Wireless Inventory Network

Along with our inventory products, A.S.T., Inc. provides inventory software.

TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR INVENTORY WITH W.I.N.™

W.I.N.™ is a wireless, mobile solution that provides unsurpassed performance for real-time inventory management. Up to 62 simultaneous inventory takers using DC5 wireless handhelds transmit each transaction into a single base station/personal computer (PC). The wireless communication range is up to 1,000 feet line-of-sight. W.I.N.™ uses the latest wireless 2.4GHz, spread spectrum, frequency hopping technology. W.I.N.™ helps reduce cost and increase productivity by streamlining the organization's business process. Simple to use, yet flexible and powerful, W.I.N.™ allows you to manage your inventory down to the iASTvidual item level by capturing information such as SKU verification, price, quantity, department, location, area, and category.

REDUCE COST TO INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY

The W.I.N.™ solution wirelessly transmits collected data to a host, laptop, or table-top PC, in real-time, eliminating the need for frequent batch uploading. This translates into savings in costly labor tasks and increased productivity as employees are enabled to speed up the inventory audit process. The time to take a W.I.N.™ inventory is reduced by 15-20% compared to the same inventory using batch data collection.

ELIMINATE SYSTEM ERRORS TO SAVE TIME

W.I.N.'s™ ample flexibility to edit data while it is being collected on the handheld and exercise control in how the data is collected, offer best accuracy of audit reports. All this, plus SKU's verification capability allows you to run your system virtually error free!

W.I.N.™ is comprised of powerful and easy to use Windows® applications that facilitate the performance of financial and SKU inventories. The three components that make up W.I.N.™ are Account SetUp Wizard, Inventory Explorer, and Client.

ACCOUNT SETUP WIZARD

Control how the inventory data is being collected and perform many more tasks to achieve efficiency in managing inventories.

• Load Master Files
• Create and modify inventory accounts
• Select inventory type and customize reports
• Validate SKUs and run your system error free

INVENTORY EXPLORER

Monitor the progress of the inventory, the performance of each inventory taker, and execute many different actions to achieve speed and efficiency on inventory audits.

• View the inventory development and monitor employee's performance
• Edit data and control the data collection process
• Generate inventory audit reports
• Data security is enhanced by capturing all inventory data on the PC hard disk

Client

The Client software runs on AST's DC5™ handheld Datacomputer® and is used to take physical inventories. The Client allows the collection/input of inventory data on the DC5s and uses communications with the PC running the W.I.N.™ Inventory Explorer to validate data.

• Enter, edit, and review inventory
• Run totals and subtotals
• Print inventory reports