Overview

Sidekick is a companion application to System Five.  It allows inventory lookup, order creation and stock counting from a mobile device such as a smartphone.  https://info.windwardsoftware.com/sidekick

It uses our E-commerce Staging (ECS) platform technology and will require WindwardConnect to be configured to have inventory and order information sync back and forth between System Five and Sidekick.

System Five Requirements

• System Five 7.0 or higher
• Zen 14 or 15 database
• An active ODBC Database DSN will be needed and may require server administrative privileges to configure
• .Net Framework v 4.8 or greater installed on the server or where the WindwardDataGateway will run
• Windward Connect
• E-commerce Staging Configuration
• Windward Academy Login Configuration
• Microsoft Edge Webview2 needs to be installed on the server and on any workstation that will need to have access to Sidekick.

The current feature list includes

• Part lookup
  • including pricing
  • photos
  • inventory levels
  • department
• Mobile Order Building
  • Create an order for processing at the System Five terminal
  • Create an estimate to send to the customer via email or a local printer
• Data collection for counting Inventory
  

Solution Articles

• Watch a short video about Windward System Five Sidekick
• How to sign in to Sidekick
• How to create a Data Collection as well as general information
• How to use one Barcode Scanner for System 5 and Sidekick
• Physical Inventory Count Resource Videos
  
  

Sidekick does NOT:

• Process payments such as credit or debit cards
• Edit or update inventory information such as quantities, description, supplier or brand