Fast and accurate inventory counting with mobile PDAs at Beck & Jørgensen

To ensure efficient and accurate inventory counting, Beck & Jørgensen has introduced an inventory solution with mobile PDAs from Delfi Technologies. An automated solution that runs online and is fully integrated with the company’s SAP system, enabling instant updates of the collected data across the company’s 18 locations.

Any business with inventory is familiar with it; counting inventory is an essential task. Many companies typically perform this task in conjunction with closing the books to gain clarity on the current value of inventory. Other companies perform a continuous count to maintain a constantly updated inventory and ensure optimal customer service with up-to-date stock figures across different locations.

In any case, it’s a time-consuming task if it’s done with manual entries on paper and lists. Here, employees have to walk around and record each item and quantity by writing down the information. This traditional method can be time-consuming, inefficient and prone to error.

from pen and paper to automated inventory counting

Beck & Jørgensen, a supplier to the painting trade since 1892, has gone from manual inventory counting with pen and paper to implementing an automated scanner solution. This need arose when the company was looking for a digital inventory solution to streamline the time-consuming process of counting inventory in their 18 customer centers. With a range of over 100 different product types, including paint and wood protection, the company now performs a complete inventory three times a year. This task has been digitized using mobile PDAs (model: Delfi PM85) from Delfi Technologies. ‘- The scanner solution runs online, directly on our SAP system and allows us to make a faster count with real-time updates, explains Henrik Bonde, IT Manager at Beck & Jørgensen, who has been part of the process of developing the new status solution for SAP. A clear advantage of the scanner solution is that the process is now significantly faster and the registrations are more accurate compared to the previous manual handling with pen and paper, explains Henrik Bonde: – The process is now more efficient and accuracy has improved. Previously, we only counted what was on the printed lists, but today we scan everything and get a complete overview of the exact inventory.