Software Platform

• Based on the Microsoft SQL Server
• Handhelds can be Pocket PC or Windows CE
• Provides easy access to data for additional reporting capacity

Software Application

• Item descriptions can be up to 1,000 characters in length
• Handheld Component:
  • Handhelds can hold up to 200,000 items
  • Competitor private labels can be scanned as easily as your own private labels
  • Users can be trained in four hours or less
• Desktop Component:
  • Allows for access to 50 plus reports
  • Handheld Analysis allows the retailer to monitor the status of the handhelds
  • Retailers are alerted if problems arise that must be addressed
• Allows for quick training and implementation

Imports and Exports

• Can be automated
• Can accept and generate multiple file tyeps such as Excel and basic text files

Synchronization

• Synchronization can occur via wireless, modem, LAN or direct connect
• Multipe handhelds can synchronize data at the same time

Wireless

• Guarantees the retailer almost instantaneous access to the data collected thus reducing the time it takes to react to competitor prices changes in the market
• Data is uploaded from the handhelds to the corporate pricing system or the PMEE desktop component via wireless connection

Secure

• PMEE guarantees that the data the retailer collects will be protected
• User passwords can be set to expire
• Handheld data resides on storage cards and will not be lost if battery dies

Reporting

• Out of Bounds feature checks for mistyped prices that can skew data and prevents this data from automatically leaving PMEE and being fed into a higher level pricing system
• Price Check Analysis feature shows which checkers dialed in and how many records they collected by store, by day and by hour
• Analysis reports comparing multiple competitors complete with indexing against zone data are available

Flexible

• Can be used in any number of retail environments
• Can be used for "Full Book," "Top 100," "Special" and "Category" list checks
• Can be used for Price Scan Verification and Retail Compliance

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