We have thousands of different parts that are all being inventoried pretty much entirely based off memory. This is just not viable anymore and I’m looking for a legit system to put in place. My thought is something along the lines of a barcode system to label the items and put them in a specific location.

A Google search is showing me an overwhelming amount of different sites that offer a service similar to this.

Any auto shop or small business owners here have any input? What system do you use?

  • master_dman@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    You can go as simple as hiring some fresh out of school IT nerd to put all the items into a spreadsheet or simple database table, or go more robust and purchase a full blown inventory system. There are tons of options out there.

    I would actually go with some socially awkward 20 yr. old IT nerd with a laptop and MYSQL. Give him a halfway decent per hour pay, or a nominal salary. It would be fairly cheap and easy to set up. If it turns out to not be what you are looking for it’s easy enough to take a bigger step and pay for some actual inventory software.