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Business Challenge
Our customer needed a mobile warehouse management solution to track each van’s stock
and to reduce loading time and paper work.
Software Solution
Axmor’s Java ME developers advised our customer to equip
their delivery personnel with mobile phones accompanied by Bluetooth enabled barcode
readers. This portable workstation enables the user to manage warehouse operations,
such as receipt and delivery of goods.
Our customer was interested in keeping the total cost of the solution to a minimum,
so our Java ME developers recommended a mobile phone as a hardware platform. The mobile
phone is used to communicate with the agent, thus eliminating the need of additional
devices. Because memory space to save barcode information of at least 1000 articles
was necessary, we gave a preference to Nokia smartphones.
The developed software solution assists agents during loading
and shipment:
At the warehouse, the agent connects the mobile phone to a PC via Bluetooth and
uploads a loading bill to the phone. While loading the van, articles are scanned
with a barcode reader and the data is transferred to the phone via Bluetooth to
accept the bill.
During the trip, the agent receives orders on the mobile phone over GPRS. During
delivery, the agent scans the ordered articles with a barcode reader. The scanned
data is transferred to the phone via Bluetooth and the number of goods in stock
decreases accordingly in the phone-based warehouse application, thus reflecting
how many goods are now available.
At the end of the trip, the agent returns damaged goods and goods with expired dates
of usage to the warehouse. The returned goods are scanned with the barcode reader
and the data is transferred to the mobile phone via Bluetooth to create a record
of these returned goods. This record, completed orders, and the inventory list are
then uploaded from the phone to the warehouse PC via Bluetooth.
The developed application has a convenient interface
that doesn’t require much training, and it allows the customer to easily integrate
the software into daily operations.
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BRIEF:
A Java ME application that allows a delivery company to
use mobile phones, with a barcode reader connected via Bluetooth, to manage delivery
vans converted to small mobile warehouses.
BENEFITS:
- A compact and convenient solution for mobile stock management;
- Reduced paper work, loading time, and manual processing errors;
- Low total costs of putting the solution into operation.
TECHNOLOGIES:
- Java ME
- XML
- HTTP
- Bluetooth Wireless Technology (JSR-82)
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