Saint John, NB -  The  world just became a better place to be if you collect inventory information, either as a professional or as part of an in-house data-gathering team.  iCountability Corp. today announced the release of  ibAcus  2.0,  replete with many new features and capabilities that build on the already powerful and user-friendly ibAcus 1.0,  released just 11 months ago.

This information-gathering software is a unique tool for helping professionals or laymen count physical inventory. Be it financial, barcode, SKU, or a mixture of the three, and whether for financial statements, cycle counts, determination of theft and shrink, or location of lost inventory, ibAcus collects, manages and maintains records independently and for any number of counts, counting staff and sites by location, section and shelf in a way that is both user-friendly and auditable, while employing up-to-date technology couched within the familiar confines of Windows XP.

The ibAcus package, supported by its Cserver,  iCounter, and  iReporter components provides a  robust  framework for performing wireless or batch site counting easily.  This design, a cornerstone of ibAcus,  provides control and precision to the user at every level while embracing a multi-user counting model employing hand held computers made by  leading manufacturers. All the features customers know and love from ibAcus 1.0,  which provides user tools, enhanced accountability, and independent audit functionality in a client /server environment are also present in 2.0.  The wireless support provides live software updates without cradling, and on-the-fly data synchronization with verifiable data delivery.  The iReporter component continues building convenient, well-formated reports and can be freely distributed, thereby giving inventory service firms, their customers, and in-house inventory managers the power to select, build, and  print desired reports at any time, even while a count is active.

The integrated-script interface enables import of multiple file formats, so whether you are a  single user or a professional inventory firm,  you now have the ability to cope with any type of inventory data and do lookups and reports on key end-customer fields.  Simply put, you can import the end-customer's cost, retail, on-hand, and description , and other data without regard to its format and use it in your count. This extremely versatile interface works with data structures for scanned counting of any sort, and all business logic can be hidden in discrete scripts, which does away with the need for field managers to understand the technical mumbo-jumbo involved, or  actually do anything more involved than selecting the appropriate button to import data.

Margins can now be entered before or after a count since support has been added to iCountability's freely distributable iReporter software, giving end-customers the freedom to self-enter the margins. An expanded and improved Count Mode  feature allows users to select from a variety of data-collection types, and iReporter can generate reports based on all these modes, though it is certainly not limited to them.  There is a convenient iCounter version built and supported for XP ( a virtual rendition of a hand held visible and usable on the server computer screen).  Trial version downloads and complete documentation have been made accessible via the Company website @  www.icountability.com,  and pricing information can be obtained by  clicking on  the sales link.