Barcodes and Srerial Numbers
From security equipment to food production, barcodes are widely used to provide real-time access to tracking information.
With Sam’s built-in barcode and serial number tracking software, you can easily create your own customized labels for various purposes. This can lead to a number of benefits, including increased accuracy and improved customer satisfaction.
The barcoding software integrated into our system completely removes the need for any additional products. Integrating these two processes reduces errors and increases efficiency.
Stock taking and overall stock management becomes a lot more productive and accurate using bar code scanning technology. Barcodes makes your stock instantly readable to a barcode scanner and allows the technology to do the work for you. This significantly reduces the possibility for errors and is faster than manually entering data into a spreadsheet.
Barcode Scanning
Barcode scanning software is easy to implement and use. So you can be precise with your stock count while producing data for analysis and forecasting
Barcode & Serial numbers provide a unique identifier for stock items. They enable quick and easy access to the complete history of a stock items or parts. Using serial numbers creates data that can be used for analysis and forecasting. Also, they are essential for product recalls.
Features
- Access Information – Bar codes give you quick and easy access to your product information. They can be used to create inventory labels, asset tags, address and shipping labels, ID badges, and coupons.
- Bar Code Tracking – You can create bar codes and attach them to stock items or parts. Then they can be tracked and identified using the bar code.
- Serial Number Tracking – Manufacturers can create serial numbers and attach them to products during the manufacturing process. Allowing for the product or a batch of products to be identified alongside the entire production history of the product
- Accounts Software Integration – Using bar codes allows you to transport, receive & count stock. Then you can track parts across multiple locations while integrating your stock levels with your accounts software.
- Custom Labels – create inventory labels, asset tags, address and shipping labels, ID badges, and coupons. That means you can rapidly design custom labels, including bar codes, text, and graphics.
- Instant Stock Updates – Your stock levels are instantly updated when a bar code is scanned.
- Works Across Multiple locations – Barcode scanning updates can be entered across multiple locations generating real-time stock data for management.
- SAM Mobile App – The SAM Mobile App can be used for barcode scanning. A portable and flexible solution tha is available for both Android and iOS mobile phones. This could be much cheaper than purchasing a barcode scanner.
- Accounts Integration – Integrates with Sage 50 Accounts
Benefits
- Improve Efficiency – Bar code technology makes it easier to identify operational or productivity issues. They are faster than using a manual system.
- Eliminate Human Errors – Using bar codes and serial numbers completely removes the possibility of human errors. There is no more time consuming data entry with a keyboard.
- Customer Satisfaction – Customers appreciate speed and accuracy when responding and accessing real-time business information
- Reduce Waste – Serial number tracking allows manufacturers and warehouses to use Lean Inventory Management. A systematic approach that enhances the value of the company’s stock by identifying and eliminating waste of materials, effort and time, freeing up capital that’s unnecessarily tied up to the ‘stock on hand’.
- After Sales Customer Service – Without serial numbers after-sales customer service delivery would be a much more difficult task. Serial numbers ensure that if a part is faulty or a customer wants to return a product, the required information is easily available.
- Easy to Use – The barcode scanner is easy to use, your employees only need to point the scanner at the barcode and the technology does the rest.
- Go Paperless – Using barcode scanning software completely eliminates the need for paper when stock taking, this can significantly improve accuracy.
- Improve Productivity – Barcode scanning is much quicker than manually counting the stock and then keying in the data, this means that your employees’ time can be used more effectively.
- Produces Data – Every time a stock item is scanned data is generated, the data can then be used for a variety of applications like planning, stock allocation and financial forecasting.
Barcodes and Serial Numbers
Barcodes and serial numbers are vital for manufacturers as they provide accurate tracking of orders from the start to the finish of the manufacturing process.
Also, after-sales customer services are boosted with the use of serial numbers, when there is a faulty item or product return, the serial number provides an accurate history.
