Learn about Insider Help Member Preferences Take a look at the next desktop PC or laptop you come across. Odds are good it won’t be running an open-source operating system. Microsoft’s closed-source Windows has by far the highest share of the PC client operating system market, followed in a distant second by Apple’s macOS. Linux and other wholly open source operating systems have only a tiny market share. It’s not hard to see why. Despite the advances made by distributions such as Ubuntu, desktop Linux is still miles behind Windows and macOS in terms of the look, the feel and the slickness that most office workers have come to expect. The vast majority of companies simply aren’t prepared to make office workers use an open source OS — and most office workers aren’t prepared to use them, either. [ Beware the 9 warning signs of bad IT architecture and see why these 10 old-school IT principles still rule. | Sign up for CIO newsletters. ] Even if you want to stick with a closed source operating system (or, the case of macOS, partially closed source), your business can still take advantage of a vast amount of open source software. The most attractive benefit of doing so: It’s generally available to download and run for nothing. While support usually isn’t available for such free software, it’s frequently offered at an additional cost by the author or a third party. It may be included in a low-cost commercially licensed version as well. Is it possible, then, to run a business entirely on software that can be downloaded for free? There certainly are many options that make it possible — and many more that aren’t included in this guide. Very few companies using Microsoft Office actually require support from Microsoft, so using an open source alternative can make good financial sense. Open-source suites are compatible with Microsoft Office file formats such as .doc and .xls. Though their feature sets aren’t quite as comprehensive as Office, that’s unlikely to matter — most people only use a fraction of the available features available anyway. Here are four open source alternatives to Microsoft Office: The following financial packages provide open source alternatives to commercial packages such as Quicken, Sage or QuickBooks: Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software is complex and can be very costly. But open source alternatives to SAP or Microsoft Dynamics do exist. Here are three: Commercial customer relationship management (CRM) software is available from niche vendors, software as a service providers such as Salesforce.com and large software vendors such as Oracle. Here are three open source alternatives: Private branch exchange (PBX) hardware used to be very expensive, but software-based PBX releases bring the price of PBXs down. The open source PBX market is dominated by Asterisk software. Content management systems power websites — and many of the world’s largest sites use an cross-platform, open source CMS such as the following: Ecommerce software packages, such as the three cross-platform products listed here, include everything from product presentation to shopping carts, checkout and payment processing. Open source security tools If you haven’t been looking to open source to help address your security needs, you’re missing out on a growing number of freely available tools for protecting your networks, hosts, and data. Open source network management tools Can open source products deliver enterprise-grade results? To answer this question we tested four open source network monitoring products: OpenNMS, Pandora FMS, NetXMS and Zabbix. Sponsored Links News Reviews Buyer’s Guides Blogs/Opinion Podcasts Awards programs View the archive
Ever wonder how you can spend less time on the same set of day-to-day problems and more time enabling your customers to meet their objectives? It may seem obvious to say you first need to improve your operational efficiency. Easier said than done, right? Do any of the following daily headaches sound familiar? – Roll time – what if you could count on average roll times below the industry standard? What does that mean to your reputation with your customers? – Invoice processing time – How much time do you spend chasing invoices? What could you do with the extra time you gain if you could turn the invoices around quickly and reliably? – Billing error rates – How many times do you have to deal with a single invoice? What are your experiences and expectations relative to billing error rates? – Compliance – Are your dealers following your guidelines and specifications? During this webinar, you’ll hear first-hand observations on ways fleets can take back control of how they spend their time by focusing on: • Sustainability • Risk Mitigation • Lowering costs Speakers
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These systems… Components: RoadPro showcases latest innovation at the Mid-America Trucking Show Technology: Cargo Transporters gets drivers talking about safety with Lytx Score Challenge Heavy-duty: What the Navistar San Antonio plant means to the International Truck manufacturer Heavy-duty: Photo gallery: Walk through Navistar’s new San Antonio manufacturing plant Get the latest news, insights, and more delivered directly to you inbox. By on Henning Voss is vice president, product management, rate management solutions, with Descartes. In the face of ongoing pandemic-induced global supply chain disruptions, economic uncertainty, and widespread global digital transformation, freight forwarders are struggling to balance profitable margins with differentiated services that meet rising customer expectations around rates and shipping options. Unfortunately, the resource-intensive process of managing multi-modal logistics costs and surcharges is rife with complexities and unpredictability that can prove serious logistical and financial challenges for forwarders. Digital transformation of the freight industry is accelerating, and forwarders need to keep up. Reminiscent of the scene that played out in the travel industry some years ago, freight forwarders resistant to transitioning operations to a digital ecosystem risk the same fate as many now obsolete travel agencies of days gone by. Large forward-thinking logistics organizations have already made sizeable inroads on the digitization of their systems, but many forwarders don’t fully understand the process and are unsure how to apply it their business. Faced with rising customer expectations, forwarders must create an efficient, frictionless customer experience. Today’s customers want instant access to quotes online and they want to book with confidence knowing that space has been allocated for their shipment. They expect competitive rates, accurate landed costs, and alternate shipping options to the point of delivery. Forwarders need to respond quickly to customer quote requests—a potentially time-consuming process—while simultaneously ensuring the accuracy of the quote. Ever changing rates, complex shipping routes, and complicated surcharge structures create operational hurdles, especially for forwarders attempting to manage rates manually. From a bottom-line perspective, cost per file is a critical metric that forwarders must keep in check. In addition to curtailing administrative labor costs, freight forwarders must generate rates that reflect the current shipping market conditions while ensuring they are priced correctly to maximize margins; a pricing misstep can impact both profits and customer satisfaction. Forwarders attempting to manage rates globally using manual, legacy, or bespoke solutions are stumbling in the face of volatile market conditions and the incredibly complex process of capturing, organizing, and presenting real-time rates to customers and sales teams. In the absence of automated rate management systems, non-digital forwarders are struggling to keep pace with the speed of rate changes in today’s market. Manual, static systems are unable to efficiently adjust prices for different commodities, trade lanes, or peaks. Similarly, forwarders relying on manual processes find it difficult to compare price points with worldwide freight rate benchmarks in order to gauge if their rates are competitive, hindering their ability to empower their sales teams with attractive rates to grow the business. At the same time, non-digital forwarders struggle with the pressure of administrative overhead as they maintain contracts and negotiated rates while jumping between carrier portals and cumbersome schedule portals. In order to automate the most labor-intensive aspects of their business—rate management, quoting, capacity allocation management, detention and demurrage—and control cost per file, forwarders are adopting a new class of digital solution called Global Price Management (GPM). GPM takes routing, price, capacity, and schedule information into account to provide customers and sales teams with comprehensive pricing and service recommendations, which delivers enhanced clarity, productivity, and value to the complicated process of managing multi-modal logistics costs and surcharges. By automating the rate management process, GPM helps forwarders reduce operational stress, elevate the customer experience, and maximize shipment margins. GPM technology enables freight forwarders to quickly compare freight rates, surcharges, and additional fees for the entire shipping process, based on preference, best value, and alternate routes. By selecting their preferred mode of transportation, shipping date, point of origin, destination, and routing options, forwarders can view a comprehensive list of current shipping options in one centralized location, a “single source of truth.” The automated solution provides greater control and transparency over the process and offers better visibility into margins. Digitizing the ‘quote and book’ workflow is the first, and most important, step in automating rate management. For forwarders that have not yet adopted a digital approach, their ‘quote and book’ process typically involves a form on the website in which a customer enters information about the potential transport, requests the price, and waits up to 48 hours to receive an email or a PDF with the price attached. This antiquated and inefficient process is akin to using Expedia to search for flight prices to Hawaii but not receiving your quote until the following week. GPM, in combination with a digital frontend solution, streamlines the ‘quote and book’ process, delivering fully automated price retrieval with the option to book. By leveraging GPM to automate and expedite the process, forwarders can better serve their customers, control cost per file, and optimize margins. In addition to automating rate management, GPM solutions enable forwarders to offer a range of value-added services that differentiate their organization from competitors—from capacity management, data-driven reporting, and SPOT rate handling to, for example, Verified Gross Mass (VGM) integrations and API connectivity. Sophisticated GPM solutions use booking patterns, cross-referenced with available space, to strategically manage carrier allocations during peaks and troughs. In addition, GPM solutions eliminate the headache of demurrage and detention (D&D) charges by managing D&D agreements and connecting shipment information to prevent unwanted costs. To increase operational efficiency, freight forwarders can use APIs to interface GPM data with critical systems that require fast, accurate, and complete shipping and pricing options, such as transportation management systems (TMS), customer relationship management (CRM), and customer-facing online booking platforms. From a regulatory compliance perspective, GPM solutions enable digital forwarders to repurpose and stream information to governments or ports efficiently and automatically. For example, VGM integrations ensure seamless compliance with SOLAS VGM requirements while preventing short shipment. Customers are increasingly demanding digital services from their partners, driving forwarders to embrace a digital ecosystem—TMS, CRM, GPM, digital freight execution—that can deliver the superior experience that customers expect, while keeping costs in check to maximize margins. And as the momentum for digital transformation across the industry grows, forwarders lagging on digitizing their operational workflow risk becoming the dinosaurs of their industry. GPM’s unified platform and real-time rate transparency enables informed decision-making, supports a competitive sales enablement strategy, and enhances business process management—critical success factors moving forward. Going digital can also help forwarders open new sales channels and serve specific customer segments in new ways. Operating in a global and rapidly changing environment, freight forwarders’ ability to take control of key operations (e.g., rate management, quoting, capacity management) to minimize cost per transport by automating labor-intensive processes is a key differentiator that will determine future growth. Going forward, innovative forwarders that combine a digital customer booking experience with automated price management will be able to capture market share and improve profitability for continued success. For more from Descartes, visit the Descartes website. Heavy-duty: FTR’s Shippers Conditions Index continued to improve Heavy-duty: Mack Trucks next generation LR Electric improves range, capacity Heavy-duty: Meritor announces collaboration with ConMet eMobility to enable zero-emission trailers Heavy-duty: What BYD brings to the EV fleet table, and the challenges it faces as a new OEM
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The widespread adoption of cloud ERP software presents organizations with a host of new challenges. They’ve had to let go of the on-premises ERP mindset in exchange for entrusting critical applications and data to a third party. They’ve had to learn new ways of doing things, and they’ve had to adapt to unprecedented complexity as they look to integrate hybrid environments. Underneath all of this lies a layer of ERP support that’s quickly changing shape as well. From sped-up deployments and update cycles to change management and increased access for external users, just about every aspect of ERP calls for a fresh approach — a truly modern ERP support strategy. The way Eric Kimberling, CEO and founder of ERP specialist Third Stage Consulting, sees it, ERP support has become less about technical support and more about enabling the business by ensuring that people and processes evolve. “It’s a cultural and mindset shift for IT support professionals,” Kimberling said. “Instead of supporting something you can see and touch and feel, it’s ‘How can we enable the stuff we can’t touch?'” This article is part of Download this entire guide for FREE now! That might mean making it simple and attractive for employees to engage in HR self-service tasks, such as changing life insurance beneficiaries. Or it might mean creating super-users by building competency in an area such as software configuration, thereby enabling business teams to take care of their own needs. And it’s not just internal users who need to be brought into a new experience. As ERP systems have been opened up to external users, the user experience of customers and partners has become an important element of ERP support strategy. This opening up of ERP data to new pools of users is having multiple impacts. For starters, as customers and partners access data themselves, employees who previously had considered themselves gatekeepers of that information are being deprived of what they considered a valuable middleman role. This increased access to ERP data also exposes deficiencies that previously would have gone unnoticed, which in turn puts a premium on having clean, accurate data. “No longer can you massage data, go to multiple sources and tidy it up to give them a report,” Kimberling said. “Now they have direct access and they can see if your data is broken.” That means more data cleansing, but it also means taking a hard look at people and processes that mess up data in the first place. And it’s not just data: Customers and partners are now directly affected by problems with the ERP system itself. In other words, the scope of ERP support has grown significantly. “That shift, from support being about making sure internal users are doing well to making sure everyone is doing well, is a big shift,” said Josh Greenbaum, principal at Enterprise Applications Consulting. Rick Gemereth, CIO of Lionel, a maker of model trains and die-cast NASCAR replicas based in Concord, N.C., describes the transition in ERP support strategy as a shift from gathering to hunting. Gatherers, Gemereth said, are focused on maintenance and keeping things going. Hunters, on the other hand, are more interested in extending capabilities, whether the organization as a whole, or a particular business team, partner or customer needs those capabilities. “A sound IT leader who wants to extend his or her career, and maintain that seat at the big table, has to maintain that vision,” he said. That means building an ERP support strategy into the ERP system before deployment even begins. It also means involving the executive team in the support discussion, and tying that discussion to everything from business drivers and risk appetite to the look of the finished implementation. Along those lines, Greenbaum said there are a couple of steps that IT leaders should take before they get deep into a cloud ERP deployment. First, he recommends they go into the effort with eyes wide open, because it won’t be like any ERP deployment they’ve done before. They’ll have to really understand the business processes they will be supporting, and be committed to engaging in change management and not just throw stuff over the wall. “Looking at the business change that needs to happen and the ERP support that needs to happen, IT has to have a greatly expanded view of its role,” Greenbaum said. That leads into his second recommendation: establishing better dialogue with the business in general. Let’s say a company wants to improve the customer experience by speeding up product delivery. Before it can deliver on that promise and enable it in the ERP system, it has to make sure the supply chain has been tuned to meet the new expectations. IT has to know the business requirements, and vice versa, Greenbaum said. “This is hard stuff,” he said. “This is breaking silos that have existed for many years.” Which is exactly why modern ERP support strategies are so critical: Breaking down silos is fundamental to achieving digital transformation. And that means IT has to have a more horizontal view of a company’s operations than ever. “ERP takes a whole lot of planning and orchestration. There are so many integration points, and you’ve got to have a broad view of the landscape,” Gemereth said. “You can’t be stuck in just one vertical tower.” Oracle plans to acquire Cerner in a deal valued at about $30B. 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Aptean Industrial Manufacturing ERP is a cloud-based software solution that gives users real-time visibility and control over manufacturing and business operations. Edited by Evan Doran Aptean says its Industrial Manufacturing ERP cloud offering provides the security and flexibility businesses need to navigate through the modern business environment of regulations, data requirements and uncertainty. The company especially recommends its software to manufacturers in job shops or dynamic “to-order” and mixed-mode environments. Aptean Industrial Manufacturing ERP is a scalable solution that provides protected data backups and which alleviates the additional costs of equipment and maintenance. Cloud features enable customers to achieve real-time visibility and control over manufacturing and business operations system-wide. Integrated enterprise resource planning and production scheduling capabilities mean Aptean’s software also delivers the actionable data and flexibility needed to maximize shop floor efficiency while reacting swiftly to customer demands. The software’s ERP features can help users plan, schedule, execute and track operations. “Today’s users expect to be able to access enterprise resource planning software from any location and any device, at any time,” says Marianne Chikos, group vice president at Aptean. “With these enhancements, we’ve created an ERP built especially for industrial manufacturers that delivers simpler access, more flexibility and integrations into various business solutions that will equip them to perform more efficiently during uncertain times.” You know how to machine metals, but what about plastic machining? More specifically, glass-fiber-reinforced plastic? This machine shop has it figured out. An MTConnect-enabled monitoring system gives this shop a clear and simple picture of machine tool usage. Applying “intelligent algorithms” to part geometry and linking to appropriate sources of other required information can make the job-quoting process faster, more accurate and more likely to be competitive.
Small business owners have a lot on their plate. Not only do they have to worry about the day-to-day operations of their business, but they also have to keep track of inventory and make sure that they are making a profit. Those tasks can be quite a challenge, especially if you don’t have the right tools. Luckily, inventory management apps take a huge responsibility from your plate. Imagine for a minute… you’re a company doing business, and inventory is automatically managed. You don’t have to physically track it. That’s great, right? However, which one should you get is the big question.
An inventory management app holds information about inventory, including accurate counts of many items. Having an up-to-date accurate number is a huge advantage to maintaining quality control and customer service with your business. Owners and customers both benefit. Most inventory management apps handle anything from a small stockroom with one location and 10 items to massive enterprises. They achieve these feats through standard and additional capabilities and integration. These can include built-in tools such as an inventory tracker app, low stock alerts, sales tracking, and point of sale (POS) integration. Also, inventory management applications can help you with item tracking, supply chain management, warehouse management, inventory data management, item kitting, expense management and more. The key is finding a simple inventory system for small business you can easily deploy and use.
Finding the Best Inventory Management Apps for Your Business
Rest assured, there’s an inventory management app that’s perfect for your business. There are factors for you to consider as you review the information. Factors include the number of users, inventory volume, equipment, app integration, app cost and type of inventory items to track. Also, consider the system where you want to use the app—whether it be on your smartphone or the web.
Your company needed an inventory tracking system yesterday. So you don’t have to wade through the massive list of inventory management apps, we’ve done the hard work for you and compiled a list of 20 of the best ones. Now you can check out all the apps in one place and decide which is the best fit for your company. These apps will help you keep track of your inventory, make better decisions about what to sell, and ultimately help your business grow!
1. Sortly App
The Sortly app is one of the best inventory management apps out there, and it allows you to keep track of your stock in multiple positions. It’s flexible, affordable and you can have it working in no time flat. Any changes or updates to your system can be made through the mobile app, allowing you to manage your stock anywhere. Available on: iOS, Android and desktop
Pricing: They have a free plan that includes 100 transaction entries/month. Their standard plans run from $49/month (includes 2,000 transaction entries/month) to $119/mo (unlimited limited transaction entries).
2. Zoho Inventory App
Zoho Inventory is an addition to the company’s CRM apps suite that allows you to manage your stock and warehouses. Zoho’s dashboard lets you get a bird’s eye view of purchases, total sales, low stock and items packed. A lot of its power comes from its ability to integrate with around 2,000 apps that are supported by Zapier. Besides being a strong inventory tracker, the app integrates with eCommerce platforms like eBay, Etsy, Amazon and Shopify. Available on: iOS, Android, Windows Phone and Web
Serial and batch tracking to monitor stock movements
Item list for adding SKUs, grouping items and item kitting
CRM, eCommerce and accounting integration
Pricing: Zoho has a free basic version with limited access to premium features and 4 different subscription rates ranging in cost from $25up to $239. These plans also have add ons you can purchase separately like additional users, orders and warehouses.
3. SAP Inventory Manager App
The SAP company has been around since the 70s, so it’s no wonder they have a pretty comprehensive mobile app to manage stock and optimize warehouse and stockroom operations. The SAP Inventory Manager is an extremely customizable app and it’s designed for businesses of all sizes and offers tools to manage inventory levels like barcode scanning, order tracking and management, supplier management and more. Available on: iOS, Android, Windows Phone
Delivrd is a cloud-based inventory collaboration platform. Its inventory management software is robust enough to handle and track stock item movements and order fulfillment for anyone from small eBay sellers to large eCommerce retailers. The app has a wide array of tools, and it integrates with a large number of global carriers and shipping providers to make order fulfillment accurate and easy. Available on: Web
Price: Delivrd offers a basic free inventory software plan a paid plan and a custom plan—their free plan is very limited, though, and only allows 10 products, 1 user and a few other basic tools. If you want to upgrade to a paid plan, their most popular one is priced at $49.99/month/user.
5. Inventory Now App
Perfect for retailers who need to see a snapshot of their stock or a certain number of items in a particular segment is Inventory Now. What this means is that you can monitor and track stock items as they make their way through their end-to-end lifecycle where they bought, received, stored, sold, shipped and delivered—all in real-time. Available on: iOS and desktop
Barcode scanner support (data can be imported into iOS devices, such as an iPhone)
Order Tracking of individual sales or purchase orders.
Check out and collect payments with Paypal Here or Square Point of Sale
Reconciliation exported to Dropbox
Create/view/export invoices and receipts
Sales and profit activity tracking
Price: You can try the Inventory Now app for free and that option allows you to manage up to 20 items without an account. Paid plans range from $7/month to $99/month. You get discounts with an annual plan.
6. SOS Inventory App
SOS Inventory has an intuitive interface and its software program integrates with QuickBooks Online, giving you much better management of inventory, orders and manufacturing than with QuickBooks by itself. The mobile app also integrates with several shipping vendors and major e-commerce shopping carts. . Available on: iOS and desktop
Pricing: SOS Inventory offers a 14-day trial and 3 paid plans that range from $49.95 to $149.95
7. Jumpstock App
Jumpstock manages your stock and avoids stockouts by letting you easily record, move and track your material. The platform is best for health systems and hospitals with 200 beds or more and supply chain leaders. The app also assists in the enforcement of pre-negotiated purchasing contracts to ensure optimal pricing from vendors. Available on: iOS, desktop and Android
Pricing: Requires a JumpStock license that is available from Jump Technologies. Pricing is specific to the features you need to use.
8. On Shelf App
Bars, lounges and small retailers with fast and furiously moving products like to use the On Shelf app because it allows them to quickly see what items are in stock and which ones need to be ordered. Besides that, you can use the app to easily see what items are flying off the shelf and ones that have been sitting there for a while collecting dust. You can also use On Shelf for creating, customizing and managing invoices and POs. Available on: iOS
Items and product categories displayed with a barcode reader
Customer-specific tracking, including buying history
Analysis and sales reports
Log a sale function updates inventory
Sync your data between multiple users and devices
Send and print reports
Pricing: In-app purchases start at $4.99/user or you can pay $49.99 to add multiple users.
9. Stock Control 2 App
Warehouse managers will like Stock Control 2, which allows them to stay on top of inventory items across multiple locations and multiple groups. This aspect of this inventory management system comes in handy when you’re managing stock for a couple of different businesses or if you keep track of personal inventory but want it separated from your business. Other inventory management tools allow the generation of item list catalogs that you can print or send by e-mail. Available on: iOS & Mac Key features
User-friendly search tools
Shortage alerts; low stock notification of items
Import or export data to a .csv file
Manage inventory for multiple businesses
Location sorting; item listing
Statistics and reports
Manage quantities in various storage locations
Pricing: There is a free version, but it limits you to 15 items; it’s $26.99 for the full version.
10. Veeqo App
Veeqo is a cloud-based platform that has built-in shipping that works with shipping platforms like FedEx, UPS and USPS to manage and ship your orders. The platform also has Amazon-like fulfillment capabilities to speed up dispatch operations. Veeqo also allows total real-time sales transparency across all of your sales channels in one location. Key features:
21+ direct integrations to sales channels and popular marketplaces
Multi-channel order management
Analytics, forecasting tools
Barcode labels, scanner, digital picking
Imports and manages bulk shipping orders
Parcel and inventory tracking, delivery confirmation
Available on: iOS, Android, desktop site Pricing: $160-$260
11. inFlow Inventory App
Product-based businesses will like how the inFlow Inventory app helps you manage inventory tracking, orders and shipping all in one place. For example, you can use your smartphone or the inFlow Smart Scanner to transfer, pick, receive and adjust your inventory. You can also use the app’s accounting integration to push all your financials directly to QuickBooks Online. Key Features:
Barcoding/RFID
3PL Management
Backorder management
Product management and optimization
Alerts/Notifications
Backorder Management
Cost Tracking
Cataloging/Categorization
Available on: iOS, Android, desktop (Windows & Linux) Pricing: They have a free 14-day trial version. They have 3 paid plans, and all of them include inventory, purchasing, and sales. Prices range from $89.00/month (2 users) to $499/month (10 users, unlimited inventory locations).
12. Cin7 Inventory and POS App
The Cin-7 Inventory and POS app connects all your accounting, order, and shipping workflows, making your business easier to run. The app also integrates with eCommerce platforms like Shopify, BigCommerce, Magento and WooCommerce. Detailed reporting on stock levels and sales allows you to easily keep track of items and update your online marketplace so that you never stock out or oversell. Available on: iOS, Android Key features:
Advanced multi-channels
Integrates with Quickbooks
Order management
B2B eCommerce
Built-in EDI
Reports and forecasting
Pricing: They have 3 flexible paid plans and a custom paid plan. Their small business plan for merchants selling products to consumers online is $299/month. The next level up is their business plan for $539/month and is for product sellers who are focused on wholesale sales or B2B.
13. Inventory Control with Barcode Scanner App
Good for startups and small businesses is the simple to use and highly customizable Inventory Control with Scanner by Starkode Limited. The app comes with barcode scanner tools that help you maintain a robust inventory management system. Inventory tracker apps let you can scan items for quick and accurate tracking to keep your stock organized and readily available. Available on: iOS Key features:
Supports multiple languages and currencies.
EAN and UPC barcode support
Price list and invoice reports
iCloud Support lets you sync data between other apps and devices
Organize important data through sort and group list feature
Customizes your item, merchant and storage categories
Pricing: Starkode offers a free trial and 2 paid plans: professional (Single User, $14.99/month) and Enterprise (3 users, $29.97/month). You save 10% with an annual plan.
14. Ordoro App
The Ordoro app lets you operate and optimize your inventory operations and fulfillment workflows like a large-scale enterprise at a fraction of the cost you’d pay with many other platforms. With it, you get multiple dropshipping methods, a multi-channel approach to sales and inventory management, bulk shipping label-making, product photos and more. Available on: iOS, Android, desktop Key features:
Barcode system for item-to-order verification
Alert for a low inventory item
Discounted shipping with USPS (up to 67%)
Shipping software includes barcode scanning
Sync with sales orders, product quantities; adjusts stock
Constructs kits using multiple bundles
Pricing: Ordoro has flex pricing where you get charged with the actual use of the platform vs a flat fee. Their Express plan starts at around $60, but you’ll want the Pro Plan that starts at $499/month if you want all the product management tools and other whistles and bells you need for serious eCommerce shipping.
15. myStock Inventory Manager App
myStock is full-blown inventory management software that is targeted at small to medium businesses as well as individual organizations. With it, you can manage stock transactions and do costing easily without a huge investment. The application allows a user to keep detailed records of stock on their mobile device as well as update stock movements of multiple inventory centers and locations in real-time. Available on: iOS, Android, desktop site Key features:
Built-in barcode reader
User-definable product categories
Analytics and reporting
Data import from .csv file for products
View product list sorted by code, name or category.
Backup and restore to Dropbox
Pricing: Plans start at $4.99 on Amazon and Slideme widgets.
16. Asset and Inventory Tracker App
The Asset and Inventory Tracker App is an excellent solution for business owners who need to keep track of their assets and stock items at multiple locations. Designed to be used with Ventpix Asset Software, the app also allows you to quickly create a database of items, manage and track your stock levels, add photos of your items, and assign quantities. Smartphone apps allow you to use your iPhone or Android to tap NFC tags or as barcode scanners. Available on: iOS, Android, desktop computer Key features:
Check-in and out assets or import assets and stock in a custom format
Generate and print barcodes in several formats including Codabar and Datamatrix
Supports 1-D and 2-D barcode formats, including QR codes.
Manage stock, including transfers, stock retakes and reduction
Manage deliveries and goods received or dispatched
Pricing: One-time charge of $299 for the server version and $199 for the Windows OS version.
17. Cashier Live App
Cashier Live App was designed with business retail owners or those operating independent pharmacies in mind. The app’s inventory management and smart point-of-sale features help you keep track of your stock levels, sales data and reports. Its expanded options with Cashier Live services include extensive reporting options; customer tracking. Available on: iOS or desktop site Key features:
Barcode ticket scanning and label management
Integrates with hardware devices like barcode scanners, receipt printers, cash drawers and more.
CRM
eCommerce and inventory management
Email marketing; loyalty program
Built-in credit card reader for processing payments.
Multi-location; multi-store
Pricing: Free 14-day trial version and paid plans start out at $75/month per store.
18. Partender: Bar Inventory Software App
Partender is an inventory management program for bar and restaurant owners. The app helps keep track of liquor, wine and beer stock levels, allowing you to ditch your clipboard system for a rapid inventory counting system. Counting and setup are made faster because employees can use Android and iPhone devices simultaneously to split up the work. Available on: iOS, Android Key features:
Generate a PO that’s sorted by distributor in Excel
Add a full bottle or counts stock items by sequences of smartphone taps
Stock item tracker can gauge use and analyze cost and profit
Consumption analytics gives you essential inventory information; identifies fast movers and slow-moving stock,
Reconcile with your Point-of-Sale (POS)
Pricing: $249 monthly but as low as $165 monthly with an annual subscription.
19. Odoo App
Odoo is an inventory management app that is part of a larger software system in the Odoo family. Its comprehensive set of unique double-entry features includes stock level tracking, barcode scanning, product and customer data, sales reports and analysis, as well as accounting and warehouse management. Deliver to customers in one step (delivery order) or several steps: picking, packing, shipping. Available on: iOS, Android Key features:
Barcode scanners, serial number tracking
Double Entry Inventory tracking system
Dropshipping and cross-docking
Point of sale stock item adjustments
Stock transfers
Multi-warehousing
Invoicing
Pricing: You can choose users at $24/month or pick the individual features you want from an app list for prices that range from $12-$72/month. For instance, you can get Point of Sale for $24/month and CRM for $24/month. Extra integrations work similarly.
QuickBooks is accounting software that offers an inventory management app as part of its QuickBooks Commerce solution. The eCommerce app is designed for small businesses and eCommerce retailers to help manage stock levels, product data, sales orders, invoicing, accounting and shipping from one centralized multi-channel platform. Available on: Desktop, cloud-based Key Features:
Track and fulfill orders for your sales channels
List your product details to multiple channels simultaneously
Manage inventory with multiple users across warehouse locations
Create a custom online B2B store for wholesale transactions
Track income and expenses and maximize tax deductions
Automatically calculate sales tax on your invoices
Pricing: QuickBooks Commerce $50/month and QuickBooks Online Essentials $50/month. Users must pair the app with a Quick Books online subscription.
Inventory Management App Free Versions
Most inventory tracker apps, including some of the ones on this list, have a free version. However, the tools you get with the free version are limited, and they are going to vary by company. If you have 1-3 users that will be doing light warehouse activities, most free versions will work for your company. One plus is if you want to upgrade, you can stay with operating systems that you’ve already learned.
What is the best free inventory app?
It’s hard to beat the free plans that Sortly and the Zoho Inventory App offer. Sortly has a plan that is forever free for a single user, and it includes 100 transactions a month. Zoho’s free plan is similar but you get 2 users, composite items and Shopify integration. These free plans are best for small businesses that do basic warehousing and fulfillment services.
What is the best inventory management app for Android?
Which app is best for your operation depends on which facet of tracking your goods is most important to your company. For example, if you want to integrate with eCommerce sites, look to Zoho, Cin7 Inventory and POS and Veeqo for your inventory management system. Each can handle barcode scanners. If you do the bulk of your shipping with USPS, Ordoro makes sense with its discounted USPS shipping. Jumpstock, with its inventory management module, is a favorite with newbies. If an item doesn’t have a barcode, it can be entered by item number. As a software solution, users report it is easy to learn. You can include product information too.
What is the best inventory management app?
If it’s important for you to be able to integrate your inventory management software with eCommerce sites, you have a number of choices: Zoho, Veeqo, and Cin7 Inventory and POS all have that capability. If you need to manage product categories and amounts as items are shipped, you need a specific type of inventory control app. SAP Inventory Manager, Inventory Now, On Shelf, InFlow, and Odoo are reliable picks for this requirement. If you’re selling direct to a customer, using a Point of Sale system, Cashier Live is a top pick. You can use iOS or the web. You can enter your items in a variety of ways. If you don’t have barcodes on your products, you can invent a unique code for each product, and enter that; then the item is removed from inventory when sold. Cashier Live also has a customer tracking feature. The customer tracking feature allows you to store a customer’s purchase history. You can use that data to suggest other possible interests or purchases. Syncing stock levels with sales can be an important feature for a business. No sales rep who has just landed a big order wants to find out that the item or items are no longer in stock. That’s a sure way to lose customers. A firm with multiple sales reps will find stock tracker apps that immediately subtract stock in response to sales orders invaluable. Apps that sync sales orders with stock include Zoho, InFlow Inventory, Ordoro and others. Each sales rep enters orders on iOS or Android devices, using a mobile app. What’s the best overall, though? Our choices for the best overall inventory management apps are Zoho and Sortly. They both feature full-featured inventory control systems that are fully scalable at rock-bottom prices. For instance, Zoho is good for small businesses, but if growth takes off, you can integrate it with the Zoho ERP system and other Zoho apps to allow the system to handle large-scale inventory management, accounting and sales. On the other hand, with all the tools you get for around $120 per month for Sortly, it’s a pretty great deal, as well. If you need full-scale supply chain management to go with your products and asset managment, SAP Inventory Manager App with SAP Enterprise will be powerful enough to do the job.
What is the easiest way to track inventory?
There is no one-size-fits-all answer to this question, as the best way to track your goods and assets will vary from B2B. However, some tips on how to best track inventory include using a barcode scanner with an inventory to quickly and easily input stock levels, or utilizing an app that syncs with sales orders in order to keep track of inventory levels in real-time. Whichever method you choose, be sure to test it out and ensure that it is the best fit for your business before fully implementing it. How do you get started? Make a list of the tools you need, and choose the best mobile app for your specific business needs. Image: Depositphotos
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