VISUAL ERP: Powerful Production & Cost Tracking, But What About Inventory?

VISUAL ERP is powerful at managing production and cost tracking—but when it comes to inventory, it needs help to truly shine. Here’s what it handles effectively:

• Records Basic Inventory Transactions: VISUAL can manage receipts, issues, and transfers—especially when tied to work orders.
• Supports Lot and Serial Tracking: VISUAL’s Lot Serial Trace (LST) module lets you track up to 10 specific attributes per material—helpful for FIFO costing and compliance.
• Handles Multiple Units of Measure (UOM): In VISUAL, you can define separate UOMs for purchasing, stocking, and selling units. As a result, you can accommodate supplier, internal handling, and customer preferences to ultimately improve communication and reduce errors during order fulfillment.

What VISUAL Can’t Do—Alone:

Without real-time data capture tools, VISUAL falls short in a few key areas:

• Poor inventory visibility during Production Processes: VISUAL does not natively track material quantity over-issued or under-issued to a Work Order (WO), actual quantity produced from WOs, or Work-In-Process (WIP) goods in-between operations—unless paired with a barcoding system such as RF Plus™.
• Relies on Manual Data Entry at a Workstation: Inventory transactions are often recorded on a desktop computer by a VISUAL user and may not be updated in a timely matter on the floor. This leads to inaccuracies, delays and inefficient data entry.
• Underutilizes Warehouse Locations: Many users operate with generic zones like “Main” or “Finished Goods,” making it hard to locate specific parts quickly. When the areas of your warehouse are properly labeled and defined, RF Plus™ can facilitate inventory accuracy above 95% and teams can utilize special features such as FIFO Directed Picking on both Work Order & Customer Order Picking.

How RF Plus™ Bridges the Gaps:

RF Plus™ for VISUAL ERP brings barcoding and mobile data validation & capture into the picture, giving your team real-time control and accuracy across all warehouse functions:

• Scan Transfers, Receipts, Issues, and Counts—Live into VISUAL
• On-Demand Label Printing at the point of transaction
• Capture Lot/Serial Numbers upon receiving raw materials or producing finished goods
• Facilitate FIFO Picking and traceability with Directed scanning workflows
• Reduce errors and eliminate paper trails entirely

“With barcoding and RF Plus, VISUAL becomes a live reflection of what’s actually happening on your warehouse floor.”

— Portable Intelligence, Barcoding Success for VISUAL ERP