Goods Order Inventory Management Software - A Case Study

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1 Goods Order Inventory System_Pro CASE : CANADA ICE & FARM Co Introduction Ice Canadian Breweries, headquartered in Canada and is owned by Canada Ice & Farm Co. ICB owns and operates five U.S. breweries and six retail locations in New York, Vermont, California, Oregon and Washington. It makes and sells the historic line of Genesee beers, Dundee Ales & Lagers, the Original Honey Brown Lager and Seagram s Escapes. It also regularly features seasonal beers in its rotating series of Variety Packs. Along with its own brands, Ice Canadian Breweries contract brews dozens of beers and malt beverages for other companies.

2 Challenges of Ice Canadian Breweries (ICB) Ice Canadian Breweries (ICB) manufactures fine range of beers and malt beverages, which are renowned across the U.S. With various manufacturing units, warehouses, stockyard and retail outlets, ICB was facing trouble while maintaining inventory records, creating sales and purchase orders and tracking sales, profit/loss based upon transactions. Inventory management was one of the biggest challenges faced by this brewery company. Inventory management is one of the most important business practices, which no business can ever afford to overlook. However, with an out-dated inventory management system, Ice Canadian Breweries (ICB) was lacking behind. With the vast business reach and growing business transactions everyday, managing complex inventories became a very hectic task for this business organization. Another challenge faced by the business organization was in generating and scanning barcodes for the manufactured beers and beverages. Let s have an in-depth look on the challenges faced by the brewery company- 1. The need barcode generation and scanning feature Ice Canadian Breweries (ICB) were using an out-dated inventory management software, which didn t supported barcode generation or scanning process. They were using one another software for the barcode scanning process. However, since both of them were not synchronized, they stored data at different places. Following which, one had to enter data manually in the inventory management software. This was time taking and had huge possibilities of manual error. 2. Stock transfer from one facility to another The out-dated inventory management software which the company was using, stored data on local drives only. It had no sync with the inventory data stored in another computer system, working at different location. Hence, transferring stock and from one location to another brought several issues for the management staffs as well. They had to manually delete inventory records from one system and enter it again on another system, where the stock was to be transferred. This was time taking and always needed one person for inventory updating process. 3. Exporting inventory data into.csv files ICB was unable to export the inventory records in.csv file format and store on local drives. Also, sending current inventory records or even carrying them in a portable hard disk was not possible. 4. Importing inventory data from.csv files The inventory software used by Ice Canadian Breweries (ICB) didn t had the option to import inventory records saved in.csv file format. One had to manually enter all inventory data into the software, which required great efforts and quality time as well. The chances of manual error were high as well.

3 5. Simplifying the process of creating sales and purchase orders Creating sales and purchase orders was another name for trouble in the company. Since tracking inventory records and real-time stock reports was a tough task, they found it difficult to create fresh sales and purchase orders. They needed to exit from the inventory software and prepare a list of products to be purchased or sold, at another place. This was confusing and time taking as well. 6. Add multiple users for inventory recording, management and tracking processes Ice Canadian Breweries (ICB) is a very big and wide spread business firm, which a pool of business managers looking after the inventories, their sales and other transaction details. Hence, it needed more than one person to have access to the inventory management system. And their existing software didn t support multiple users together. 7. Business report generation Ice Canadian Breweries (ICB) were looking efficient tools within their inventory management software, which can generate detailed business reports based upon all purchase & sales transactions, real-time stock status and profit/loss. 8. Inventory management on-the-go In the current era of technology excellence, smartphones and tablets have become more than a necessity in our day-to-day life. Following which, Ice Canadian Breweries (ICB) were looking for an advanced inventory management system, which is also available as an application on smartphones and tablets. In this way, the authorized managers could easily add, view, edit and manage inventory records on-the-go. Communication and Consultation Offered After facing lots of issues and problems in handling day-to-day inventory recording, management and tracking processes. One of the employees of MetaOption LLC ( Goods Order Inventory system) department as a cold caller called the Ice Canadian Breweries (ICB),unaware of the fact employee just presented the product features on the call and then at that time Ice Canadian Breweries Inventory Product Manager addresses his challenges that he was facing. MetaOption LLC, a Microsoft Gold Certified Company, based in NJ, USA, offered its innovative inventory management application, i.e; Goods Order Inventory System Pro for automating the inventory management process for Ice Canadian Breweries (ICB). Solution After Analysis by Goods Order Inventory System Pro department Goods Order Inventory System Pro or GOIS Pro is an innovative inventory management application, which can be accessed on multiple hardware and software platforms, including PCS, laptops, smartphones as well. This inventory management software has been designed to handle all complex inventory management needs for small, medium and large business houses, coming from any business vertical.

4 GOIS Pro automates and simplifies all complex inventory management tasks for the professionals, which help to focus on enhancing business productivity. It empowers them to save time and resources, spent for adding, editing, tracking and managing inventory records for a business house. Access GOIS Pro On-the-go This inventory management application streamlines business processes and enables access just like a web application on platforms like Windows, Macintosh, Linux and internet enabled handheld mobile devices, including Android smartphone, tablets and Apple iphone/ipad. You can download the Free GOIS Pro App from Google Play Store or Apple itunes Store and enjoy the latest updates of your inventory data which you can not only view but also edit and share on-the-go. Barcode Scanning Goods Order Inventory System Pro has got the barcode scanning feature, using which, you can easily maintain the unique identity of any product/item in-stock by assigning a unique barcode in its #SKU field. Also, the bar code scanning process can be done directly from the smartphone s or tablet s camera. No need to purchase additional barcode scanning devices. Create Sales & Purchase Orders GOIS Pro allows the users to create, manage and track their businesses purchase and sales orders directly from within the application. This feature helps the users to save their crucial time spent on handling the purchase and sales orders. Multiple Users GOIS Pro features multiple user functionality, which can be customized by assigning different administration privileges. The main admin can add up to 25 users together on a single dashboard with assigning different levels of accessibility and modification rights, as per their associated roles and the need. Stock Transfer & Business Reports Now, with just a click, the user can track and transfer stock, easily manage purchase and sales orders, vendors and customers! GOIS Pro automates stock data adjustment and updates for the businesses. Stock adjustment and transfers can also be done through mobile devices. You also have access to important business, sales and financial reports with the report generation feature added in this application. Also, one can easily import/export inventory data in.csv file format without any hassle.

5 Conclusion Problem solving is a vital activity for every organisation. So in this way GOIS product helped the organisation with their inventory operation to avoid disputes in the first place by providing just one interface of the application. Need more info on GOIS Pro? Contact Us Now..!! MetaOption LLC 574 Newark Avenue, Suite 210 Jersey City, NJ Phone: +1 (201) support@goodsorderinventory.com Visit