Symbol MC1000 - Win CE 5.0 Core 312 MHz Brochure

Enhance retail operations with the high-value MC1000
Mobile Computer
APPLICATION BRIEF
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 open-
standards 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 high-
quality one-dimensional (1D) linear laser scanner, allowing receiving
clerks and sales associates to quickly enter information about inventory
April 2005