Title :
Mobile Acquisition of Sales Operations Based on a BlackBerry Infrastructure with Connection to an Inventory and ERP Management System
Author :
Massoth, Michael ; Paulus, Dominik
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Hochschule Darmstadt Univ. of Appl. Sci., Darmstadt
fDate :
Sept. 29 2008-Oct. 4 2008
Abstract :
The following solution enables the mobile acquisition of sales and return operations on sales stalls and shop-in-shop systems. It takes advantage of the use of mobile devices and wireless communication for data transmission, so there is no need to install large and complex systems in the sales rooms. Thereby all information about sales and returns are available nearly in real-time to the central office and company management. Through the abolition of maybe used manual solutions, the user gets the benefit of greater potential savings and an enhancement of productivity in invoicing.To build this solution, the components of the BlackBerry platform from the Canadian manufacturer Research In Motion were chosen, which provide an independence of location as well as a very high level of security during the radio transmission. So the whole communication between device and infrastructure is handled encrypted.
Keywords :
electronic commerce; enterprise resource planning; inventory management; mobile radio; sales management; BlackBerry infrastructure; Canadian manufacturer; ERP management system; Research In Motion; inventory; mobile acquisition; mobile devices; radio transmission; sales operations acquisition; sales stalls; shop-in-shop systems; wireless communication; Central office; Data communication; Enterprise resource planning; Handheld computers; Inventory management; Manufacturing; Marketing and sales; Productivity; Security; Wireless communication; BlackBerry infrastructure; ERP management system; Mobile middleware; mobile acquisition;
Conference_Titel :
Mobile Ubiquitous Computing, Systems, Services and Technologies, 2008. UBICOMM '08. The Second International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Valencia
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3367-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3367-4
DOI :
10.1109/UBICOMM.2008.84