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Pocket Inventory for RMS

Inventory control is a critical function of any business. You need accurate inventory to ensure that your business is running smoothly and profitable. Accurate Inventory means you have higher profits

Pocket Inventory for RMS provides the retail store manger a simple and secure wireless interface to the RMS store database for accurate physical inventory using the RMS Store Operations Manager.

  • Simple to use  no training required
  • Fast, accurate inventory  reduces inventory cost
  • Seamless RMS integration
  • Real time wireless connected or disconnected operation
  • Inventory data collection is often the tedious task to perform on a retail store floor. The traditional inventory process usually requires store personnel to tabulate inventory on clipboards for the entire store.

    Physical inventory counting in this manner is full of problems and the results are often wrong. You have a closed store that is not generating revenue. Some one (usually the store manager) has the task of adding up all of the information and manually entering it into the system. This can take days! At the end of the inventory process your inventory is still wrong, and if you are lucky, it is off by no more than 10%. Isn't there an easier way that is more reliable and accurate?

    Industry experts agree that a more efficient way to manage physical inventory levels is to use cycle counting. Cycle counting is counting a smaller segment of inventory more frequently, at a predetermined interval, without closing the store. Microsoft RMS supports cycle counting by allowing the retail manager to produce subsets of store inventory and generate manual counting sheets for the inventory process.

    Pocket Inventory for RMS

    In RMS Store Operations Manager you define small subsets of products you wish to count. Pocket Inventory for RMS allows retailers to automate the inventory counting process by downloading the inventory data to a Windows Mobile device over the wireless network. Once the data is loaded in your Windows Mobile device, you simply walk the floor and scan the physical inventory. After you have completed the inventory counting process, you write the changes back to RMS with a single click of the synchronize button.

    The retail manager reviews the inventory results in the RMS Store Operations Manager and, if satisfied, commits the changes to the database. Retail managers no longer have to close the store to do inventory. Pocket Inventory for RMS is simple to use, accurate, and saves time and labor.

    How does Pocket Inventory for RMS work?

    Pocket Inventory for RMS is integrated into the RMS inventory database using a web service running under Internet Information Server (IIS). This web service provides an important extra layer of data security because the Windows Mobile device does not communicate directly with the RMS database. The Windows Mobile device uses the RMS cashier's ID to access the inventory data. Once you have loaded the Windows Mobile device, inventory counting may occur out of the range of the wireless network. Pocket Inventory for RMS makes the physical inventory process simple, and affordable. Once you begin to use Pocket Inventory for RMS, you will save time and money, and have more accurate inventory data. Click this button to download a trial version of Pocket Inventory for RMS.

    Hardware Requirements

    Pocket Inventory for RMS uses off the shelf computer hardware that may be purchased through your Microsoft Certified Partner Reseller, or from any business supply store.

    • Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition (ver 4.2 or later)

    • Socket CF (recommended) or SDIO scanner

    • Optional Wireless network access point (WiFi) for on-line access to Microsoft RMS

    • Windows XP (Sp2 or later) or Windows 2003 server (Sp1 or later)

    Availability An Evaluation version of Pocket Inventory for RMS may be downloaded from our website at www.KamindAssociates.com. Pocket inventory for RMS is only available for purchase through Inventory Solutions' authorized Microsoft Certified Partners.?Try a copy today, select the link to download the software for your Microsoft RMS POS system