When you’re choosing which kind of barcoding system to use for your business, you may want to consider SKU’s. These are not barcodes so much as alphanumeric scannable codes. Because they use less information, they are ideal for smaller businesses like a scanner repair shop.
What are SKU’s
SKUs, or stock-keeping units, are incredibly intuitive ways for retailers and businesses to keep track of their inventory, and exactly what item is tagged with a particular SKU. SKUs are alphanumeric in nature, usually containing both letters and numbers. One of the advantages of using SKU systems is the ability to make them custom, allowing retailers to personalize their codes and make them readable for their employees. This makes the codes easier to read, but harder to keep track of with a large inventory.
Industry Challenges
Given their alphanumeric basis, they just appear as plain text. When it comes to large inventory management, it can become too hard to keep track of items tagged with SKUs and nothing else. Inventory audits must then be conducted by an individual cross-checking the inventory with a list of SKUs. As the scale of a business increases, the number of SKUs in an inventory system can quickly grow to unmanageable levels. This means that SKU’s are best for smaller businesses with low inventory to keep track of.
Scanner Repair Shop
Here at Barcode Enterprises, we put the customer first every time. We specialize in the expert repair of damaged units and sales of the latest models available.
