Technical Specification
Description
One of the biggest textile factories in Indonesia, PT Central Georgette Nusantara, requested our service on creating online inventory for its products. They need to know how many goods come in and how many goods go out. All the goods are labeled with barcode.
Thus we combine a PDA (Pantech PA-500) installed with Windows Mobile 5 plus Ruby on Rails web service to complete their requirement. This hardware works as a barcode scanner which has the ability to connect to the internet. Web service records the data and displays them through web application. Even better, when there is no internet connection available, the device stores the data locally and synchronizes them once internet connection is detected.
We implemented .NET framework with C# application to read scans and to parse data on the device. Then we combined it with Ruby on Rails web service to create invoice and report on goods stocked; we’ve created inventory control SaaS. It is faster, no more manual recording, and the result is well-structured.
Technologies Involved:
• Smooth, seamless, easy to use online – offline mode, you don’t recognize whether you are on online mode or offline mode. It automatically detects internet connection and chooses the appropriate mode.
• A very extensible Windows Mobile application. You can add new module when you need one. This application can be installed on other proper hardware with Windows Mobile platform. And the code is reusable.
• We implemented memory efficient methods, previous Windows Mobile development taught us how to reserve windows mobile memory resource.
Business Issue.
As the company grows, the warehouse also become larger. Traditional way of inventory control are not working efficiently anymore.
Business Solution.
Online inventory control with mobile application to support mobility.
Benefits.
Easier control, accurate information.
Lesson Learned.
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