Are you still relying on manual record-keeping or spreadsheets to manage your home staging inventory? Inventory software features such as barcode and QR code scanning and label generation can bring your home staging inventory management into the modern world. Here’s how using barcodes in your inventory management software can help digitize and streamline your inventory and asset tracking:
1. Reduce manual errors
When reviewing an inventory list, it is, understandably, not uncommon for employees to invert numbers, skip a line, misread words, and make other human errors. That’s why digitizing your home staging inventory is essential for accurate tracking. Not only can barcodes drastically reduce this inaccuracy, but it also increases the work efficiency of facilities and departments relying on manual data entry.
2. Enjoy precision when it matters most
You can’t be everywhere at once—that’s where your incredible team comes in. But even the best employees aren’t mind-readers. When you have many item variants in stock, you can’t simply request the “wooden lamp” and expect that your staff will know the exact lamp you’re thinking of. When your team is barcode-enabled, one simple scan on a smartphone, tablet or synced external Bluetooth scanner ensures a team member can locate the right item every time. This can help your team save time and frustration.
A design inventory management system displays a selection of lamps on three phone screens.
3. Access instant inventory info
With inventory and asset tracking software, you can easily access your entire visual inventory from any device. This can come in handy when you’re on a project and you need to know how many, say, chaise lounges (or barstools or sets of curtains) you have in stock to use. You can check your full, visual inventory at the touch of a button, which makes your job much easier and helps you deliver the right look for your clients.
4. Scan barcodes and QR codes from your smartphone, tablet, or external scanner
The ability to manage your inventory on the go is a must for busy home staging professionals. When you use Sortly’s simple inventory software, you can scan barcodes using just your smartphone right from the Sortly app or with a synced, external Bluetooth scanner.
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5. Generate customized barcode or QR code labels
If you have items without barcodes, there’s a solution. The Sortly app allows you to quickly and easily generate barcodes and QR codes that can be printed right onto standard-size adhesive labels. There’s even space for item names and notes. Simply stick them somewhere accessible and inconspicuous on each item, and you’re ready to scan.
6. Make inventorying a streamlined, simplified process
Don’t interrupt that creative flow! Using barcodes, you can scan items as you load them into the truck OR as you place them in the home. No sitting down at your computer to update a cumbersome spreadsheet hours (or even days) later. And when it’s time to load everything back up, scanning items back out onsite means no hand towel is left behind.
About Sortly
Sortly is an inventory management solution that helps you track, manage, and organize your inventory—from any device, in any location. We’re an easy-to-use inventory software that’s perfect for large or small businesses. Sortly builds inventory tracking seamlessly into your workday so you can save time and money, satisfy your customers, and help your business succeed.
With Sortly, you can track inventory, supplies, parts, tools, assets like equipment and machinery, and anything else that matters to your business. It comes equipped with smart features like barcoding & QR coding, low stock alerts, customizable folders, data-rich reporting, and much more. Best of all, you can update inventory right from your smartphone, whether you’re on the job, in the warehouse, or on the go.
Whether you’re just getting started with inventory management or you’re an expert looking for a more efficient solution, we can transform how your company manages inventory—so you can focus on building your business. That’s why over 15,000 businesses globally trust us as their inventory management solution.
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