t Hand-held Data Capture - "PocketPoS Wireless"

PocketPoS Wireless brings a new dimension in hand-held data capture for your business. You can now perform stock-takes, process deliveries, transfer stock, order items, pick and despatch Internet orders and much more - in real-time.

PocketPoS Wireless uses the super-powerful PDA from Palm Technology, incorporating 802.11b WiFi wireless networking, a 320x480 pixel high brightness colour touch display, 64MB RAM and one of the most powerful processors found in a PDA today, running at 400MHz. It also features the latest generation ultra miniature barcode scanner. PocketPoS can even act as a till in your hand, in queue-busting mode, printing full customer receipts on the supplied Bluetooth printer.

Using WiFi technology means that all functions can be performed in real-time, without the need to connect the device to your back office system. This means that you can now perform a stock-take while your store is still open to the public. PocketPoS can allow this because each transaction on the PowerTouch terminals is recorded to the second and so are item stock-takes. This enables the PowerPoS software to estimate which products may be in a customer's basket between scanning for stock-take and presenting the item at the check-out. The margin of error is typically less than 1%.

With the supplied light-weight, rechargeable Bluetooth wireless thermal printer, you can now produce mark-down and shelf tickets on the shop floor. Tickets are printed on self-adhesive thermal labels using a unique price mark-down barcode, which is simply scanned at the point of sale, in addition to the original price barcode. This will show a price reduction on the receipt and retain details of the product discount for transaction history purposes. In queue-busting mode, PocketPoS can be used as a till, printing full customer receipts.

 

Stock Take
This allows you to carry out a stock-take, while your shop is open. Because PowerPoS knows the exact moment an item is sold, and when an item was scanned for Stock-take, it is possible to calculate which items could be in a customer's basket. And being wireless, the device transmits each stock-take item instantly to the back office system.

Deliveries
Using PocketPoS's wireless technology you can now instantly book stock into your back office system, even before it hits the shelves. This stock update will be transmitted to your Internet Home Shopping system in a matter of minutes, if you are using this option.

Stock Transfers
You can transfer stock between branches or between multiple locations within the same branch, instantly. If you are performing inter-branch stock transfers you can use PocketPoS Wireless at the receiving branch to process the inward transfer.

Item Editing
Imagine being able to walk around your store and note items which need to have their price changed, or for which you want to set up a promotion, or for which you want to check the next delivery date and quantity due. Well, with PocketPoS Wireless you can now do all of that and more. Simply scan the item, or shelf-edge label and the device will instantly give you details of the item, which you can change. The changes are immediately transmitted to the back and within seconds all of the tills in your branch are updated.

Orders
You can now also walk around your store, selecting which items you need to order and enter the order into PocketPoS Wireless. This builds an order in the back office, which you can later print off.

PowerTouch Real-time Analysis
This feature allows you to see, in real-time, which operator is logged on to each till, how much cash is in the drawer, how many customers they have had and so on.

Messaging
This useful feature allows you to message an individual till operator, the back office system or even head office. You can also receive messages and store them.

Internet Order Processing
If you are using our Internet Home Shopping System, or indeed another company's shopping cart, this powerfull feature allows you to select any live customer order, which is awaiting processing, and walk around your store or warehouse, picking all of the items to fulfill the order. Once picked, the order is processed and a final despatch note/bill printed in the back office.

Queue-Busting
The latest addition to the PocketPoS Wireless system is a queue-busting mode. In this mode, you can use the hand-held device at busy times to act as an additional simple till, in the palm of your hand. Using the supplied portable Bluetooth wireless printer you can even print customer receipts.