Accurate taking of a company stock is vital to know just where a business may stand and is an important part of accurate accounting, but as with many things genuine errors can and do take place. In day to day matters this may not be too important and a genuine apology will suffice, but with company stock, particularly in the retail or manufacturing sectors it can be very costly.
Anything that can be done to eliminate human error is welcome and one certain way is to use a barcode system to as a method of checking business asset, in other words the stock on the shelves or in the warehouse.
Scanning the barcode on the asset tag or label can tell the computer just what the item is and its value, all this is stored in the memory of the computer and because the system is automated the database is updated and you can have all your stock figures at your command through the click of the mouse. The figures will be accurate and costly human error in counting or missing items are all but eliminated preventing time consuming and costly mistakes.