The Challenge
Jake’s Fireworks needed an easy-to-use, low-cost scanning device to deploy their custom POS solution (“Fuse POS”) to use in temporary stores during the 4th of July holiday season. These pop-up shops open and close quickly, so their temporary employees needed to keep management as simple as possible. The inventory devices had to integrate seamlessly with other components, requiring minimal configuration and set-up out of the box.
“Much of the POS world involves interfacing with antiquated serial device hardware components operating in Windows-based domain environments. These… are not conducive to what is essentially a mobile sales environment,” said Benjamin Turner, CIO of Jake’s Fireworks.
“We needed an android-compatible device with a robust API that would communicate using modern technologies, like Bluetooth… We were looking for the perfect blend of portability, functionality, and ruggedness. Socket Mobile's S700 and S740 models helped us achieve that,” explained Mr. Turner.