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| I have a company with 5 terminals that connect to System Five. Two POS terminals, a back office terminal, and 2 tablet PC's. I have my Terminal Server set up to allow me to log into it from outside the office. One of my tablet PC's is used to create orders and do price lookups out on the sales floor, and the other is used to create sales orders from shows that I go to (And have internet connections at). Note: We do have Stand Alone WAN (also known as WEAR), or Stand Alone LAN solutions that would allow me to create sales orders without an internet connection. Processing credit and debit payments would require alternative methods like using Mercury Payments dial up back up bridge). | I have a company with 5 terminals that connect to System Five. Two POS terminals, a back office terminal, and 2 tablet PC's. I have my Terminal Server set up to allow me to log into it from outside the office. One of my tablet PC's is used to create orders and do price lookups out on the sales floor, and the other is used to create sales orders from shows that I go to (And have internet connections at). Note: We do have Stand Alone WAN (also known as WEAR), or Stand Alone LAN solutions that would allow me to create sales orders without an internet connection. Processing credit and debit payments would require alternative methods like using Mercury Payments dial up back up bridge). | ||
| + | ===== Exploring Alternatives ===== | ||
| + | You may be thinking that there are other options. What about those handheld data collectors? What about Windows CE portables? and so on. These can be great ideas if you have the expertise and resources to pursue them. | ||
| + | * What about developing an application for a Handheld data collector, that allows me to load my price list to it, and update it periodically? | ||
| + | * Maybe you could do something on a portable device with Windows CE. Windward doesn' | ||
| + | * My preferred alternative is to create a Windward WeCommerce website. Then you can access your website from any device that can browse the web. You could then search for any product in your system using the web functionality. | ||
| + | These alternatives require various amounts of work, and each have their limitations. They are here to recognize that there are other methods out there if you are willing to put the time, energy, and money into them. | ||
remote_part_lookup.txt · Last modified: 2012/08/07 12:09 (12 years ago) by cliff