Case Study
Wireless Network Tracks Finished Goods Inventory at Guide
Wireless Network Tracks Finished Goods Inventory at Guide Guide Corporation, a full service provider of high quality automotive lighting solutions, serving automobile manufacturers worldwide, faced the age-old story of the integrity of their finished goods inventory at their Anderson, Indiana facility. Guide’s ERP system provided the inventory data used to determine shipping availability and manufacturing requirements. Yet on a daily basis, supervisors, stock chasers, and shipping people could be found hand counting inventory to make sure they had the "right" numbers. In addition, Guide was making way too many inventory adjustments. The substantial dollar variance attributed to these adjustments finally brought the problem to a head. Guide uses standard shipping labels p