There is a paradigm shift in the retail sector. Retailers who leveraged dedicated devices for their inventory tracking workflows are turning toward more flexible consumer-grade devices to reduce the burden on capital expenditure and increase productivity gains. They are transitioning to in-the-moment infrastructure and implementing mobile solutions that can easily integrate with the common digital devices of employees.

KOAMTAC, the platform-neutral technology provider, is helping retailers seamlessly undergo this transition and overcome rigid platforms on purpose-built hardware. The flexible ecosystem of cost-effective solutions facilitated by KOAMTAC allows customers to create custom-built infrastructure in existing operations. The platform-agnostic design enables users to align its products with any current operating system.

“Our solutions are very modular. We offer businesses a simple way to get started by purchasing a phone and a software license subscription. Our team facilitates the addition of hardware per specific client requirements. The upfront investment is relatively small and the overall expenditure is a fraction of old purpose-built devices,” says Dr. Lee, President and CEO of KOAMTAC.

KOAMTAC has developed ConvergedScanTM, a combination of software and hardware-based data collection solutions, to help businesses meet the growing market demands. Its solutions are geared to retailers’ everyday needs, from charging phones and tablets to reading the barcode and Radio-Frequency IDentification (RFID) and processing payments through mobile POS hardware.

Technology is useful in various contexts, but its implementation should be targeted and flexible. KOAMTAC enables clients to turn their back on less-productive scanning methods and multi-vendor devices that need additional integration time through its single software development kit (SDK) integration. The cost-effective and flexible software decoder solution runs on smartphones for low-frequency tasks. For scan-intensive work, the same phone can slide into a high-powered SmartSled® scanner or be paired with a wearable KDC® barcode scanner for easy hands-free scanning. Retailers can scan in high and low-frequency in a single platform. This allows them to target tasks or departments requiring more intensive infrastructure with pinpoint precision, saving time.