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Useful reads on warehouses, stock counts and audits.
Barcode or RFID for a stock count: choosing item by itemBarcodes are cheap and dependable, RFID is quick over a distance. These are the questions that decide which one fits each group of goods in your warehouse.
HQ ERP codes and local 1C names: building a mapping tableWhen head office and the local entity name the same part differently, a count cannot be reconciled. Build a mapping table first and keep the unmatched items visible.
Counting an auto-parts store: look-alike part numbers, small binsPart numbers that differ by one character, mixed bins and loose bags make a parts store hard to count. These are the steps that cut misreads and mixed-up locations.
Reconciling stock before a head-office audit: a four-week planHead-office auditors want a count they can trace. A four-week plan for settling codes, counting, explaining the variances and assembling the evidence file.
Tagging fixed assets: label type, placement and numberingA tag that peels off or a number that repeats ruins an asset count. How to choose between barcode and RFID tags, where to fix them and how to number assets.
Training local storekeepers to scan: a three-day planScanning only works when everyone holding a scanner follows the same routine. A three-day plan for local storekeepers, from demonstration to a supervised count.
All articles (40)
- Barcode or RFID for a stock count: choosing item by item
- HQ ERP codes and local 1C names: building a mapping table
- Counting an auto-parts store: look-alike part numbers, small bins
- Reconciling stock before a head-office audit: a four-week plan
- Tagging fixed assets: label type, placement and numbering
- Training local storekeepers to scan: a three-day plan
- Counting work in progress on the shop floor
- Testing RFID tags on metal and liquid goods before a full count
- Sorting count variances by cause: entry, location, real shortage
- Planning the year-end count around the head-office calendar
- Cycle counting by ABC class: how often to count which items
- Rack and bin location labels: a scheme people and scanners can read
- A warehouse audit checklist: records, locations, documents, access
- Asset register versus the floor: missing and unrecorded assets
- Units and currencies that differ between head office and local books
- Counting at a regional site: travel, equipment and local preparation
- Setting a cut-off time when the plant keeps running
- Handheld scanner, mobile terminal or phone: which to use for a count
- Negative balances and backdated documents in local 1C
- Moulds, jigs and tooling: tracking items that move between sites
- Stock adjustments: reason codes and who approves them
- Korean managers and local warehouse staff: one-page working rules
- Counting small electronic components: reels, trays and weight checks
- Scanning where Wi-Fi is weak: offline collection and later upload
- Goods in transit and unposted documents at the cut-off
- Asset transfers and write-offs: keeping labels and records in step
- Count evidence for auditors: what to keep and how to file it
- Imported components: tracking them from receipt to the production line
- Blind counts and recounts: when to hide the book quantity
- Stray RFID reads: keeping neighbouring shelves out of your count
- A reconciliation workbook: the columns that make variances traceable
- Counting IT and office equipment: serial numbers, users and locations
- Receiving controls: catching quantity errors at the dock
- Count instructions in several languages: wording that avoids confusion
- Roles in a count team: counter, checker, recorder, supervisor
- Labels that survive the plant: heat, oil, dust and handling
- Matching by batch and serial number when part numbers repeat
- Leased and consigned equipment: keeping it apart from owned assets
- Who may change stock records: access rights for the storeroom
- Planning night and weekend counts: shifts, safety and handover