SAP Mobile Services Client vs FairScan

The SAP Mobile Services Client is a native iOS application that gets its UI and business logic from JSON metadata. The metadata is defined in an SAP Business Application Studio or SAP Web IDE-based editor. It's provided to the client using the App Update service of SAP Mobile Services. The client connects to SAP Mobile Services with an endpoint URL, among other properties provided by the user. These properties are usually embedded in a custom URL that is sent to the user's email. The custom URL must start with "sapmobilesvcs://." When the client connects to Mobile Services, it receives the app metadata and connects to one or more OData services. OData can be securely stored locally so that it's available offline. The UI is implemented with the SAP Fiori framework. This app is "generic" in that no application definitions or data come with the app. It's only usable if the user connects securely to a Mobile Services instance. For full list of changes, see: https://me.sap.com/notes/3804170

Back from the fair with 400 loose photos, a stack of business cards and a notebook even you can't read? Which booth was this? What price did that supplier quote? Then days of typing everything into a spreadsheet before you can even place the order. With FairScan you leave the fair with your order ready. The app opens straight to the camera: one photo of the product, one of the supplier's card, and AI does what you used to do at night in the hotel. It recognises the product, describes it, reads the card and saves the supplier with all their contacts. The only thing you type is the price. Every product stays linked to its supplier and its fair, so "which booth was this?" is over. FROM CATALOGUE TO ORDER, WITHOUT LEAVING THE APP Mark what you like, build the order by supplier and send it as a proforma by WhatsApp or email on the spot, or download it as an Excel file with photos and formulas. The proforma goes out in English by default, ready for your supplier. ON YOUR COMPUTER TOO Open fairscan.app with your account and your whole catalogue is there as a table: filter, sort, add your own columns, save views and review orders with their totals. Everything you capture on your phone shows up on your computer. WORKS OFFLINE Internet at the fair fails: the connection drops, the Wi-Fi is slow, roaming doesn't reach. Capture all day with no connection and FairScan syncs by itself when the signal is back. Nothing you photograph is ever lost, and the app always shows you how many products are already safe in the cloud. TO DECIDE BETTER AT THE BOOTH • Favourites, to remember what you liked most. • Minimum order, pieces per carton and CBM per product. • Voice notes, no typing. TO FIND EVERYTHING LATER • Search by what you remember: a name, a supplier, a category, a material. • On your computer, filters by supplier, category, price and minimum order. • Teams: share the catalogue with whoever buys with you. • Your photos and data are yours and can always be downloaded. PRICE The app is free and includes trial scans. Supplier cards are free and unlimited. AI can make mistakes: always check prices and details before closing a purchase. Made in Buenos Aires by Build Digital Things, by someone who buys at trade fairs.