Hello, I work for a flooring company that currently uses excel to track its warehouse inventory. It is extremely inaccurate and requires allot of maintenance. ...
Dear Josh, Thank you for contacting Invertech Corporation, innovators in material and capacity requirements. I have read through your situation described below...
Look at www.datatrack.net and www.logisticle com. They develop this type of software with customized barcode integration. They're located in the Chicago area....
Hello, My company is using Peachtree and we are looking for an inventory software that can interface with Peachtree because Peachtree can't handle barcode,...
Dear Chow, My company offers several systems that have a direct integration with the Peachtree Complete Accounting software (Versions 7, 8, 9 and 10). Each ...
I am in search of information regarding labeling of shelves in a warehouse. I work for a wholesale food distribution operation which has dry goods as well as...
Hi all, I've just been transferred within my organization into an Inventory Control position and am starting it within the next few weeks. I was wondering if...
Hi Lareina, The book " Basics of supply chain management" by Tony Arnold is a good book on the subject. The language is very easy to follow and the book is one...
the book "best practice in inventory management" by tony wild is also a good read regards sergio ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New...
Hello! Please advise me on the basics of storekeeping.... such as -- what are the main functionalities of storekeeping, what sort of reports must a storekeeper...
Lareina Dave at www.inventoryops.com has a nice selection that's been broken into differant area's or types. Click this link or paste it to the url window of...
Good Day All, Further my initial inquiry for information on actual products used to label shelves etc, we have found that a large number of our products that...
Hello! As you develop your system and it becomes more critical to have either the item/case or both labeled you will have to get creative. 1. Negotiate with...
Every environment has it's own unique characteristics and you should not be trying to mirror an industry standard practice. When you choose to utilize bar...
Hello ! What are the main duties of a storekeeper?What sort of forms/ledgers/reports should a storekeeper keep track of?Please let me know.Is there a site...
Is there anyone out there who can tell me what the difference is between a typical MRP system and an APS (Advanced Planning & Scheduling System)? In...
Hello groups! I need some help about these questions: 1. Using the min total cost and max service level as the parameters, I always find that continuous review...
EOQ is really quite simple. You only need four (deceptively simple) pieces of information. As always, you need to keep your units "the same" so I will be...
Jim Small document attached. Hope this is of some help. Sandy ... Can someone run me through the steps to calculate Economic order quantity. Have been reading...
Jim; You will most likely get a lot of responses on this post! EOQ=Square root of: 24 x cost to order x usage rate /cost to carry x unit cost Cost to order...
... confused ... Jim, My company offers a utility that will assist you with calculating EOQ based on the information outlined by Steve Brady. If you would like...
There should be a file [click on files] in the groups menu to the left of the messages. That might help. Kyle ... From: Jim Mansfield [mailto:JIM@...] ...
I would like to ask a fairly simple question: what should an organization carry in stock vs. what should be ordered on a non-stock basis? I work in the...
We implemented EOQ ordering about a year ago. I'm no expert on EOQ, but here are a couple of observations: 1) in determining your ordering and holding costs,...
It must be endemic to research and Development departments as we also have one that uses JIC methods ( Just In Case). The only real measure to use to change...
Dear Jim, My views on the subject are as follows: When we are Inventory Controllers our objective is to control the stock, otherwise why will company keep us....
Can anyone suggest a good inventory control presentation or comprehensive article(s) / web site which can serve as an alterantive to 4 to 5 days inventory...