Inventory System

A software which monitors the quantity, status of inventory.

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Online Inventory System

Some companies use large excel spreadsheets to manage their inventories. This large excel file usually stores in a shared folder so that everyone can access to the file.

There are a few disadvantages to use spreadsheets files as their inventory management system:

  • Updating the file requires careful skills as there is no image or video of the inventory beside the item ID number.
  • It is tedious when the file needs to be accessed by one or more users.
  • If something goes wrong, it is nearly impossilbe to track who is responsible for the problem as everyone has a chance touching the file.
  • Since the excel file is offline or within a close network and it consists data that is too sensitive to let the clients to see, there is no way but to manually contact the clients of the order status of an item

Using an inventory system have the following advantages:

  • The administrators can see which item they are updating as there are pictures besides the item record.
  • Update concurrently by multiple users without having to worry about losing any data.
  • The system logs the last edited time and username which has accessed a particular record.

By using an online inventory system, clients can be notified whenever there are update to their ordered item. This saves a lot of time and effort calling back and forth for both the clients and the staff of the company.