{"id":347,"date":"2013-10-24T10:33:13","date_gmt":"2013-10-24T08:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e3mag.com\/?p=347"},"modified":"2019-04-01T10:50:51","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T08:50:51","slug":"absolute-transparency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/absolute-transparency\/","title":{"rendered":"Absolute transparency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everything that the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-ndfds76y9jn1ip4k734w85909qtifxul\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Customer<\/span> for the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-zc2eqc9qrrjr6x1acecld71y0v38vt0e\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Development<\/span> of screens and process logic, programming knowledge in <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-2rp1t2qmtu37hbp994qsem7uamy6ska7\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">ABAP<\/span>explains Stefan H\u00fcbner, managing partner at Smilog.<\/p>\n<p><em>\"In addition to reducing expenses, the independence of our system offers an advantage over other providers. Furthermore, with the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-oonr12nncj0y90pd8q03eq2v7vzadh0r\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Insert<\/span> of smiScan no middleware is necessary.<\/em><\/p><div id=\"great-204092724\" class=\"great-fullsize-content-en\" style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6yfv7eho3Gc\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Fullsize\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150.jpg\" alt=\"Fullsize\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-400x50.jpg 400w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-768x96.jpg 768w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-100x13.jpg 100w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-480x60.jpg 480w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-640x80.jpg 640w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-720x90.jpg 720w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-960x120.jpg 960w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-1168x146.jpg 1168w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-18x2.jpg 18w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-600x75.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"150\"  style=\" max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><em>Multilingualism and ready <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-r0j0s1224tm59tqtzhnhdnfqnnyoy5po\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Templates<\/span> round out the range of functions.\"<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-i0cgq8orjnequfnzeu2g54z3zgt3gmqs\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Barcode<\/span>-solution consists of two components: the base module and the client for the mobile terminal. The base module is activated by a transport request in the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-fr30dna691m3sc4usj7erheb0e1sb9ix\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">SAP<\/span>system of the customer in its own namespace and provides the framework program, tables for administration, the screen designer and pre-developed <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-3ztp7xgnyrlhzqtvyz7xw8gg9iliqlg1\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Templates<\/span> available.<\/p>\n<p>Color, touchscreen and graphics as well as font sizes can be easily edited. <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-ra5z6p4j8vgsmmck9g3c82scnkk3kae8\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Templates<\/span> reduce the programming work.<\/p>\n<p><em>\"The screen designer for the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-cbgk555m2vlsls93y6xrbgte1p02lqid\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Development<\/span> of the masks displayed on the terminals is also completely in the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-xful3hzm498ppsb0ot2febgn775zw55k\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">SAP<\/span> integrated, so that no further license costs are incurred for this\".<\/em><\/p>\n<p>says H\u00fcbner. The client is installed with a single file on the mobile <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-psx84jkixjdrz1kxily08i3h3hg4bt36\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Barcode<\/span>-terminal of the customer is installed. For newly developed <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-nrdqhcg9thqj2mb3twk36mh4sz0oss8e\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">SAP<\/span>-processes, this remains and a renewed adjustment of the devices is not necessary.<\/p>\n<p><em>\"We attach great importance to the transparency of our products and services. The <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-b9ywtcrpbrkvau3ajw22qpjz9s61fcq1\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Customer<\/span> sees all investment and follow-up costs at first glance. Our offer for the integration of smiScan therefore also includes the maintenance flat rate of the system for the complete first year after go live.\"<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the terminal licenses would not relate to specific devices, but to the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-ybkrpox35m9gt5uz3vtd0pbwcenkhr3j\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">SAP<\/span>-instance. This means that the buyer only needs exactly that many licenses when using 25 devices.<\/p>\n<p>Falls a <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-rg48ogy69wa85okg9rkqid5sgsitf97b\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Device<\/span> and a replacement takes over the work, the new terminal receives the license of the failed device. The management of the licenses takes place with little effort in the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-8rhg1s560x76kkx9dgel6qgj2bfm21j7\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">SAP<\/span> by the customer himself.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the data flow is limited to small amounts of 2.5 to three kilobytes per request. Even with weak <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-zen5it26p39gwhb6kltfjhs75kwwitek\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Connection<\/span> there is such a high <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-21qg78ca95v8m9n6umzs4a51luq6q5th\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Performance<\/span> during the transmission of the scanned <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-89cbn5sq8wc6gmal4f92qmzeujnwfjre\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Barcodes<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>If the employee leaves the area with radio coverage and thus loses the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-yyunnl0ckwo3239hf1mgv84ywzjs54nr\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Connection<\/span> to <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-yyf2bk610b9pye96aakkwrwmgha0n6iz\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">SAP<\/span>, the client saves all data and thus enables the picker to continue his work in the warehouse after reconnect.<\/p>\n<p>A smiScan offline client is also available on request. Is the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-lyidpjp19dc9m4nk3z0blmu5392vm731\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">SAP<\/span>-system is unavailable, for example, due to planned maintenance work, data is temporarily stored on the terminal or an external server and synchronized as soon as <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-rhqgwkq5wnf4d7ndtwl1nw9gamfsv5x4\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">SAP<\/span> is available again.<\/p>\n<p>This means that work can be carried out around the clock in the warehouse, even though <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-8gntvqhrcde2j1h3gvl7rwj1y7kslndn\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">SAP<\/span> is not available.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>No middleware necessary<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>As of version SAP 4.6C, any middleware is no longer required. This means that <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-pfy9qs9en2j1ipmoazjxujpawa1oqts7\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">SAP<\/span> and the mobile terminal always communicate directly with each other, eliminating the need to purchase additional hardware. In addition, solutions such as goods receipt or inventory extensions were built in.<\/p>\n<p>Smilog offers a test installation for testing the solution: For this purpose, the complete smiScan functionality is installed on the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-5o9ancicb3o9qcjgnqr1coon3k0acsyi\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">SAP<\/span>-test system of the customer installed. Together with a rental terminal, which is used for the ready-to-use<span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-6f1kyhgmj3htgve39rcloaw6tcix7y18\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Test<\/span>-bundle, you have the possibility to test smiScan for a certain period of time and then decide.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Often SAP barcode solutions entail high license costs and dependencies on the system supplier. With smiScan, mobile transactions can now be developed independently.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":1246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[161],"tags":[269,268],"coauthors":[19920],"class_list":["post-347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-szene","tag-lizenzen","tag-transparenz","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/shutterstock_336450779.jpg",1000,667,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/shutterstock_336450779-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/shutterstock_336450779.jpg",400,267,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/shutterstock_336450779-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/shutterstock_336450779.jpg",1000,667,false],"image-100":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/shutterstock_336450779-100x67.jpg",100,67,true],"image-480":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/shutterstock_336450779-480x320.jpg",480,320,true],"image-640":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/shutterstock_336450779-640x427.jpg",640,427,true],"image-720":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/shutterstock_336450779-720x480.jpg",720,480,true],"image-960":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/shutterstock_336450779-960x640.jpg",960,640,true],"image-1168":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/shutterstock_336450779.jpg",1000,667,false],"image-1440":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/shutterstock_336450779.jpg",1000,667,false],"image-1920":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/shutterstock_336450779.jpg",1000,667,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/shutterstock_336450779.jpg",1000,667,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/shutterstock_336450779.jpg",1000,667,false],"trp-custom-language-flag":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/shutterstock_336450779.jpg",18,12,false],"bricks_large_16x9":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/shutterstock_336450779.jpg",1000,667,false],"bricks_large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/shutterstock_336450779.jpg",1000,667,false],"bricks_large_square":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/shutterstock_336450779.jpg",1000,667,false],"bricks_medium":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/shutterstock_336450779.jpg",600,400,false],"bricks_medium_square":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/shutterstock_336450779.jpg",600,400,false],"profile_24":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/shutterstock_336450779-24x24.jpg",24,24,true],"profile_48":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/shutterstock_336450779-48x48.jpg",48,48,true],"profile_96":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/shutterstock_336450779-96x96.jpg",96,96,true],"profile_150":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/shutterstock_336450779-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"profile_300":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/shutterstock_336450779-300x300.jpg",300,300,true]},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"<p>H\u00e4ufig ziehen SAP-Barcode-L\u00f6sungen hohe Lizenzkosten und Abh\u00e4ngigkeiten vom Systemlieferanten nach sich. Mit smiScan k\u00f6nnen nun mobile Transaktionen eigenst\u00e4ndig entwickelt werden.<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"<a href=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/category\/scene\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Szene<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"E-3 Magazine","url":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/author\/e-3-magazin\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}