Stock management
Materials and finished products tracked in one system rather than in separate records.
All work
QR-based stock tracking for a curtain manufacturer
Nobody could say how much stock was on hand or where a job had got to. We built stock management with QR codes on the products, a mobile scanner app, and a dealer ordering portal — so both inventory and job status are visible in one place.
Shades3
How it worked before
- Nobody had a reliable picture of how much stock was actually on hand.
- The status of any given job was unknown unless someone went and asked.
- Dealer orders arrived informally and had to be entered by hand.
- Stock was recorded away from the point where goods physically moved.
What we built
QR code printing and labelling
QR codes generated and printed by the system, then applied to the products themselves, so every item carries its own identity.
Mobile scanning application
A mobile app with an attached scanner. Staff scan a product's QR code and update stock from where they are standing, instead of writing it down and entering it later.
Dealer ordering portal
Dealers raise their own orders through a form and send them straight to Shades3, so orders arrive as structured data instead of messages someone has to re-enter.
Biometric attendance
Attendance captured on the device and held in the same system.
What changed
- Stock on hand is visible rather than estimated.
- The status of any job can be read off the system instead of chased.
- Stock updates happen at the moment and place goods move, by scanning.
- Every product is individually identifiable rather than counted in bulk.
- Dealer orders arrive ready to work from, with no re-entry step.
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