DefCapture– Bar Coded Data Capture solutions for Sage 1000
With today’s need for an agile supply chain, bar coded data capture can deliver improved speed and accuracy, decreasing employee time to process and overall transaction costs.
DefCapture from Defacto provides a flexible solution to bring bar coded data capture to the Sage 1000 and Sage Line 500 environments
Aimed at companies who want to enjoy the improved data entry efficiency possible with bar codes without the expenditure and effort of installing and integrating a full third-party warehouse management system, DefCapture offers a simple yet flexible front-end to the Sage installation.
Benefit from:
Put-Aways in real time – as soon as items are put away, they immediately become available for sale or for manufacturing.
Goods receipts - purchase order shortages can be immediately determined and check on the spot, rather than after items have been partially moved. Critical parts can be routed to manufacturing immediately.
Assembly checking - the terminal or device can lead the operator to pick or assemble; as the operator scans each part or subassembly, the computer can monitor for correct specifications and automatically update Sage with the issued items.
Kan Ban management – as soon as items are issued, the system can report back stock below re-order level, request a stock count and initiate replenishment actions.
Despatch confirmation – with the system leading the operator to the correct pick locations and confirming correct item selection, accurate consignments can be quickly assembled and verified.
The DefCapture architecture makes it is possible to start with a single transaction type and add further transaction types and devices as opportunities for efficient data entry are identified.
Starting with a single-scanner Goods Inward system a system can grow at the business’s own pace into a multi-scanner, multi-transaction suite supporting Production, WiP and Stock Taking.
Hardware solutions can include mobile devices such as handheld scanners linked using the common wireless standards 802.11b/g for portable data capture in real-time, as well as fixed scanners, web clients and existing Sage PCs. Wireless PDAs with large colour screens can be carried for miniature management dashboards.
Established brand name devices such as Mototola's Symbol range can be utlizied with the module.
DefCapture provides bar coded data entry of a wide range of transactions within the Sage environment.The solution can handle inventory transactions including sales order despatch and purchase order receipt, as well as stock take and ad hoc adjustments, bin to bin and inter-warehouse movements.Support is also available for the manufacturing environment for Works Order Issue and Completion, and WIP Tracking including Stop-Start Postings through the Defacto WIP Stop-Start module.
System Integrators and IT Departments can also use the underlying .NET framework which the module delivers to extend and develop custom user interfaces on Windows CE 5.0 and Windows Mobile 2003 mobile devices to handle specific bar code entry requirements;the solution is flexible and extensible.
Underpinned by the proven technology of the Defacto Universal Interface module, DefCapture provides a validated and safe interface to manipulate the Sage database from an external third party source. Developers can therefore work in a "managed" environment producing solutions based on the Sage business objects exposed by the interface.
PhotoScribe recently demonstrated how to read a bar code that had been inscribed on the girdle of a diamond.
This is pre-release draft information. The module is currently in alpha test. Some features may vary from the descriptions above.
These products require Microsoft Internet Information Server and Sage 1000 or Sage Line 500 running the Defacto Universal Interface module on a Windows .NET 2.0 platfiorm.
An 802.11b/g wireless infrastructure is also required for hand-held device communication.
