IMEI Tracking Software for Mobile Industry

The global proliferation of cell phones with SMS, Cameras, PDA,  Bluetooth, Infrared and GPRS Communication, brings more opportunities to use mobile phone devices in different capacities.  Mobile communications is now an established force for social and economic development. 

The Increase in use of Mobile Phones,  Personal Digital Assistants and PalmPilots has opened a new horizon of proliferation in the electronic market and has coined a new term "Mobile Commerce". The Sale and distribution of mobile phones has warranted to the use of the software which includes logistic management and sophisticated accounting functions and a powerful inventory control system.

Quicksoft TrakIMEI Solution

Salient Features of  Quicksoft TrakIMEI

Unique Features :

Validation of IMEI No.

In Stock :

If the IMEI for a particular handset is in stock it will never allow you to receive the same IMEI No. from customer as Sales Return or from any branch as stock transfer as IMEI Nos. are unique universally and If you have a particular IMEI No. in Stock you can not receive from anywhere in the world.

Not In Stock :

Similarly, If you do not have a particular IMEI No. in stock it will never allow you to sale the same as you must have it in stock.

Sold to Customer :

If you have sold particular IMEI No. to a Customer, it can only be entered again as Customer Sales Return, it can neither be entered as Stock as Opening Stock or Stock - Receipt from Branches etc., 

Sold on Approval :

If a particular IMEI No. is issued under Delivery Challan or Sold in Approval Mode then the same can be available for selling only after cancelling the Delivery Challan. It can neither be entered as Stock, as Opening Stock or Stock - Receipt from Branches etc., 

Model Check :

If a particular IMEI No. is assigned to a particular Handset /Model  then the same can not be entered in the system for any other Model / Handset.

Remote Inventory Management

The Unique features of the product is Remote Inventory Management and Branch Automation. The system allows user to work in off-line mode, i.e. user need not be online to prepare Invoice or View Reports etc., as the user is connected to Client database on the client side. At the end of the day or any time during the day the user can just click on the Synchronize button to Send Data to Head Office (Remote Server). Only while Synchronizing, the user needs to be online using Dial-Up Connection or Cablenet Connection or Telephonic On Demand Dial-Up Connectivity.  The Best part is Head Office side Server need not be online to Send data from the Client Side. Similarly, when the Server is Synchronizing the Data, it is irrespective of  the Client activation. Whichever, client has sent the data, will be available to the Server at Head Office. This synchronization process can also be made online simply by configuring the Time Frequency (in Minutes) to Refresh the Data on either side.

Once the Data is received by the Server the same can be queried by Head Office (Logistic Manager) in terms of  Sales for the given period for all or a selected branch & Inventory lying at at branches for the particular handset model.

Branch Invoice Printing :

Many a time, Head Office would like to know about a particular sales transaction and may want to find as to what was sold in a given invoice and what models were sold at what rates with what tax being charged and discount being offered and with whatever payment terms.

User can find this by :

• Select the Period
• Select the Branch & Click on Sales Column to Drill down sale
• Select the Invoice and Click on Print Invoice

The system will immediately print the invoice of a branch with applied tax structure for the given branch and invoice details with IMEI Nos. being sold in a given Invoice.

The System also gives stock of Saleable and Non Saleable Stock i.e. UnRepairable and Future Repairable handset and handsets issued on Approval Basis or on Delivery Challan basis.

The system also gives the history of IMEI. This is very useful to track down the movement of handset from one branch to other and from one customer to other.

I.M.E.I. Stands for International Mobile Equipment Identity

IMEI numbers of cellular phones connected to a GSM network are stored in a database (EIR - Equipment Identity Register) containing all valid mobile phone equipment.

When a phone is reported stolen or is not type approved, the number is marked invalid.

The number consists of four groups that looks this:

nnnnnn--nn-nnnnnn-n

The first set of numbers is the type approval code (TAC). The first two digits represent the country code. The rest make up the final assembly code. The second group of numbers identifies the manufacturer:

01 and 02 = AEG

07 and 40 = Motorola

10 and 20 = Nokia

41and 44 = Siemens

51= Sony, Siemens, Ericsson

The third set is the serial number and the last single digit is an additional number (usually 0).

Souce : www.webopedia.com

This IDC study provides forecast for enterprises' speed of adoption of handheld devices and converged mobile devices. This document contains a platform- and form factor–based forecast of devices purchased by corporate funds verses devices purchased with individual consumer funds. The study is valuable to hardware, software, and solution vendors targeting handheld devices in the corporate environment and the consumer sector.

"Enterprises are mobilizing applications and workers on their own schedule and are not feeling pressured to accelerate timetables. Organizations moving forward now have either discovered how access to live data can benefit their organization through increased efficiencies, how it can instill new levels of worker confidence through demonstrable competency, or value the ideas mobile and wireless solutions can ignite for building a new freedom and flexibility for corporate operations." — Kevin Burden, IDC research manager, Mobile Devices