You don’t have to be a major retail chain to understand the hassles and pitfalls of inventory management. Efficiently tracking inventory can be a major hassle for any business, regardless of size. Businesses today are wasting countless dollars due to their lack of a streamlined automated inventory control system.
A statistic was recently released showing that only 10% of all distribution centers and warehouses in North America are automated with barcodes. This fact is easily understandable when you consider the large percentage of these businesses that would be considered small businesses. So why have so many small businesses refused to enable their company with the same proven technology that every major enterprise takes advantage of?
Barcoding, a form of keyless data entry facilitating automatic identification and data collection (commonly referred to as Auto ID), is not just for grocery stores anymore. The familiar stripes are popping up in new and unusual places such as doctors’ offices, law firms, post offices, retail stores, security applications, and rental cars. Barcoding and related technologies have been used in manufacturing companies for shipping and receiving operations for more than 30 years.