{"id":662,"date":"2013-05-28T09:37:55","date_gmt":"2013-05-28T13:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.psiwebware.com\/blog\/?p=662"},"modified":"2014-02-20T14:20:46","modified_gmt":"2014-02-20T19:20:46","slug":"21st-century-inventory-management-for-facilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/cmms-software-4\/21st-century-inventory-management-for-facilities\/","title":{"rendered":"21st Century Inventory Management for Facilities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Does this sound familiar?<\/p>\n

You\u2019re auditing your inventory.\u00a0 You have a printout of what should be on a certain shelf.\u00a0 Or, you\u2019re running back and forth from the shelf to the database on the computer, and back again.\u00a0 If you\u2019re really advanced, you have someone at the computer as you yell out the items.\u00a0 And what\u2019s wrong with this method?\u00a0 After all, it\u2019s leaps and bounds ahead of the way inventory was managed 50 years ago.<\/p>\n

The problem with this method is it lacks in efficiency.\u00a0 Heck, it\u2019s absolutely archaic.\u00a0 Is it possible to have everything on hand that you need, without additional clutter?\u00a0 What would it take to get your\u00a0inventory up to speed?<\/p>\n

The first place to turn is your CMMS.\u00a0 Every advanced system utilizes\u00a0the most up-to-date methods of managing employees, maintenance and inventory.\u00a0 Some systems also integrate convenient mobile technology<\/a> for your SmartPhone or Tablet to seamlessly allow you to track all inventory movement and consumption, which can save you many hours each week.<\/p>\n

Mobile technology is augmented through the use of a web-based CMMS<\/a>, which accesses the information live via the Internet.\u00a0 While web-based systems have been around for some time, the recent developments and advances in mobile technologies, such as smart phones and tablets, have provided new and innovative ways for CMMS to work better, faster and with more efficiency.\u00a0 Through the web-based system, the database can be accessed from any location, as long as there is an Internet connection.\u00a0 More advanced systems even allow you to work without an internet connection.\u00a0\u00a0In addition, barcodes are being included in many CMMS products.\u00a0 With barcodes and mobile communications, inventory management is suddenly under control.<\/p>\n

Sounds like a lot to take in?\u00a0 It\u2019s relatively easy; as inventory is entered into the system, a barcode is assigned to the item, which can be used later to instantly pull up the entry in the database.\u00a0 The database can be accessed through a smart phone, tablet, or laptop\u2014from across the plant, or across the world.\u00a0 And there\u2019s more; the system can provide you with consumption reports, LEED Consumption Summaries, and even Green Cleaning Consumption for each item.\u00a0 You\u2019ll quickly be able to see patterns regarding the use and reordering of the item, helping you to make the informed decisions necessary for correct ordering amounts, as well as monthly budgeting.\u00a0 You\u2019ll have the items you need, when you need them.\u00a0 And the items that aren\u2019t needed?\u00a0 You never ordered them.<\/p>\n

Inventory management produces its own issues and problems.\u00a0 But by using a quality CMMS incorporating both mobile and barcode technologies, you\u2019ll quickly be able to manage your inventory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Inventory management produces its own issues and problems. But by using a quality CMMS incorporating both mobile and barcode technologies, you\u2019ll quickly be able to manage your inventory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[40],"tags":[6],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"psp_head":"21st Century Inventory Management for Facilities \u2013 PSIwebware - Hometown of TAMS<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Using Mobile Technology to optimize Inventory Management is quick, easy, and probably already comes with your current CMMS solution.\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index,follow\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/cmms-software-4\/21st-century-inventory-management-for-facilities\/\" \/>\r\n","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2ATPx-aG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":714,"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662\/revisions\/714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}