If you have to manage inventory or stock, you’ll realise the importance of keeping track of all the items you have on site. So, when it’s time for stock taking to take place, it’s not uncommon to spend days updating your records so that a complete inventory list is created.
It is really easy to make this manual process much quicker and more efficient however – by using barcode technology. If you use barcode labels, which can be stuck to all the items you own, you can use barcode scanning technology to scan each item so your database can be updated automatically.
By using barcode labels you can thus reduce the amount of time you spend stocktaking significantly. If you use stick-on barcode labels you can also reduce the chance of human error. The database you hold is updated automatically, all you have to do is systematically scan each item in turn and the stock take will be complete.
By using an up-to-date database of your stock items you can plan for the future and order more of those times that are performing particularly well, whilst cutting down on the items which are not selling so prolifically.