XSite Mobile Software provides an effective counting, ordering and receiving solution.

Aug. 15, 2012 - PRLog -- The history of the modern price scanner goes back more than 50 years, when Bernard Silver and Norman Woodland devised a system for marking and identifying objects. Silver and Woodland received their patent in 1952, but it wasn't until 1974 that the first product -- a pack of gum -- was sold using a modern price scanner. Today, most products sold are marked with a barcode called a Universal Product Code, or UPC. The UPC is a 12-digit code that identifies the category of the item. The UPC consists of machine-readable bars, as envisioned by Silver and Woodland, and human-readable numbers. The process of it all is simple. The price scanner "reads" the barcode by sweeping a laser across the bars and measuring the amount of light reflected off the UPC. The price scanner can recognize the bars in the barcode because the dark bars reflect less light than the white spaces between them. The price scanner in the stores uses a multifaceted, rotating mirror and several fixed mirrors to sweep the laser across the scanning area in a complex scanning pattern. This pattern is designed to detect the barcode regardless of orientation. Once the UPC is read, the price of the item is retrieved from the store's database and inventory figures are adjusted—Southwest Research Institute.

All of the product price data is maintained in computer databases in the stores. XSite Mobile Software allows all the data to be easily recorded, maintained, and updated with manufacturer product information, and prices are adjusted to reflect sales and other changes. The Mobile Software has a number of benefits to help managers and c-store owners perform daily activities efficiently. By using the XSite Mobile software application employees can save time and increase efficiency. These savings are the result of data being acquired and recorded in a minimal amount of time with very little number of employees needed. In addition, the software allows store managers to reduce costs as the software increases inventory accuracy and  sales history, eliminating excessive quantity on hand (QOH) of unnecessary items. Our most recent research has shown that clients across United States have been able to save an estimated of $200,000 per year on inventory and long term costs by using an automated solution such as the mobile software. The Software reduces data collection time as employees are required to simply scan the bar code and verify the information. On average, store owners and managers are able to reduce their inventory count from six hours to three hours allowing for the efficiency of employees to increase, reduce time consumption and long term costs to shrink.

XSite Mobile Software is easy to install and operate in the new Motorola MC 2180© touch screen easy to navigate and operate the software. The installation is completed in one single day and the software in the mobile unit is immediately available to use. The software allows C-Store managers to count inventory (QOH), place orders for new items, and receive orders from suppliers. Count of inventory, orders and purchasing/receiving information is easily tracked and managed in XPBM allowing employees to work with the most recent information. Training on how to operate the software and how to integrate the data with XPBM (XSite Price Book Manager) is provided by the technical staff at XSite free of charge. If you think this system can be beneficial to you and your daily management activities please visit www.xsitesoftware.ca or contact David Cook at 1-888-346-0864 for more information on this service.