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Kevin Collins, Director Product Marketing, SmartTurn

Best Practices – RF Mobile Technology for Efficient Warehouse Operations

Affordable Enterprise-Class Inventory and Warehouse Management Software

Smart Anytime

Simple Anybody

Safe Any Warehouse

Real-time Low TCOFast TTV

Intuitive Best practice

Unlimited Users

Secure Reliable

No risk subscription model


Best Practices IntroRF Mobile in Warehousing

Agenda

SmartTurn Background

Product DemoQ & A


Company Background

Software-as-a-ServiceJim Burleigh, CEO(ex VP Products & Marketing of Salesforce.com, Remedy, Oracle)

Technology ExcellenceMiguel Pinilla, CTO(ex VP Engineering, Informative, Navis LLC., Stanford PhD)

Sales ExecutionMike Pyle, Sales VP (Citrix, Stanford AB, 8-YR SaaS)

MarketingJim Bell, Marketing VP (ex VP Electric Cloud, Actuate Corp., Kellogg MBA)

Chairman of the BoardJohn Dillon, Chairman(original CEO of Salesforce.com, Navis, Hyperion)

Founded in 2004 as a division of Navis, (acquired by Zebra: Nasdaq ZBRA)

Spun Off December 2007 Quality investors: NEA and Emergence CapitalSeasoned executive team Deep engineering talentStrong supply chain domain knowledgeLeader in Software as a Service WMSHeadquartered in San Francisco, CA

SmartTurn Inc. Domain Experience


Best Practice Series

Delivered every other Week through a Webinar (like this one)

Addresses Real Industry Pain Points with Recommendations

Prepares You to Engage, Plan and Execute

Experienced and Seasoned SmartTurn Team & Community

Thought Leadership, Guidance, Tips and Methodology

Access to our Forum and Leading On Demand WMS

A series of Best Practices for Inventory Management (IMS) & Warehouse Management (WMS)


RF Mobile Technology for Efficient Warehouse Operations

Why RF is ImportantBarcodes & RF TechnologyWarehouse RF ScenariosImplementing RFBenefits of RFSmartTurn Mobile App

What You Will Learn From This Series


Why RF is Important in Warehousing

Productivity ImprovementsReceivingInventory ControlPickingForklift ActivitiesEmployee Performance

Real-time InventoryIn Stock ItemsReserve InventoryShare with Trading Partners

Eliminate Errors & LaborManual CountingWasteful TripsMissing PaperworkReduce Costs

Immediate BenefitsAutomate ProcessesCustomer SatisfactionEmployee Moral


Barcodes & RF Technology

Barcodes• Simplify Operational Process Flows• Can Scan Anything• Captures Real-time Data• Accurate

Underlying RF Technology• Extension of Wired LAN• Fundamentally Simple• Few Components

• Scanner• Access Point• SaaS Application


RF Warehousing Scenarios

Picking/Order Fulfillment• Scan Sales Order or Create Express

Shipment, Add Items On-The-Fly• Scan & Pick Items w/Picking Rules &

Policies• Find Reserve Inventory if Pick Slot is

Empty• View Non-Picked / Picked Items• Enables Accurate & Efficient Shipments

RF Receiving• Scan PO & Item Barcodes• Count/Validate Inbound Product• Confirm Receipt with Shipper• Update Financial Package• Put-away Product to Assigned or

Multiple Locations• Enables Space Optimization• Pay for Product

RF Inventory• Buyer Requests Inventory Validation• IC Performs Cycle Count on Vendor• Buyer has Immediate Access to Counts, Variances and

Net Cost Changes• Supervisors Track Who Counted• Owners of Inventory Have Real-time Inventory 24/7.


Implementing RF in your Warehouse

Consult With ProfessionalsWMS Software ProvidersInternal ResourcesHardware VendorsIntegration & Technology Companies

Install RF EquipmentBuilding/Rack LayoutEquipment Needs

• Access Points, RF Devices

Resources

Training/ExecutionLearning CurveHardware & SoftwareProcess Improvements

Create A Successful Implementation Plan

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Benefits of RF WirelessThe Benefits of Mobile (RF) in Warehousing

1. Greater Efficiency and Throughput• Paperless, Tracking Product, Handle More Orders

2. Increased Storage Capacity/Greater Flexibility in Inventory Allocation• Operational Flexibility, Space Optimization & Utilization

3. Lower Head Counts (Permanent and Seasonal) • Removes Redundant Work, Temp Workers Productivity Goes Up

4. Faster Employee Training • Ease of Use, System Accuracy, Reduced Learning Curve

5. Greater Data Entry and Accuracy • Reduces Human Error, Paperwork and Data Entry

6. Faster Inventory Counts • Accurate Inventory, Reduced Safety Stock

7. Reduced Travel Time by Warehouse Personnel • Single Trips, Directed Work


SmartTurn Wireless WMS

SmartTurn RFMemory (MB) – 512MB–1GB CPU – 1 GHz Intel Processor Operating System – Microsoft Windows CE 5.0 or Mobile 6.0Web Browsers – IE 6.0 for CE or Microsoft Pocket IE

Display – 3.8 in QVGA, TouchscreenColor – 16 Bit (65536 colors)Keyboard – 52/53 Key Alpha/NumericBarcode – 1D Wireless Internet Connection


SmartTurn Customers and Industry Pundits

on SmartTurn

on SmartTurn

“SmartTurn will shake up the WMS Industry.Enterprise-class functionalityLowest TCOPerfect for small, medium business”

Steve Banker, ARC Analyst

Prior to SmartTurn we lost a lot of tradediscounts with our old system….in the orderof $40,000 a month!

- Carlos Rubio, Director of Finance for Grayling Industries

“ ”“SmartTurn has been a true pioneerin this space…..users of on-demandwarehouse applications are twice as likely to have the ability to quickly change ormodify business processes in theirsoftware”

Ian Hobkirk, Aberdeen Analyst

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Product DemoFor a FREE test Drive visit: SmartTurn Test Drive

Affordable Enterprise-Class Inventory and Warehouse Management Software

SmartAnytime

SimpleAnybody

Safe Any Warehouse

Real-timeLow TCOFast TTV

IntuitiveBest practice

Unlimited Users

SecureReliable

No risk subscription model

http://smartturn.com/form/form-testdrive-www.jsp


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Thank you!

Question & AnswerFor a copy of the Q&A and this Presentation visit:

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