In B2B wholesale and distribution businesses, a typical warehouse has an average area of 18,000 square feet. This means that there are a large number of products stored in different corners of the warehouse. Managing such a large volume of products correctly is an art form for wholesalers and distributors. What they do is sort the products by category, place them on shelves, use barcodes to speed up the process of operations, and ultimately increase productivity.
The barcode inventory app is metaphorically like a good aide for your warehouse staff. Using it in warehouse management can reduce human errors, fasten processes, and ultimately enhance efficiency. In addition, it is easy to use and even if you had to pick someone off the road to work for you, little effort is needed to train them to use the app. Read on to see how it works.
Barcode inventory management is not just about pointing & “beeping” your scanner on the barcode. A complete barcode inventory management system includes the hardware; the scanner, printer, and the barcode labels stamped on the products or shelves. But with EMERGE, it is an inventory management software with an integrated barcode management system, you will only need to buy a scanner or a scanning tablet.
A product is identified by its unique barcode from the time it arrives at your warehouse until it is shipped out. During this process, multiple “scans” are performed corresponding to barcode inventory software functions such as adding, updating, and tracking.
While manual inventory management is becoming increasingly difficult for growing wholesale distribution businesses, the adoption of technology is changing lives. Using a barcode inventory software makes your tracking job easier and simpler.
Using a barcode inventory software will save you a lot of time and manpower. When your wholesale warehouse is large, you want to save on the costs of product routing, product picking, and the opportunity cost of your employees’ time spent on these tasks. Simply putting, it is about saving on inventory management costs while still ensuring the accuracy and efficiency of the process.
The biggest improvement of barcode technology over manual methods is the real-time data update feature. Imagine with every transaction or activity that happens in your warehouse being updated in one central place with a real-time database, the entire inventory operation is now in your hands, real-time.
Since the beauty of barcode inventory management is providing wholesalers the not just the ease of management, but also increasing overall productivity with accuracy and efficiency. Hence,it is an added advantage when you are looking to expand your operations.
With the barcode inventory system integrated, EMERGE brings you the best and most convenient way to manage your warehouse.
EMERGE is the perfect order, purchasing, and inventory management system for small and medium businesses. By integrating multiple operating systems such as barcode inventory system, XERO and Quickbooks for accounting, etc EMERGE has a full range of technologies that can bring you:
The first step is to have the hardware system, which means you will need to prepare a handheld scanner and a barcode printer. For printers, we recommend Zebra and SATO. For scanners, Honeywell, Motorola, Datalogic, and Symbol are well received by the market
Now that you have the barcode scanning and printing hardware in place, it’s time to start using it with the software in your inventory management app. In EMERGE, you can use a barcode inventory system to quickly verify products in dispatch checking. This allows you to confirm whether the shipment contains all the products ordered or whether there are discrepancies. Pick a shipment in the EMERGE and then click on the Dispatch button. You will be prompted to “Start scanning now!”
For a more intuitive look, you can watch our video tutorial Here
The best barcodes for wholesale inventory management are UPC, EAN, Code-128, and Code-39.
But again, if you are running a wholesale distribution business, of course, you will have to use most of these barcodes. EMERGE offers UPC, EAN-8, EAN-13, and Code-128 which is the perfect match for your wholesale business.
To use barcodes for Food and Beverage inventory management, in addition to having a barcode inventory system, you also need to label products with barcodes and arrange them in the warehouse according to their brands or zones. An F&B warehouse is normally divided into three main areas: Dried Goods, Refrigerated Goods, and Frozen Goods.
This way, you can actually make your operations more efficient and improve your Food and Beverage inventory management.
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