Symbol MC1000 - Win CE 5.0 Core 312 MHz, MC1000 Brochure

Simplifying manual processes in retail businesses

As a retailer faced with thin margins and increasing competitive pressures, you have little time or resources to spend managing your inventory.
By continuing to rely on paper-based processes to control the flow of inventory from the distribution center to the stockroom to the store sales
floor, you may find yourself hampered by inefficiencies. Your employees may spend too much time checking and rechecking inventory, tracking
down items or resolving price discrepancies — and not enough time helping customers.

While mobile technologies offer new ways to effectively manage inventory and streamline retail operations, complex and expensive systems
may not fit the needs of your organization. To optimize inventory management systems quickly and cost-effectively, you prefer a simpler
solution that doesn’t overwhelm you with the expense or complications of unnecessary features. At the same time, the solution you choose
should be flexible and allow you to expand its functionality as your needs change.

Key benefits

• Provides investment protection with an open­standards operating system, wireless and memory
expansion capabilities and rugged design to guard
against damage

• Increases productivity with enhanced simple-to-use,
ergonomic design

• Improves operational efficiencies by reducing
manual data entry errors with bar code scanning

Accelerating operational efficiencies
with the MC1000

The MC1000 is an easy-to-use mobile computer from Symbol
Technologies providing affordable yet rugged data capture and scanning
capabilities ideal for bringing the benefits of enterprise mobility to your
retail operations. With its ability to scan and decode bar codes, the
MC1000 eliminates the errors associated with handwritten inventory
records or manual data entry. In addition, the mobile computer’s
lightweight, ergonomic form factor and large, high-resolution
monochrome screen helps increase productivity, while its familiar
graphical interface decreases training time for your back-door
receiving clerks, sales associates and managers.

The MC1000 is also designed to grow with the technology needs of your
business. Built on a flexible, open standards-based architecture, the
MC1000 simplifies development efforts, allowing you to modify or develop
applications to meet your changing operational needs. And with the
mobile computer’s built-in Secure Digital (SD) expansion slot, you are
able to expand its storage capacity or add wireless networking
functionality.

Optimizing inventory processes from the
stockroom to the shopping bag

The MC1000 simplifies the tracking and management of inventory
throughout your operations. It offers a large keypad design and high­quality one-dimensional (1D) linear laser scanner, allowing receiving
clerks and sales associates to quickly enter information about inventory

Enhance retail operations with the high-value MC1000
Mobile Computer

APPLICATION BRIEF

April 2005

as it arrives at the store. Easy to learn and easy to use, the MC1000
increases worker productivity and streamlines data entry. And
because the MC1000 takes both disposable and rechargeable
batteries, it’s able to remain operational for as long as you need to
use it. It even simplifies data upload processes — users simply
place the MC1000 in its cradle or connect it via the USB client to
transfer data to the host computer.

By speeding data entry, the MC1000 lets you access important
inventory information sooner. Accurate inventory information will
help automate replenishment activities and make certain the
products your customers want most are available for purchase. It
will simplify payment processes by providing the information you
need to promptly pay vendors exactly what you owe them. And it
will reduce the amount of paperwork retail managers must handle,
ensuring they spend less time in the back office and more time on
the sales floor.

To support post-sales processes, the MC1000 simplifies product
returns. Rather than wasting time filling out forms, sales associates
can simply scan in the returned items’ bar codes. This information
is then used by your inventory management system to
automatically update records, allowing you to accurately track
inventory at all times. Your point-of-sale system also is able to use
the bar code information to calculate the customer’s credit,
speeding the return process and keeping customers satisfied.

Reaping large benefits from a small
investment

Designed to deliver the benefits of full-featured enterprise
mobility, the MC1000 will help improve operating efficiencies
throughout your business. By eliminating the errors associated
with paper-based inventory tracking systems — such as hard-to­read handwriting and mistakes made during manual data entry —
the MC1000 streamlines inventory management and increases
worker productivity.

But just as important, the MC1000 is designed to last. It features an
IP54-rated seal to protect the device in damp, dusty conditions and
a 4-foot (1.2-meter) drop rating to ensure it will keep working even
if it’s dropped on concrete. The MC1000 also offers an open
standards-based operating system that lets you tap into a larger
pool of developer resources. Its common development tools

support flexible, cost-effective application development to meet
the specific demands of your retail business, and allow you to port
these applications to other Symbol mobile computing products. And
the MC1000 protects your investment by allowing you to expand its
functionality to respond to changing business needs — without
having to purchase a different mobile computing device.

Adding value with Symbol Enterprise
Mobility Services

Even the most rugged products need a support plan. That’s why
Symbol covers every aspect of your mobility solution — from
network design to ongoing operations — providing unsurpassed
breadth and depth of coverage to ensure all of your services and
support needs are met.

Symbol Enterprise Mobility Services offers:

• Professional planning, assessment and implementation services,
which form the foundation of a successful solution.

• A global team with unrivaled industry and product expertise,
focused on Symbol product support.

• Responsive customer services, ensuring your solution operates
seamlessly and efficiently.

Delivering enterprise mobility — both
today and tomorrow

The MC1000 is the ideal mobile computer for retailers looking to
improve the path to enterprise mobility. It provides you with the
benefits of mobile computing functionality today, yet offers the
ability to grow with your business, whether you want to add
memory or wireless functionality, or bring new applications to
the same device. With the MC1000, retailers are not only able to
make an investment in their future — they’re also able to create
competitive differentiation here and now.

For more information about the MC1000, please visit us on the
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