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?
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.