys, desks, buildings). Since then we have never looked back!"

All software is produced in the UK by the companies own software staff. Mike Bowen comments - "Our customers like to know that all of our software is produced in-house, here in the UK. They know that we can prioritise the software resource - as it is ours. This keeps us economical when it comes to modifications or bespoke software development."

Mobile Computers and Barcode Equipment

In order to ensure that our software works efficiently with the various mobile computing platforms we test our software on a variety of platforms. This means that we work closely with leading vendors such as Datalogic, Hand Held Products, Intermec, Motorola and Opticon. Our mobile computer software is designed for Microsoft CE.Net, Pocket PC and Windows Mobile - so that it can be moved to the customers preferred hardware platform.

Barcode Printers

Where we print barcodes and labels we try to produce software that works on all printers (prints via Windows print drivers) and then test on our range of demonstration printers (Zebra Technologies).