The reporting is supplemented by new dashboard controls which can be embedded into Sage 1000 solutions or accessed independently in the Sage Line 500 environment.  

DefCapture – Bar Coded Data Capture solutions for Sage 1000, Sage Line 500 and Sage X3

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 and Sage X3 environments   

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.

Alternatively a full and comprehensive end-to-end Warehouse Management System can be specified from the outset.  In this scenarios, a DefCapture implementation still offers the option to introduce functionality step-by-step which reduces risk and allows for easier management of the project.

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 Tablets offering large colour screens can be carried asminiature management dashboards. Established brand name devices such as the Zebra (Motorola) range can be utilized with the DefCapture.   These devices included traditional guns as well as wearable terminales.

Defacto demonstrated the use of an Apple iPad for Warehouse Picking and Management at a recent conference.

Android devices may also be used.

Defacto recommends Zebra wireless infrastructure and devices which yield the benefit of pre-emptive roaming and power management.  We can arrange for our hardware specifical team to conduct a site survey to assess requirements.

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.  

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  and Windows Mobile devices to handle specific bar code entry requirements;  the solution is flexible and extensible. 

DefCapture provides bar coded data entry of a wide range of transactions within the Sage environment.   The solution can handle inventory transactions including sales picking and order despatch and purchase order receipt and put-away, 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.   

PhotoScribe recently demonstrated how to read a bar code that had been inscribed on the girdle of a diamond.