Many electronic devices can make the business run more efficiently. This includes cash registers, security systems, landlines and the internet. While these may seem simple, there are less obvious electronic devices that could also be essential for business owners to have. These machines include laser coding, depaneling, and conformal coating equipment.
These kinds of electronic machines are utilized in a variety of production and manufacturing processes, including the warehousing of micron-sized components such as IC chips and resistors. Unless these parts are clearly marked and visually examined attentively, mistakes are often made during inventory management. By putting in handheld computers which link product information to shelf information, a non-mistake inspection process can be made, and the speed of inspection and shipping increased.
Other important commercial electronics are the power generators that supply electric energy, which convert DC electricity into other sources of power, such as AC and diesel. These kinds of electronic devices are utilized for industrial and domestic usage.
While none of them was a computing device in the traditional sense but the practical mechanical understanding gained through the development of business machines in the 19th century helped build the foundations for modern computing. Alan Turing, along with others, did not design an operational machine capable of performing logical functions until the mid-20th Century. The machine, called the Colossus at Bletchley Park, was funded with great secrecy due to its function of breaking the codes and ciphers created by German electromechanical devices such as the Enigma and Geheimschreiber.