Sidekick is part of Cloud & Connected Systems in Windward System Five. System Five includes 6 documented capabilities here — all 6 optional. Trades that lean on it include Sporting Goods Retailer, Plumbing Supply, Liquor and Winery Store.
These 6 capabilities sit within System Five's 1287-capability documented set — a selection, not a ceiling.
Write up an order out on the floor
Staff build an order on the phone for processing in System Five, or produce an estimate and email it to the customer or print it locally. Sidekick does not take payment or edit inventory records.
Check price and stock from your phone
Sidekick looks up a part and shows its pricing, product photograph, department information and live inventory levels from the phone.
Scan stock with a handheld
System Five Sidekick works with its own paired barcode scanner for handheld scanning tasks alongside a System Five workstation, with each application configured to its own device.
Work the floor and yard from a phone
A browser-based companion app that puts System Five inventory and order entry on a phone, tablet or desktop, so staff can work the floor or the yard away from a terminal. Runs in Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Safari on Android and iOS.
Know what the mobile app needs to run
Sidekick requires System Five 7.0 or higher on a Zen 14 or 15 database, plus Windward Connect, e-commerce staging configuration and a Windward Academy login, and clients connect over WiFi or cellular.
Scan stock with a rugged handheld
Sidekick supports barcode scanning on the Zebra TC21 and TC26 rugged handheld computers for scan-driven lookup and order building.
Yes. A browser-based companion app that puts System Five inventory and order entry on a phone, tablet or desktop, so staff can work the floor or the yard away from a terminal. Runs in Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Safari on Android and iOS. This is optional in System Five.
Yes. Staff build an order on the phone for processing in System Five, or produce an estimate and email it to the customer or print it locally. Sidekick does not take payment or edit inventory records. This is optional in System Five.
Yes. Sidekick looks up a part and shows its pricing, product photograph, department information and live inventory levels from the phone. This is optional in System Five.
Yes. System Five Sidekick works with its own paired barcode scanner for handheld scanning tasks alongside a System Five workstation, with each application configured to its own device. This is optional in System Five.
Every capability on this page is documented in the System Five capability index. Last updated 2026-11-05.