Portable Data Terminals

Posted by Crystal's Corne on December 9, 2005, 9:53 pm

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Are there any portable data terminals that work with RMS? We want to be able
to verify physical inventories in real time. In other words, we want to be
able to scan an item and record the inventory on hand and have this
information immediately updated to the RMS software. We have very limited
knowledge of POS systems or PDT's so any advice on hardware/software would be
greatly appreciated.

Posted by Jeff on December 9, 2005, 10:41 pm

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Crystal,

Sure, any PDA that runs Windows Mobile will work, some better that others
and then you need software. There are dedicated machines and there are
general purpose. Dedicated ones include Symbol's MC 1500, ScanPal2 from
Metrologic, Uniden makes a model, many others etc.

Software comes with each machine to create a text file to import into RMS.
Fancier software from New West Tech www.newestech.com or 2B Inventory
www.2bsolutions.net/ gives even more functionality.

Others have used a Palm Pilot or whatever they are called today with a piece
of software from Stevens Creek called OnHand. www.stevenscreek.com/

Personally, I recommend a wireless laptop and a scanner. Load up RMS onto
it, put it on a rolling cart, go into SO Manager | Inventory | Physical
Inventory and start scanning and counting. Laptops can be cheaper than the
dedicated PDA's

Just be sure to set up the wireless correctly secured, WPA2, only allow
certain machine's MAC addresses, etc.

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Are there any portable data terminals that work with RMS? We want to be
able
to verify physical inventories in real time. In other words, we want to be
able to scan an item and record the inventory on hand and have this
information immediately updated to the RMS software. We have very limited
knowledge of POS systems or PDT's so any advice on hardware/software would
be
greatly appreciated.