What is "Remote Data Collection"?
Here at Exact Alliance, we see a future where the traditional computer terminal is no longer the primary installation of an ERP System. We see our users out on the road, in the warehouse, collaborating with other users, sharing information with customers and suppliers, and distributing access to information in general. At each of those points, users will need to be able to interact with Exact Alliance and the data it contains. We are working to be an active part of that future, and our Remote Data Collection system will be one step along that road.
One common term associated with Remote Data Collection is "Barcoding". This often refers to more than just printing out barcoded labels or reports, but also an implied sense of automation, where simply scanning a barcode might receive material, or ship finished goods.
Exact Alliance currently supports the ability to print both reports and custom labels containing barcodes, and as we release variations of each transaction method, many of them may require the use of barcodes to initiate a transaction or record serial numbers, but we don't believe that using barcodes is automatically the best method of collecting all data.
Our goal in each transaction method we release is to make the method simple to use and accurate. For instance, our transaction method for physical inventory and cycle counts makes no use of barcodes, and yet provides an easy, reliable, and auditable system for end-of-the-year physical inventories and ongoing cycle-counts.
Remote Data Collection, then, is far more than just barcodes. It is a design philosophy that extends the ERP system beyond the borders of the office and the workstation to support the enterprise itself.
Feature Overview
- Wide range of Wireless Device support
- Cost Controls are in your hands
- Start with inexpensive devices and batch collection of data
- Move to Full-time, live Wireless connections with Industrialized Devices
- Easy to setup
- Easy to manage
- Dynamically re-allocate Workstation Seat Licenses to Remote Devices
System Requirements:
- Microsoft PocketPC 2003, Windows Mobile 5 based hardware
- Microsoft IIS Server (Requires Windows XP Pro, 2000 Server, or 2003 Server Operating Systems)
- Exact Alliance version 6.6 or above
Transactions Supported:
Transactions will be released incrementally:
- Physical Inventory and Cycle Counts
- Work Order Kitting
- Sales Order Shipping
- Purchase Order Receipts
- Labor Collection
- Purchase Order Kitting
- Purchase Order Kitting
- Work Order Completions
- Miscellaneous Inventory Transactions
- Variations of Previously Released Transactions
User License and Pricing
Interested in User License and Pricing?
Call to discuss Remote Data Collection, Exact Alliance Seat License, Transaction Methods and Hardware Devices.
Supported Devices:
We are using Microsoft PocketPC 2003 as an Operating System platform, allowing users to be able to purchase any hardware which runs this OS, and install and use our Remote Data Collection system.
Please note that there are differences between Microsoft's Windows CE, Windows Embedded, and PocketPC 2003 OS's. Products using CE and Embedded versions of Windows are not likely to work with our RDC system, and we cannot provide support for such use.
Some examples of Hardware we support:
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