Have you considered to make warehouses more efficient? Warehouse inventory management is the process by which inventory is received, tracked, organized, sent out, analyzed, and forecasted throughout a warehouse. As a company’s business grows and subsequently their inventory grows, the complexity of managing an ever-changing inventory of goods increases. In the online age where requests, fulfillments, inbound shipments, and outbound shipments now happen faster than ever, GPS tracking platform has the ability to address the pressing need for greater control and visibility on warehouse inventory activity.

A benefit of GPS tracking platform is the sheer diversity of sensors available and the resulting variety of data points which can be measured. Using different devices equipped with sensors designed to collect and calculate different physical metrics, previously information that couldn’t be captured through inventory can now be observed.

For example, to track inventory–all incoming inventory can be marked with indoor positioning trackers, either by pallet, box, or unit. They can pass through a checkpoint at the receiving area to record in inventory software that the given tracker is associated to the piece of inventory. This indicates that the shipment has been received. Inventory can then be stored on the warehouse floor or racks by normal practice. The trackers, communicating to gateways with connectivity to the internet, can relay their position in the warehouse to an ingestion server and software platform that can show the location of that piece of inventory on the floor plan. This can allow pickers or other warehouse workers to easily see where a specific piece of inventory is located for faster retrieval. When inventory is picked and shipped out, the tracker is removed and disassociated from the inventory in software to indicate that the shipment has left the warehouse.

Lastly, for inventory that is sensitive to heat or moisture, sensors that measure temperature and humidity can be placed on racks or in storage units that the inventory is held. This allows operators to ensure that the storage conditions are suitable and set alerts if certain thresholds for temperature or humidity are exceeded. Similarly, pressure sensors on storage racks can be installed to monitor weight distributions and send notifications if any imbalances are detected or weight thresholds are exceeded. This reduces the chances for workplace injuries and damage of inventory.