You have probably seen this and not given it too much thought because now it is so ingrained in the American shopping experience.  Maybe you saw a clerk at the local supermarket or discount store scanning items with a handheld device - counting inventory.  Or maybe you were standing in line and someone used a handheld device to speed up your check-out.  The critical economic factor driving the use of handheld devices is not the cost of the devices or the cost of the communications network they use.  No, it is worker productivity.  If the supermarkets and discount chains see a benefit in these devices, perhaps it is time for your business to benefit.  Think about it.

We chose an industry leader, Intuit, and specifically designed BarcodeTP to enhance QuickBooks®' inventory handling. When you bought QuickBooks®, you got a real-time system. As soon as you post an item or sales receipt, the inventory is updated. BarcodeTP is also real-time - connected online to QuickBooks® via a wireless network. As soon as you post an item receipt or sales receipt in BarcodeTP, QuickBooks®' inventory is updated.

BarcodeTP communicates with QuickBooks® through Pocket PC devices, but it is not a software application you load into Pocket PC. To be more precise, BarcodeTP is an intranet web site you set up to communicate with Pocket PC devices. That means the price is the same whether you use one scanner or five. The number of handheld devices your system can support depends upon the hardware's processing power.

1. QuickBooks® Versions Supported
   Professional, Premier or Enterprise Desktop 2008 or higher
   (Please note that while BarcodeTP supports sales orders Professional versions do not)
   
   
2. Microsoft Operating Systems Supported
1. Windows Professional 2000 with SP4
2. Windows Server 2000 with SP4
3. Windows XP Professional with SP2 or higher
4. Windows 2003 with SP1 or 2003 R2
5. Windows Vista Enterprise, Business, Ultimate and Home Premium
3. Pocket PC Systems Supported
1. Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003
2. Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0
3. Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1
4. Palm 5.4 (Garnet)
4. Hardware Requirements
1. Pentium or higher
2. 1 GB RAM or more
3. 1 MHZ CPU speed or higher
4. 5 MB hard drive storage (does not include storage for IIS or Message Queuing)

If you find the term “intranet web site” intimidating, you may be surprised to learn how much of your web site you already have. You do not have to purchase a scanner and our software to see if this “intranet web site” idea will work for you. BarcodeTP requires Internet Information Services (IIS) and Message Queuing, but both are included in all the Windows Operating Systems listed above. All it will probably take is a little bit of your time to step through some of our tutorials, and find out how easy it really is.