RFgen: The Affordable Open Solution for Data Collection
RFgen software is designed to help businesses run more efficiently by enabling the
latest Data Collection Technology. Our solution is ready out of the box with pre-built
transactions for SAP applications and our technology architecture requires no code
or software to be loaded on the SAP server. Over 2,000 companies use RFgen
worldwide and by over 30,000 users. RFgen is used to manage inventory more effectively,
reduce costs in the supply chain, improve productivity and reduce order to delivery times.
RFgen is easy to use and allows for the customer to configure or enhance existing
transactions as well as create new ones at a fraction of the cost compared to other
solutions. RFgen provides an end-to-end solution to meet the most complex requirements,
including real time or offline inventory capabilities, barcode label printing and RFID
capabilities. RFgen is the only Wireless Data Collection application in the industry to
provide a free download and trial version that can be up and running in less than one hour.
How Does The RFgen ERP Integration Suite Work?
The creation of SAP enabled data collection applications is accomplished through the use of a system
that embeds the business function rules directly into the data collection process. Developers simply browse
the SAP object library and select from a complete list of all available business functions supported
in SAP. Next, they explore the data fields/tables these functions include and set system-wide defaults
for input fields. Finally, by using RFgen’s point-and-click and drag-and-drop methods, the business functions
and processing options necessary to process the SAP transaction (transfer, shipment, completion, etc.)
are ‘embedded’ with data collection applications using our automated code generation engine.
The Advantages of the RFgen SAP Integration Suite
Most companies realize that data collection applications have very little value unless they are integrated
'real-time' with their existing business systems. In practical terms, this means that creating a seamless, scalable,
and reliable connection between new Automated Data Collection applications and the core business server is vitally
important for the success of the implementation. RFgen’s architecture, development tools and transactions were
developed with these requirements in mind.
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Return on Investment |
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RFgen is the leader in providing quick ROI. Because RFgen is based on a framework of open standards and
pre-built transactions, customers will immediately see a significant difference; from an intuitive development
environment with a minimal learning curve, to a rapid development and deployment cycle — companies using RFgen
experience the lowest TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) in the industry. RFgen is competitively priced, easy to
implement and our maintenance costs are the lowest in the market. RFgen requires no code on the SAP system,
which provides for easy implementation and provides a path for future SAP upgrades without having to
re-implement.
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Standard "Open Source" SAP Transactions |
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To facilitate the development and deployment of your automated data collection system, RFgen provides a
number of pre-written, validated, Open Source transactions for your SAP system. Companies can
use these standard transactions to jump-start their implementation. Many companies that have implemented
RFgen have extended these transactions to include new processes that are not supported in SAP or
would be very expensive to implement.
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Offline Capability for 24/7 Data Collection Environments |
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RFgen supports continuous 24/7 data collection operations. If desired, your employees can continue to function
even when the SAP system is unavailable. Using a combination of local validation tables and the RFgen
Transaction Management Server, all of your mission critical mobile data collection transactions can be easily
validated and queued for background / future processing on the system. While working offline, the RFgen system
continues to validate and keep inventory in balance until a connection is re-established to the enterprise server.
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ERP License Pooling |
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Issues such as server responsiveness, network traffic, and user licenses for your SAP system can
typically drive up the total cost of implementing your automated data collection system. RFgen gives companies
total control over how their data collection efforts will impact on these critical issues. Using RFgen,
devices can connect directly to the SAP system with their own individual session or they can share
SAP sessions from a RFgen managed pool of open connections. The RFgen- SAP connections are also
designed to minimize their effects on your server’s load and network infrastructure.
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Designed Specifically For Rapid Implementation |
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RFgen has been designed specifically for Data Collection. RFgen protects your SAP investment by utilizing
the processes you have already defined and we also provide the ability to enhance or configure those processes
with out having to reconfigure SAP.
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Open Standards, Object Based Design |
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RFgen provides direct access to their SAP business functions and processing options for the specific data
collection transactions by allowing them to embed the business rules as objects inside RFgen applications. The
above diagram provides a high-level overview of a typical RFgen installation. Please note that all interaction
with the SAP system is through the SAP business functions and requires no special code or other
programming within SAP. RFgen also supports ’real-time’ connectivity to SAP system data, as well as
the capability to queue transactions for batch processing.
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SAP Integration Suite Overview
Wireless, Mobile and Voice Data Capture
