Buying Tracking Software: What If I Have Multiple Warehouses?

There is an entire industry of software companies all devoted to inventory management of warehouse products. It can be hard knowing which one to choose. 
One question that organizational leaders must ask themselves as they research inventory management software is...

What if my company has 
multiple warehouse? 

Answer-- it shouldn't matter, so long as you have the right software company
Here's why: 

Some software packages do not support multiple warehouse locations while others charge additional fees for each location. 

Your software shouldn't be localized, 

it should be globalized!

First, let's take the fact that some software packages don't support more than one location. Any good business leader has the logical hope of the business expanding. So even if your company only has one warehouse right now, if more are added later, the package will need to be replaced. 

Secondly, many software companies charge additional fees for each location of your business. This could get too expensive in a hurry, and it's not justified. When a multiple location charge is pure profit for the software company for no extra service provided because if it's quality software, the ability to span across multiple locations is the very essence of inventory and tracking software and has already been intuitively designed to stretch over vast locations. 

By charging extra fees for more locations, the software company unwittingly label themselves as untrustworthy. 

In a software company that will be storing and protecting all of your data in their cloud, 

trustworthiness should be a nonnegotiable!  

Therefore, if you currently have or could have multiple warehouses and/or off-site locations, it is absolutely crucial that you do not invest in a company that offers this.

The inventory software company you want is trustworthy, and it should be making your company's growth and expansion more feasible.  

Flowtrac provides Multi-Location (warehouse) out of the box! Virtual locations could be created to support options like Truck-A, Truck-B, Building-A, Building-B, Damaged, Inspection, or Salvage. Your inventory could still be controlled, but separated from valuable stocking items by transferring those Product’s quantities in to a Virtual Warehouse.

Having multiple warehouses across many locations is a good thing. Choose a software company that celebrates that!

Contact us for more information.