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I used to think spreadsheets were the only way to track inventory. Then my warehouse guy showed me something simple.
Last month I was dead set on moving our inventory tracking from a clunky Excel sheet to this expensive ERP software my friend recommended. I sat down with our warehouse lead, Mike, who had been here 15 years, and he just pulled out a whiteboard and started sketching how he already visually organizes everything with color coded bins and a simple clipboard system. He showed me the numbers, and honestly his method caught errors faster than my spreadsheet ever did because he could see physical gaps. Has anyone else been convinced to stick with low tech solutions after a conversation with a frontline person?
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ryan7194d agoTop Commenter
Man that bit about "seeing physical gaps" really hit home for me. I've had similar moments where the person who actually does the work every day just has this simple system that works way better than anything I could dream up in a spreadsheet.
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