Practical guides from AHG
Browse articles about managing inventory and assets, choosing scanning technology, and moving field records from a phone to the office.
Topic 01 · 9 guides
Guidance about stock control, physical counts, asset records, and the technologies used to manage them.
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In the last several years that we are offering QR Inventory - a mobile inventory system with real time inventory tracking - we had identified the most common inventory and assets related problems that companies are facing.
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How QR code scanning, smartphones, mobile forms and the cloud can help you achieve end-to-end inventory traceability in a simple and efficient manner.
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Use smartphones for inventory scanning and data recording, and you will do physical inventory counts in a fraction of a time it used to take, with less resources and higher accuracy.
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If you need to do inventory count or asset audit on a regular basis, you know how much headache it can cause, from a necessity to close down business to incorrect results that don't match.
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After accumulating customers' comments for a little bit over a year we recently rolled out version two of QR Inventory software.
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Tips and practical advice on how to implement inventory management and / or asset tracking system using modern technologies, such as qr codes, mobile applications and smartphones.
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New Asset Tracking & Circulating Inventory module of QR Inventory software makes it easy for businesses to track assets and inventory which are constantly moving between warehouses, job sites, service vans and employees or clients.
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Small businesses which find traditional inventory management systems too complex and expensive now have an alternative - QR Inventory Lite.
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New technologies, such as mobile applications and QR codes, are changing the way small businesses are approaching business tasks.
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Comparisons and practical guidance for selecting labels, tags, smartphones, and dedicated scanning equipment.
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Mobile devices (smartphones and tablets) are perfect for managing inventory and tracking assets on site in real time. Normally you would use a smartphone or tablet camera for barcode scanning.
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How do mobile asset tracking technologies (barcodes, QR codes, NFC, RFID, Bluetooth, GPS) work and which one to use for your business.
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QR Inventory now supports NFC tags. NFC reading is much faster than QR code scanning, so if you need to process high-volume asset or inventory transactions using NFC tags will save you a lot of time and money.
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New feature of QR Inventory simplifies new assets entry in out-of-the-office locations. You can label an asset, scan a label, fill out information, take photos if needed and upload data to the server - all by using a smartphone.
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This free tool allows you to generate QR codes for your equipment, assets or properties, customize label template and bulk download ready-to-print QR Code labels.
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What are dynamic QR codes: how are they different from static QR codes, how you can generate and print them and how you can use them for field service operations: equipment maintenance, property management, asset tracking and inventory management.
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Barcode scanners vs QR code / smartphone combination vs mobile computers for inventory and asset management - overview of barcode scanning equipment questions from Q&A sessions.
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Kill not two, but three birds with one stone - track assets and inventory using barcode scanning, automatically map assets locations, take photos and attach them to inventory transactions.
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Barcoding and initial stock taking for inventory and assets can be time consuming and is prone to errors. The article discusses how to streamline this process using smartphone and QR Inventory mobile application.
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New options in inventory management and asset tracking software, such as ability to use smartphones for processing transactions by scanning qr code / barcode on the item, should make small businesses move away from spreadsheet-based inventory management.
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QR Codes were not invented for marketing and advertising. QR codes were invented by Toyota subsidiary for managing large number of components that could not be accommodated by regular UPC barcodes.
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Examples of mobile forms, shop-floor records, field equipment work, and connections between mobile and office systems.
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Using mobile devices (smartphones or tablets) on the shop floor for barcode scanning, data collection and look up, filling out mobile forms greatly improves manufacturing process efficiency.
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How mobile devices (smartphones, tablets) can help you control business assets and inventory, and in what situations using mobile devices for asset and inventory tracking makes most sense.
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If you have mobile assets and inventory in multiple locations it may be challenging to accurately track everything.
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Implementation of mobile forms for field data collection, coupled with QR code / barcode scanning capabilities speeds up the process, eliminate double-entry, errors and information loss, and creates uninterrupted real time data exchange between field technicians and the office.
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How QR codes and smartphones help keeping your records in order and assets well maintained
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Integrated QR Inventory - Intacct solution gives businesses an option to tie mobile, QR and barcode - based inventory and asset tracking to cloud financial management / accounting.
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Some ideas on how you can use QR Codes and a smartphone to track assets and equipment, streamline equipment service procedures, speed up and simplify inspections and audits, and even enhance safety.
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These articles cover five of the blog's central subjects: traceability, scanning equipment, asset-tracking technologies, NFC, and smartphone barcode scanning.
How QR code scanning, smartphones, mobile forms and the cloud can help you achieve end-to-end inventory traceability in a simple and efficient manner.
Read articleMobile devices (smartphones and tablets) are perfect for managing inventory and tracking assets on site in real time. Normally you would use a smartphone or tablet camera for barcode scanning.
Read articleHow do mobile asset tracking technologies (barcodes, QR codes, NFC, RFID, Bluetooth, GPS) work and which one to use for your business.
Read articleQR Inventory now supports NFC tags. NFC reading is much faster than QR code scanning, so if you need to process high-volume asset or inventory transactions using NFC tags will save you a lot of time and money.
Read articleKill not two, but three birds with one stone - track assets and inventory using barcode scanning, automatically map assets locations, take photos and attach them to inventory transactions.
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