The most characteristic advantages of the handheld pda are faster, higher productivity, and fewer errors, since by mechanizing the processes we eliminate the margin of error from manual management and facilitate work.
If we work with Kamsoft technologies, after making the extraction of the merchandise, we can make an added validation of the customer’s order before dispatch. This prevents the dreaded returns that cause so many losses.
Some more advantages are:
The increase in product traceability, since we can know at what point in the preparation or reception process a certain reference is found in real time.
Do I need a handheld pda in my company?
These terminals are very effective for companies with large dimensions, as well as industries, supermarkets, department stores and retail companies. This is due to the fact that they usually come prepared with very useful specifications for different models, which is why they act as a necessary complement for POS terminals, carrying out in a simple and effective way the management of stock and large-sized warehouses with which they usually count these companies.
Visible handheld pda changes
The main change for management is based on shipments. They are classified according to the preparation process and the type of delivery.
Urgent shipments
Shipments by routes
Shipments by transport agencies
These terminals automatically inform us of the preparation status of each shipment according to its classification. It also allows us to print delivery notes for the customer.
The flexibility in workflows is the most obvious consequence of the PDA:
As warehouse work status is monitored in real time, staff can easily switch between picking and placing merchandise. Work can be balanced quickly because we have reliable information to make decisions and work efficiently.
The instantaneous information between reception and preparation of orders allows us immediate management of the requests of our clients.
We must make sure that we have an Internet connection to link the handheld pda to our database and that we have a good connection to be able to have real-time information for warehouse management.
All products and locations have to be labeled.
Products: The vast majority are already labeled by the supplier. But if not, we must have a system that transforms the reference into the corresponding barcode.
Locations: The entire warehouse has to be labeled before starting to work with PDA. The minimum size of the label will be optimal for reading. It will depend on the length of the location and should not be longer than 15 digits.
The use of this device marks a before and after in the logistics management of any company. But if we are in the logistics sector, with a very high average of references and orders prepared per day, using portable barcode reading devices is especially recommended.
This increases the possibilities of application: on the one hand, the salesperson is no longer obliged to return to the company to transfer the data to the central computer or servers and, on the other hand, the possibility that the central information systems of the company to obtain all the data in real-time is precisely what makes the use of PDA advisable in logistics activity.
Why should we incorporate the PDA terminal for commercial management?
As we have commented in the previous sections, PDA terminals greatly facilitate the commercial management activities of warehouses and processes such as picking, returns, or stock control. It is highly effective due to the fact that it transmits information electronically and instantly without causing errors or delays.
This means that, if our company has a stock distributed in different places, these terminals will be the ones that will allow us to collect the necessary data and, in this way, always maintain an updated inventory in real time.
