Shop floor & inventory

How to locate inventory with barcodes in a fab shop

Barcode locating works when every container has a system record — location, contents, status — and staff scan moves on a phone. Spectr’s inventory control is built that way, with mobile scanning for complete traceability.

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Key facts

Location without contents is a pretty map of empty racks.
Contents without location is a list you still have to walk.
Spectr updates quantities as people scan, not as someone types a cycle count on Friday.
Receiving into containers allocated to a project beats a general pile.

How shops handle this

Label locations and containers
A barcode on the rack and on the skid.
Receive by scan
Supplier arrival should create or fill a container, not a pile.
Move by scan
If it moved and nobody scanned, it did not move in the only system that matters.
Stage by schedule
The machine schedule should pull the right container, not the nearest one.

Common questions

QR or linear barcode?

Use what your printers and phones already scan reliably. Spectr’s model is the record, not the symbology religion.

Do we need a warehouse module like Amazon?

You need container truth. You do not need a fulfillment center.

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