NECS designed our entrée.UPC software to bring the power of barcodes to your foodservice operation.

The cost savings that entrée.UPC will bring you in the form of a reduced warehouse and office staff, speed and accuracy, will pay for itself in a very short time. NECS customers who have upgraded their warehouse operations to barcode scanning, would never think of running their warehouse any other way.

The entrée.UPC system will organize and streamline three key areas of your warehouse management:

1. Receiving of Inventory
2. Picking and Loading Customer Invoices
3. Physical Inventory

It operates with WIFI based, wireless handheld computers running Windows Mobile 5 or later.

Once installed, the following are a few of the benefits you’ll experience right away:
• Will scan any barcode label and works with non-barcoded product. It will even print barcode labels for you.
• Catch weights, shortages and other adjustments are made on the scanners, without the need of your office staff to
edit the invoice.
• Orders are picked and on the way to the customer with accurate invoices in a fraction of the time it takes you now.
• Serve your customers faster through improved productivity in the warehouse and front office.
• Eliminate order picking errors, including over/under ships, wrong item ships, etc.
• Improve employee morale with a user friendly tool that helps them do their job easier and faster.
• Improve your reputation for reliability by having accurate orders that go out correctly the first time.
• Eliminates customer undercharges.
• Reduces customer order shortage claims.
• Reduces customer “special runs” to correct critical order errors.
• Reduces excessive employee overtime and even warehouse staff.
• Catch weights are scanned, making it unnecessary for office to manually enter.
• Makes theft visible and risky.

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A dedicated workstation which communicates with your entrée server and the wireless mobile computer / scanners via 802.11 WiFi is required.  Workstation is normally placed in your loading dock area.

Workstation Requirements:

• Windows XP / Windows Vista / Windows 7
• Pentium IV 1.7 Ghz or greater
• 2GB RAM
•  17" LCD monitor
• 320GB hard drive
• 802.11 WiFi Router
• Depending on the layout of your warehouse, additional 802.11 Access Points may be required to boost the wireless signal for all areas of your warehouse, including freezers, coolers, etc.

Mobile Computer / Scanner Requirements:

• Full wireless connectivity via 802.11 WiFi
• Windows Mobile 5 or later
• IP54 / IP64 rated for durability in wet/hot/freezing environments
• 56 key (or more) keyboard
• Extended range scanner

Pricing for the NECS entrée.UPC software is $7,995 and includes the host software and licensing for 4 mobile computer/scanners.

Each additional mobile computer/scanner software license is priced at $1,950.

Hardware costs, including the price of the mobile computer/scanner, is not included in the above pricing.

NECS “Software Maintenance” is included for this product at no charge for the first 90 days after going live.  After the 90 day period, Software Maintenance starts at $95/month for this product.

Benefits of Software Maintenance include:

• Unlimited phone technical support Monday-Friday, 8:30AM to 5:30PM eastern standard time.  A 24/7/365 option is also available.
• Minor version software updates available for immediate download from our web site.
• Web based technical support requests that are emailed to all NECS technicians for a fast response.
• Remote support assistance which allows an NECS technician to log in to your system via the Internet.
• Automated email notifications for new feature availability and other important correspondence.

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