Warehouse stocktaking

Countability UK offer warehouse stocktaking service in many different formats, whether it be to the company that owns and runs the premises or to clients who sub-let areas of a warehouse, via bin location and/or item location.

What will a client gain from a warehouse stocktake?

Firstly, the stock would be recorded in several different ways, which includes manual inventory, spreadsheet count or by barcode scanners and laptops.
When we carry out this service, we firstly locate by bin number, product number and then the count. As the stock count progresses, it will highlight stock variances, which can be investigated immediately and resolved to the client’s satisfaction.

Final reports are produced to the client’s own specifications and in any format required. The only request we make is that the client provides us with any files or software required.

Product information

All product/barcodes and descriptions must be up to date, as should the unit/case prices if you want the stock report to include section and grand totals.

This information/file should be available to us a few days prior to the stocktake.

Locations

The file/software should contain all bin locations and areas where the stock is situated and in a sequenced order, for example A – Z or 1 – 100, and it should include any bins or areas unused or empty, so that if there is stock in these locations, we will know it has been put there by mistake. This will also help when compiling the final report, and again, we would need this information/file to be available to us a few days prior to the stocktake.

Current levels of stock

All stock movement must be suspended at the start of the stock count but can be resumed shortly afterwards once sections/locations of a warehouse have been successfully counted and signed off by the client and ourselves.

Stocktake Preparation

Proper planning and preparation prior to starting a stocktake ensures less labour and time is required, lowering the labour cost and producing a more accurate count.

The preparatory work lays the foundations for streamlining day to day recording of product movements, again lowering costs and increasing data accuracy.

Shelf Label Barcodes

Many products sold outside consumer retail sector are shipped without barcodes. This is very common in B2B industries such as wholesale and manufacturing. To resolve this Countability UK can provide barcode labels for shelves, or product packaging allowing accurate product identification through scanning barcodes. Countability UK can provide just the labels or the manpower to ensure everything is installed.

Catalogue Data Cleanse

Product and catalogue data is the building blocks on which all inventory control is built. Incorrect or incomplete data can leave gaps in the ability to identify product or produce inaccurate pricing, typically through unit of measure (UOM) errors. Countability UK have the ability to quality check and cleanse catalogue data to ensure your inventory is accurately managed.