Garrett: Way, way back when the earth had barely cooled, I used a set of Symbol and the other barcode scanner, either standalone/dockable or tethered to a laptop. It's a lot of expensive, dedicated hardware, pain-in-the-neck, multi-step syncing, etc. If you were doing warehouse inventory all day, it might make sense, but it feels like overkill.
I have two suggestions, perhaps out there a bit, but what else would you expect from me :) ? a) Hi-tech: smart phones and tablets are perfectly decent barcode readers. Build (or rent) a wedding register website and use the phone/tablet to scan items into the wishlist. This can be a great push if the store is considering an online storefront. b) Lo-tech: print out a checklist of your inventory and have the clerk check off the items using clipboard and pencil. Advantages: cheap, off-the-shelf hardware, no batteries to run out, don't have to reboot it while the customer waits, even works upside-down! Enter the data on the POS system during slow moments. On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Garrett Fitzgerald <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm looking at adding remote scanning functionality to a POS system > for a small store. Given people's past experience, does it make more > sense to get a wireless dumb scanner that sends keystrokes to a > back-room app, or a smart scanner that stores up the list of UPC codes > and uploads them all at once? Thanks. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CACW6n4sWLVgH=xee+q4ct6tsfntw-uzv7yeuk6y0hinfstk...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
