AIMS360 ERP is a perpetual inventory system for the apparel industry. This means that it continually updates its inventory records to account for changes in inventory for things like receiving, good sold, transfers, and damages as they happen. With that said, there are many times where it is important to recount the inventory.
Conducting frequent physical inventory recount is an important preventative measure to reduce the chances of incorrect inventory counts. A physical inventory check is when a company physically counts their ENTIRE inventory. Though, whether you check your inventory yearly, quarterly, or monthly, it can be very time-consuming to manually enter inventory information and not to mention human prone errors.
So what’s a way to make inventory checks more efficient?
At AIMS360, we do have a workaround to ‘auto-fill’ inventory info using a barcode scanner. It’s an easy way to take care of inventory and it’s primarily optimized for in-house situations!
I’m interested! But how does it work?
1. Within our ‘Style Physical Inventory’ module, download the template we provided with the fields:
(Existing customers, please see the links below)
- Styles
- Color
- Size Name
- UPC
- Counted Qtys.
2. Make sure the cursor is on the UPC field.
3. Start scanning the barcodes on your items.
4. The template will start to auto-fill the fields with its respective information.
Note: This is just a summary of the steps. For existing customers please view these resources for complete instructions.
AIMS360 Multi-Warehouse Style Physical Inventory | Using Barcode Scanners in AIMS360
What if I have multiple item items with the same style and color? Will I have to mark ‘duplicates’ myself?
Don’t worry! Once you’ve finished scanning your inventory and upload the template into your AIMS360 database, the system will automatically check for any duplicates and perform the arithmetic for you. Pretty neat, right?
*Bonus* In case you also didn’t know – We offer a demo database to all of our users so you can test new modules you want to try out or teach your co-workers, so you don’t mess up your live account!
What else can you do in AIMS360 with this tool?
In addition to physical inventory :
- Receiving of inventory – this is inventory comes from the vendor or cut ticket into the warehouse
- Packing of inventory – when the inventory is sold and getting packed into a box for shipping
Existing AIMS360 customers, please see: Import Scan Receipts
Curious to see what other features we offer?
Get in touch with our team – support@aims360.com or sign up for a free demo.