Hi Larry,
Yes I've seen your previous reply... I agree that it would be fantastic if eConnect would offer a deeper integration with the Inventory management...
We used to print the bar-codes on the count sheets (with 3 coupons to detach) and labels which would contain a bar-code for the rack location ID (organized by alley and shelf level). All the user had to do was pointing the laser to scan the location, scan the Item code on the sheet, punch in the counted quantity, next...
Once a round was completed, the scanner was offloaded into the Access DB.
If you intend to buy so hardware, look to get some running on Windows CE 5 or 6. Go out and buy yourself the software package for RAD on hand-held devices, like CaptureSoft express or the like. I used a different one, but I can't remember the name right now.