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‘PocketPOD’, a Mobile Solution for Proof of Delivery and Sale Receipt Printing

‘PocketPOD’ is a handheld software application which fills the gap long left empty by paper based manual recording with a cost effective productive and practical mobile solution. This mobile solution can be integrated with many existing Back Office applications and be deployed on existing compatible windows mobile handheld or Smartphone devices (with or without integrated Barcode readers).

As a result, 'PocketPOD' becomes a single point of recording and data entry, there-by reducing overall costs, duplication and replication which can otherwise introduce unwanted errors into the process.

There are many existing Back Office applications in the average SME or Enterprise business operations today which can be integrated with ‘PocketPOD’, for example:

• Epos Management Systems Like Retail Systems, Retail Solutions, Point Of Sale and Point Of Service etc.
• Accounting Systems like Sage, Quickbooks, MyOBTake5 etc.
• Database Systems like Oracle, MSAccess, MSSQL Server etc.
• Spreadsheet Systems like MSExcel, OpenOffice.Org, Lotus etc.

These do not by nature include a mobile delivery docketing and sale force invoicing or cash receipt signature capture printing solution. These types of solutions are normally found in bespoke logistical delivery or field workforce custom developments.

However, there are many progressive small to medium business’s and larger enterprises who provide their own customer based delivery or sales services based on paper based systems that have until now been over looked.

The real flexibility of 'PocketPOD' is its ability to:

• Move invoicing to the point of delivery
• Deploy onto many of existing mobile devices or handhelds
• Integrate with a wide range of Back Office Applications
• Integrate with Barcode scanners or readers (if required)
• Provides for mobile printing of ‘Delivery’ and ‘Sales', dockets, invoices or receipts (if required)
• Capture customers signature upon receipt of delivery (Requires a Touch Screen compatible device)
• Communicate the delivery details including signature back to the Back Office applications
• Transmit data over a wireless LAN (optional) or cabled connection back to a Back Office Server or basic Desktop PC via MSActive Sync
• Deliver the captured data and signature with delivery details in a form that can be available to all LAN / WAN and mobile users in an organisation.

PocketPOD - Now that is real flexibility!

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Workflow Sequence of Events / Steps

1. Back Office Systems Collects Sales and Deliveries from Customers
2. The PocketPOD handheld requests Deliveries requests from Back Office System
3. The driver leaves the dispatch centre and later arrives at Customers delivery point
4. The driver now scans via a Barcode scanner build into the handheld using a Barcode printed on the delivery address label or from a barcode printed on the delivery sheets.

Note: If no barcodes are present, Driver can search for the delivery using the delivery / invoice number or select delivery using PocketPOD 'Browse' feature (see 'Image Browser').

5. PocketPOD prints via Bluetooth to the drivers mobile printer a 'Delivery Receipt' for the customer to validate the contents of the delivery
6. The customers signs for the delivery using PocketPOD
7. PocketPOD prints the 'Sales Receipt / Invoice' which now includes the customer signature
8. The driver leaves the customers delivery point and when all the deliveries have been completed, returns to the dispatch centre
9. The PocketPOD handheld transmits the 'Delivery' or 'Sales Receipts' to the Back Office Systems including the images of the customers signature
10. This data now becomes available for retrieval by other Back Office applications and Internet Browsers