Employees at Harvard Retail's design district distribution center in Miami handle the receipt and transfer of goods ranging from handbags, luggage and backpacks to men's apparel and tropical wear. With approximately 20,000 items in the 12,000 square foot warehouse, employees pick and pack goods for daily distribution to retail stores, receive goods from vendors and perform a semi-annual inventory. The company's manual operational and inventory processes, which involved counting all items by hand, proved to be cumbersome and unproductive. So Harvard Retail turned to Retail Technology Experts (RTE) in Miami, Florida, to provide an affordable mobile computing solution.
"We went in as a technology advisor, did the research and recommended the Janam XP20 mobile computer running our Retail Pro application," said Mahendran Ramanathan, President of RTE. "The Palm OS®-based XP20 is perfect for Harvard Retail's daily operations because it is so light and easy to use. As an extra service, we also rent additional XP20s to Harvard Retail for their semi-annual inventory. This is a unique solution from RTE that helps businesses like Harvard Retail run their businesses with maximum effi ciency. This rental option is very small- and medium-sized business friendly."
The technology solution RTE recommended for Harvard Retail is a powerful combination. The XP20 mobile computers deliver excellent barcode scanning, even through garment bags and packing materials. They are rugged, easy to carry and provide a long battery life. Retail Pro is an affordable and scalable retail merchandising application that helps retailers run their businesses better. Retail Pro contains a Palm OS-based module— Smartscan—that allows retailers to upload the barcode data into the application's physical inventory module. This means that every time an item's barcode is scanned with the Janam XP20 handheld, Smartscan identifies whether or not that article is in inventory, saving valuable time.
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