How can I purchase a disk host or bar code data collector? What should I pay attention? For example, Kingdee, pharmaceutical, supermarket, book, and clothing

How do I select a disk host? Barcode data collector?

 

The inventory host is also called mobile smart terminal, barcode data collector, inventory gun, PDA, etc.

With the widespread popularization of bar code technology and the development of Warehouse Management Information Technology, more and more enterprises have adopted a set of inventory management software for warehouse management. We only need to input various documents in the ERP system to record the inventory, warehouse delivery, and stock transfer of the product, so that we can know the inventory of the product and when to replenish the product, you can also know the supplier information of the product. However, as the number of commodities increases and the inventory flow becomes more and more complex, the workload for inputting various documents is also growing. Due to the large amount of manual data input, the manual error is also large, therefore, we often encounter clear inventory of goods in ERP, but the actual warehouse cannot find the goods; ERP shows inventory, but there is no actual goods, resulting in delayed replenishment; large inventory workload, often stay up late and work overtime, manual copying of check tickets is prone to errors, check results are not ideal, and so on. These problems are caused by the heavy workload of Document input and the large error of manual input, which leads to inaccurate ERP data. Therefore, some enterprise employees are resistant to the ERP software of the purchase, inventory, and management software, because the inventory management software seems to bring them more trouble and more work.

At this time, we need to use the Inventory Machine to manage the barcode of goods. Of course, some warehouse goods do not have a barcode, so we can manually paste the barcode printed according to the Commodity encoding rules to manage the barcode of the warehouse.

The disc host is a portable mobile smart terminal with functions such as bar code data collection, bar code data processing, and bar code data feedback to the background ERP Database. A portable disc host is like a small computer with a small screen that can recognize the bar code and upload data. For example, the wince5.0 operating system, a disk host with model numbers hm328, is developed by hamcodes technology. It is equipped with a one-dimensional laser scanning head of xunbao se955, and data transmission is realized through the WiFi module.

Many people think that after purchasing a single disk, they can use the disk host for Storage Management. In fact, this is not the case. We have purchased a disk host, which is equivalent to buying a new computer, we need to install the corresponding software to work. For example, if we purchase a new computer, we have installed QQ Software to chat, and we have installed a browser to read news online, we have installed the movie software to watch movies, and installed the Kingdee K3 management software, so that we can use this software for product storage management. Of course, Kingdee K3 is commercially available and requires a fee. Similarly, a certain number of software must be installed on the disk to implement certain functions. For example, we need to install the invoicing and docking software on the disk to perform operations such as warehouse receiving, warehouse picking, and inventory check. For example, if you have purchased a Chinese code disk, you must purchase the software on the corresponding disk. The software on the Chinese Code inventory host is developed based on various ERP systems and can be customized based on your specific needs. Because the inventory host is a wince operating system, the software upgrade is very flexible in the future, in addition, running different software on the same disk can achieve different functions. For example, if you run the Kingdee K3 docking software, you can connect to Kingdee K3, if you run smart budway's inventory docking software, you can work with smart budway ERP on the computer. That is, the so-called "one machine multi-purpose ".

So how should we choose a suitable disk host?

From the above analysis, we can know that we need to implement paperless Information Storage Management for the disk host, not only to select a good disk host hardware, but also to select a good disk host software. We can analyze the following points:

1) disk host hardware solution: the disk host hardware solution determines most of the disk host performance. The disk host manufacturer selects a good chip solution, which basically determines the product performance, stability, and cost effectiveness. Currently, the first few of them are listed. Large disc machine manufacturers all choose Samsung's s3c2416 as the disc machine solution. This solution is mature and stable, and has good performance.

2) Operating System Selection: currently, the popular ones are wince5.0 and wince6.0. In fact, the operating systems of the two have no impact on upper-layer applications, but they are not quite different in nature, on the contrary, running wince5.0 on the same hardware configuration is smoother than running wince6.0, just like running Windows XP and Windows 7 OS on the same computer configuration, running Windows XP on a computer with the same configuration means there is no pressure on the operating system. If you run Windows 7, the computer may be stuck or even unable to run. Therefore, Senior Software Developers prefer to choose the wince5.0 operating system under the same hardware configuration, because the programming languages are the same for software development on the two operating systems, on the Upper-layer interface, the program runs in full screen mode, and the user experience is the same. On the contrary, the same hardware configuration and applications run smoothly and stably on wince5.0, why?

3) scanning module brand model: scanning head manufacturers are just a few, people in the industry are generally clear, the price and performance has been relatively transparent, a penny of money to buy goods, you can choose based on your application scenario and the bar code printing definition, and choose a scanning head that meets the requirements and is cheap. The well-known se955 scanning head has the best performance and the most expensive. You can use it if the application requirements are high. If the application requirements are not high, the bar code printing is clear, then you can choose domestic scanning head, And it is cheap.

4) view WiFi brands and solutions: the brand and solution determine whether WiFi is stable and whether data transmission is fast? How is the Wi-Fi signal? Is setting WiFi convenient? After obtaining the prototype, you can perform actual tests to check whether WiFi runs properly for a long time, whether data transmission is smooth, and whether WiFi is frequently dropped, in some cases, the Wi-Fi on the disk may cause the system to crash. Therefore, our customers must perform rigorous tests.

5) view the screen: How big is the screen size? Generally, the larger the size, the higher the cost. Check whether the screen color is displayed? Whether it is touch or not. In addition, you can look at the brand of the screen, the brand can also determine the quality of the screen, the brand's good screen service life is also long.

6) Look at the appearance: whether the appearance is convenient to hold, whether it is beautiful, but also to see whether the disc host shell material is resistant to fall? Whether the design is reasonable or not. Shell manufacturing process, whether the joint is cracked, say no to the crude shell mold.

7) view the keyboard layout: the keyboard layout determines whether it is convenient to use, whether the scan key is in the most appropriate position, whether the direction key is easy to operate, check and confirm, whether the cancel key is in the most convenient place, because these keys are most frequently used. In addition, you can check whether you can perform one-hand or all-keyboard operations during use, because if you can perform one-hand operations, you can scan the disk by one-hand or by another, another hand or help to flip the item. If you can perform full keyboard operations, you do not need to make up one hand to click the touch screen during scanning. You can scan the bar code and generate documents in one hand. Supports single-handed operations. The opportunity for checking all keyboard operations is easy to use and improves work efficiency. For example, each product is saved for 5 seconds during inventory check, so we can calculate the number of warehouses with 20 thousand varieties. 20000*5 seconds = 100000 seconds, 100000 seconds 60 = 1666.7 minutes, 1666.7 minutes ÷ 60 = 27 hours, I don't know. It's just a shock. If we save 5 seconds for each product operation, taking stock of 20 thousand products, we saved a total of 27 hours. You need to know that this is a clean 27-hour savings, but we don't keep working without going to bed, so in actual use, these 27-hour savings mean a few days or a week, working 8 hours a day, it saves more than three days. So don't underestimate the full keyboard operation, but it helps you save the employee's three-day salary (the bosses may be thinking: "Haha, just save the three-day time, the cost of a single disc machine has been paid back! ").

8) view the endurance: this is particularly important. The endurance of the disk depends on two points. The first is the battery capacity, and the second is the power consumption of the entire machine. The larger the battery capacity, the lower the power consumption of the entire machine, and the longer the use time of the disc machine. Do not be confused by the number of days of the standby time of some manufacturers. The so-called standby mode is sleep, the screen is closed in sleep state, various peripherals are closed, and the CPU is not working, the program does not work, but the entire machine is still consuming power, about 10 Mah, after a few months of use, the battery power consumption is complete, the device is shut down, this is the so-called standby time, so the standby time is of little use to our users. If I don't use it for a long time, I 'd better shut down. Why do I need to wait? In addition, the standby mode has a fatal disadvantage. In the standby mode, the battery power is consumed a little until the battery power consumption is completed, which will cause irreversible damage to the battery and shorten the battery life, even enables the polymer battery to enter the protection state, re-charging can not be filled in, the next time you start up can not open. Therefore, it is best to directly shut down the instance when it is not in use for a long time. This protects the battery. For battery usage, we will have a hands-on experience when using your mobile phone. If you leave your mobile phone for a month or a few months, you will not be able to start it when you start it again, and sometimes when you recharge your phone, it was found that the battery was not powered. In fact, the cell phone was good, but the battery had been deprecated. For the working time of the disc host, you can read the instruction manual to learn about it, or take the prototype for actual testing. Battery capacity of domestic and foreign disc host is mostly between 2000 mah-Mah. It can work for 4 to 6 hours in a row. The battery duration is about 8 hours. The battery capacity can reach more than 12 hours, however, the H3C Smart terminal is equipped with a mah battery, which enables the disc host to work for an astonishing 15 hours in a row. This ensures that the power is fully charged at night and the whole day is used during the day, which means there is no pressure, don't shut down, don't sleep, and don't worry about no power. You can test it on your own. What does 15 hours mean? 15 hours means that you can use the disc host from eight o'clock.

9) Service View: Most of the disc host companies only use the hardware as the disc host hardware, and only use the bar code software for software development, in the industry, it is generally used by industry application software developers to develop software for the disc host hardware equipment provided by the disc host hardware vendor and then sell it to end customers. Therefore, the disc host hardware equipment vendor must earn some money, software developers have to make some money, and these are eventually passed on to the end customers, and the price of the disc machines in the hands of the customers has been completely out of sight. What's more serious is that, once a problem occurs, the two will blame each other for the split. The software development Chamber of Commerce said that the hardware equipment quality is too bad, and our software is used well on other devices, there is a problem with the use of your device, and the hardware vendors say that other customers of our device are using well, so they have installed your software. This problem occurs when you use your software. As we all know, the use of the disc host, that is, the overall bar code solution includes two parts: hardware and software. If the hardware quality is too hard, of course, it will affect upper-layer applications, such as scanning the QR code and wi-fi connection. If the program software quality is too hard, it will also lead to such problems during use. However, because this situation involves two different companies, and both companies are unwilling to admit that they are their own problems and blame each other, the customer will eventually suffer, resulting in a delay in solving the customer's problems, it cannot even be solved. However, there is no such problem in the Chinese Code inventory host. The Chinese code technology provides customers with an all-in-one service, which is both a hardware equipment provider and a barcode software solution provider. The hardware and software are responsible for each other, first-class technical strength in the industry can provide customers with first-class technical support, as long as customers encounter problems when using the disc host, whether it is hardware or software problems, can quickly locate the problem, and fundamentally and thoroughly solve the problem, to achieve the effect of base-payment, cure the problem. We all know that the customer is a God, and we must take a good attitude towards the customer. If you have a good attitude, you will basically know how to solve the problem. However, if you have a good attitude, you still have to rely on your strength and technology to solve the problem. Therefore, a lot of services are not weekly, not suppliers with bad attitude, but technical failures. suppliers cannot do anything if they encounter problems. Some customers also choose to threaten suppliers and say, "if you don't solve our problems like this, we have to complain, which will affect your reputation. If you don't solve this problem, we will never purchase any more ". These measures are useless in solving the problem. Therefore, it is a good choice to choose a vendor that provides first-class technology and integration of hardware equipment and software solutions before we officially purchase the product. First, the technical strength can ensure the hardware, the quality and comfort of software products can be solved in a timely manner even if problems are encountered during use.

10) Quality assurance: according to the national three-pack policy, electronic products are generally guaranteed for one year. Therefore, most disc machines are guaranteed for one year. However, some manufacturers have a longer warranty period, for example, the three-year warranty period for Chinese code technology. To be honest, the customer purchased a disc host, which is only guaranteed for one year. It is not worth it. There must be many problems after one year. The disc host is not like a mobile phone. If the phone is broken, he can repair it wherever he finds a place, if the disc host is broken, it cannot be repaired in other places. You only have one year warranty. How can you reassure the customer that after one year of failure, will it be difficult to repair the service? After thinking of this, the backbones have to be cool.

11) Check the software: There are still a lot of software on the Inventory Machine Import and Export mode, you need to export txt or Excel form of product files from the inventory ERP to the Inventory Machine and save it on the local disk machine, after the operation, you need to export TXT inventory orders, warehouse receiving orders, warehouse picking orders from the local disk, copy them to the computer, and import them into the ERP system. This mode is still very troublesome, and the customer experience is not good at all, because the import and export operations do not reflect the real efficiency of the use of the disk, because of the large amount of data, the import and export operations take a long time, the operation is prone to errors. Therefore, the real-time dynamic data transmission of Chinese code technology is very available in the market. Data is transmitted via wifi Wireless, which enables Second transmission of scanned data, barcode scanning, and number of entries, generate all kinds of documents in ERP in the background immediately, just like migrating the inventory management software interface to the Inventory Machine, scanning the bar code is recorded, which is very convenient and efficient.

In addition, we also need to check whether the software is stable, because we need to scan thousands or even tens of thousands of times a day, if the program is unstable, frequent crashes, frequent device restart, and frequent disconnection, often, data cannot be downloaded, data cannot be uploaded, and sometimes you don't even know whether the documents are actually uploaded. You have to go to ERP to check whether these problems are very bad? Therefore, it is not easy to develop a mature and stable application. This requires the software attacker of the software developer to have a high software literacy. The software architecture needs to be carefully designed and the code needs to be strategized, in order to fundamentally eliminate software bugs, and after the program is complete, strict testing is required to identify various vulnerabilities and ensure that they are released to the customer.

12) Look at the price: There is a saying in the market that Qian has purchased the goods. However, if we try to find, compare, and analyze and test according to the above summary, you can find at least one disk host suitable for your specific situation. What I want to say is: The price is not necessarily good. Some companies have a large number of employees, the management level is not high, and the internal consumption is large. As a result, the cost is high and the cost is passed on to the customers, it cannot be said that such a company's product is a good product. Some companies have several core technical personnel, all of which are experienced in the industry. Dozens of people in the company are dedicated personnel, in the same way, the work completed by hundreds of people can be completed efficiently, with Team Cooperation, high efficiency, excellent performance, innovation, and low cost of final products, the end customers will eventually benefit from such benefits. Therefore, you need to consider multiple aspects when purchasing a disk host. Based on the above analysis, we believe that you can also become an expert in purchasing a disk host. If you don't buy expensive products, you can buy them right. The cost-effectiveness is high. In other words, when you buy a foreign disk host, bare metal is so expensive, it costs more than 5000, not including software development, and more importantly, there is a quality problem, who will repair you? Two years later, the battery won't work. You can try another battery! Hey! People have to earn more from you. In fact, there is no problem in Warehouse Management for domestic disc machines, and the key components of domestic disc machines are the same as those of foreign disc machines. For example, WiFi is outside China, and scanning heads are all from xunbao, the main chip is also Samsung. Therefore, you can choose based on your actual situation.

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