---
type: Abbreviation
title: MDE — Mobile Data Capture
description: Handheld devices for mobile data capture in the warehouse; Blauwal Logistik
  is renewing its fleet for the QUAYSTONE rollout.
aliases:
- MDE
- Mobile Datenerfassung
- Mobile Data Capture
tags:
- leuchtfeuer
- quaystone
- hardware
- blauwal-logistik
resource: raw/2024-03-19-protokoll-lenkungsausschuss.md
timestamp: '2026-07-16T17:06:43Z'
citadel_version: 0.3.0
---

MDE stands for Mobile Datenerfassung — mobile data capture (MDE) — the handheld terminals warehouse staff use to scan and record stock movements.[^s1] Blauwal Logistik's existing MDE devices are incompatible with [QUAYSTONE](../systems/quaystone.md) and some have been discontinued by their vendor for years, so [Projekt LEUCHTFEUER](../projects/projekt-leuchtfeuer.md)'s steering committee approved the procurement of 180 replacement units (decision LA-2024-03).[^s2] Procurement runs the tender, with deliveries staggered per site ahead of each site's cutover.[^s3]

## Open Points

### MDE device procurement
id: op-mde-device-procurement
- 2024-03-19: Steering committee approved procurement of 180 replacement MDE devices (decision LA-2024-03); Procurement to complete the tender by April 2024, with deliveries staggered per site ahead of each cutover. [Jörn Albers](../persons/jorn-albers.md) asked that the [SEAGULL](../projects/seagull-2024-25-quaystone-pilot.md) pilot's units reach Bremen-Walle with enough lead time for the team to practice under live operation.[^s4]
- 2025-06-30: Petra Vogelsang reported that delivery of the replacement MDE devices for three follow-up sites had slipped on the supplier side.[^s5] Procurement, together with Sabine Krüger, is to hold an escalation conversation with the MDE supplier about delivery reliability in July 2025.[^s6]

## See also
- [QUAYSTONE](../systems/quaystone.md)
- [Projekt LEUCHTFEUER](../projects/projekt-leuchtfeuer.md)
- [SEAGULL](../projects/seagull-2024-25-quaystone-pilot.md)
- [Jörn Albers](../persons/jorn-albers.md)
- [Petra Vogelsang](../persons/petra-vogelsang.md)
- [Sabine Krüger](../persons/sabine-kruger.md)

## Sources
[^s1]: [raw/2024-03-19-protokoll-lenkungsausschuss.md](../../raw/2024-03-19-protokoll-lenkungsausschuss.md), § TOP 5 — Geräte für die Mobile Datenerfassung (MDE) — MDE definition (ingested 2026-07-16)
[^s2]: [raw/2024-03-19-protokoll-lenkungsausschuss.md](../../raw/2024-03-19-protokoll-lenkungsausschuss.md), § TOP 5 — Geräte für die Mobile Datenerfassung (MDE) — incompatibility, discontinued units, decision LA-2024-03 (ingested 2026-07-16)
[^s3]: [raw/2024-03-19-protokoll-lenkungsausschuss.md](../../raw/2024-03-19-protokoll-lenkungsausschuss.md), § TOP 5 — Geräte für die Mobile Datenerfassung (MDE) — procurement/tender, staggered delivery (ingested 2026-07-16)
[^s4]: [raw/2024-03-19-protokoll-lenkungsausschuss.md](../../raw/2024-03-19-protokoll-lenkungsausschuss.md), § TOP 5 — Geräte für die Mobile Datenerfassung (MDE) — tender due date and Albers's pilot lead-time request (ingested 2026-07-16)
[^s5]: [raw/2025-06-30-protokoll-uebergabe-walle.md](../../raw/2025-06-30-protokoll-uebergabe-walle.md), § TOP 5 — Gesamt-Rollout — MDE delivery delay for three follow-up sites (ingested 2026-07-16)
[^s6]: [raw/2025-06-30-protokoll-uebergabe-walle.md](../../raw/2025-06-30-protokoll-uebergabe-walle.md), § Aufgaben — supplier escalation action item (ingested 2026-07-16)
