Workflow interface for wireless scanning of Barcode

[Zmudzin,Tomasz,VEVEY,GL-DS/DM]

Why workflow interface? that's not what WF is designed to be -- it will
rather help you in handling errors that could occur in the process.
 
If you use IDocs already:
 
1. why not change the frequency of the IDoc transfer to enable
near-real-time operations (e.g. every 10 minutes)
2. if the software for the scanners allows this -- use tRFC transfer method
instead of file transfer, with immediate IDoc posting.
 
Any of these will be much safer in terms of error-handling, interface
transparency, monitoring etc. And it's quick.
 
Kind regards,
Tomasz
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Swami Bala [mailto:swam_in at hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday,27. November 2002 22:51
To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Workflow interface for wireless scanning of Barcode
 
 
Hello All,
 
We are trying to determine if workflow can be used ( we want to use in fact
! ) as an interface after scanning barcodes. This will be used to trigger
some other business process like goods receipt etc.,
In the existing business process we are using wireless scanners to scan the
barcodes which is connected to third party software. Once in a day this
software creates Idocs to be sent to SAP for updating. Since we want to go
in for immediate update we are just evaluating any ideas to integrate this
process with SAP in real time. Does anybody have come across this situation
?.Is there any information in SAP reg this that anybody aware of ?
I want to repeat again that we are using wireless scanners.So the interface
needs to be compatible with
wireless scanners.
Thanks for any suggestions reg, this.
 
Swami
 
 
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