For businesses looking to save time, implementing the right inventory management strategy can give teams hours of their weeks back. It all starts with inventory management software designed to make every step of your strategy more efficient and intuitive.
Here are six proven ways Sortly’s inventory management software can save your business time.
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No more searching for lost inventory
Businesses across every industry, regardless of size, often struggle with tracking supplies, materials, equipment, and technology. The right inventory management software allows businesses to conduct perpetual inventory management. That means that every time an item is checked in, relocated, or removed from the inventory, the inventory list is updated immediately.
The end result is that employees at any location can open the Sortly app at any time to pinpoint exactly where a given piece of inventory or asset is located.
This is made possible by lightning-fast barcodes and QR code scanning. Sortly makes generating and printing barcodes and QR code labels for unlabeled stock easy. It’s also easy to sync barcodes and QR codes provided by manufacturers.
Barcodes and QR codes can be scanned with smartphones and tablets, or by external Bluetooth scanners.
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Being able to “inventory on the go”
As previously mentioned, Sortly’s inventory software enables employees across multiple locations to actively maintain and refer to inventory information no matter where they are. From job site to warehouse to on the road, inventory data is always available and always up to date.
As noted, this functionality fosters a more collaborative and accurate inventory management strategy. After all, employees can update inventory data as they work, regardless of where they are. This, in turn, can save time (and money) since inaccurate inventory data can cause a domino effect when communication between teams is limited and departments are siloed.
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Faster, leaner processes allow you to get more done in a day
When employees can update inventory data as they work and move through their other responsibilities, it becomes unnecessary to carve out large chunks of time to manage and update inventory data after the fact. Since barcode and QR code scanning are lightning-fast, employees can work that process into their workflows without slowing down.
But beyond that, even more of Sortly’s offerings create leaner, faster daily processes. This is achieved by connecting Sortly’s automation features with a business’s standard operating procedure. When this happens, businesses commit to aligning processes for keeping inventory physically organized, checking those items in and out via barcode or QR code, implementing low stock alerts, outlining when and how orders are placed, and articulating how inventory is audited.
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Not relying on a single source of information (ex: a spreadsheet, an employee) alleviates bottlenecks
Many businesses, especially small ones, tend to rely on a single employee to handle all things inventory. Or businesses keep inventory information in a single document that is inaccessible to others.
These strategies can inadvertently create bottlenecks that slow business down. Whether that inventory point person has called out sick or an employee at a different location can’t get access to inventory data, productivity can take a hit.
Using collaborative inventory management software like Sortly makes it easy for all employees to stay informed about inventory and assets. That doesn’t mean that the way your business handles inventory needs to change. There can still be a point person who handles almost everything. It’s just that, with Sortly, the reliance will be significantly decreased, empowering all employees to make good decisions that make businesses more profitable and productive, day in and day out.
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Automating inventory with time-saving features like barcoding and alerts
Another way Sortly can save businesses time is with its automated features. As previously mentioned, barcodes and QR codes enable faster and error-free inventory tracking. But that feature, in and of itself, unlocks a whole host of benefits that can make a business more productive too.
After all, when an inventory list is always accurate, Sortly users can create customized alerts to keep them in the know about everything from dwindling stock levels to upcoming expiration dates. These alerts are entirely customizable, which means that for every item on your inventory list, you can set a minimum acceptable low stock level. You can decide exactly when you get notified, which members of your team get informed, and whether they get notified via in-app notification, e-mail, or both.
These alerts can also be set for expiration dates, warranty end dates, required maintenance dates, loan end dates, and more.
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Avoid the need for time-consuming manual inventory counts.
Finally, using Sortly’s inventory management software, your team can avoid the time-consuming physical inventory counts that plague and slow down many businesses. Sure, the occasional audit, as outlined in your standard operating procedure, is a key and necessary part of a long-term inventory management strategy. But frantically counting every item in a stockroom every time you need to place an order? With the right inventory management system, such counts are unnecessary.
How your business reallocates the time it earns back is entirely up to you.
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 companies. Sortly builds inventory tracking seamlessly into your workday so you can save time and money, satisfy your customers, and help your projects succeed.
With Sortly, you can track inventory, supplies, parts, tools, assets, 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 your next build. That’s why over 15,000 businesses globally trust us as their inventory management solution.
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