The company was careful to select a data collection system that wasn t over-engineered. The system also requires less on-going technical support. Information in the hand-helds is uploaded periodically during the day over a communications cable to a Pentium personal computer. Information is then sent to the company s server, where it is integrated with the warehousing software from Data Solve. It s easy to transpose them when you re doing inventory or picking products for shipment.
Mistakes cost money.
Using bar codes practically eliminates human error. Bar codes, those familiar series of vertical black bars printed in varying widths and patterns and found on everything from fruit juice cartons to jet engines, can represent any combination of letters and numbers. When read by a scanner, the bar code quickly and accurately identifies the product on which it appears. The information can be stored and transferred in an electronic format. To process the information, the company selected custom warehouse management software from Data Solve, a Dallas-area company.