Inventory Tracking Problems that BellHawk Solves

BellHawk can be used to solve a number of inventory tracking problems, which cannot be solved using item locator methods, such as are used by  conventional inventory tracking, warehouse management, and ERP systems.

These include:

1. Tracking containers of material, with a common part number but different parameters, such as:
   • Different lot and serial numbers, and expiration dates - typically occurs in FDA regulated supply chains such as for food, pharmaceuticals, medical supplies, and cosmetics.
   • Individual rolls, reels, rolls, sheets, tubes, and lengths of bar stock, each with their own dimensions - typically occurs in make-to-order (MTO) "roll" converting operations, such as coating, printing and textiles.
   • Different parts purchased for different projects and/or owned by different customers - typically occurs in Engineer-to-Order (ETO) projects as well as MTO projects.
   • Hardness, pressure rating, pH, sweetness, and many other application specific parameters.
2. Capturing materials tracking and traceability data, as to which specific raw materials, by container, went to which containers of which products and who they were sipped to - required of many participants in FDA regulated supply chains. This includes generating EPCIS files for sending materials traceability data to supply chain trading partners.
3. Tracking and scheduling containers of work-in-process materials, as they flow from work-center to work center - primarily used by MTO manufacturers to help ensure that customer orders get shipped on time.
4. Tracking the Quality Control (QC) status of containers of material - to help ensure that materials are not used or shipped before they have passed inspection and that failed materials are appropriately quarantined.
5. Tracking the picking, packing and shipping of mixed materials pallets and other shipping containers - used to help make sure that the right items are shipped to each customer and are loaded onto the right truck; also used to send advanced shipment notices (ASN) data and generate bills of lading.

Please click on BellHawk Software Applications Overview to download a data sheet, in PDF format, giving more details about these solutions.

Then, please click here to learn more about "How BellHawk tracks Inventory, Assets, Containers, and other Materials".