thread Feature Request: Inventory Transfer Orders using a Barcode Scanner in Your Square Account Information

Feature Request: Inventory Transfer Orders using a Barcode Scanner

JTPets — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 04:56:05 GMT

The title of this thread has been edited from the original: Inventory Transfer Orders.

Hello Square Team,

Square Champion John from JT Pets here! I just wanted to share some thoughts on the recent updates to the inventory transfer orders function. While I appreciate the improvements, there’s one critical feature that would really streamline the process: Barcode Scanning!

When I’m transferring products from one location to another, all I want to do is scan an item, place it in the transfer bin, and move on. If I have a dozen of an item, I’d rather scan it 12 times than manually type in numbers—which leads to errors far too easily. Just today, I nearly transferred 10 units of something three separate times when I only meant to transfer one (that pesky zero just didn’t clear).

Adding support for a USB scanner, whether in the Dashboard or the POS, would eliminate these errors, speed up the workflow, and make transfers far more efficient.

Thanks for considering this improvement; it’d be a game-changer for inventory management!

@isabelle @maxpete @alexschiff You probably know who best to tag in this!

Re: Inventory Transfer Orders

JTPets — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 21:31:26 GMT

Additional Call out - Now that inventory has a "transfer" period where it is in transit - I need that information visible when looking at inventory. I went to order things I have in transit assuming the 2 in transit did not exist when looking at my inventory at locations of 2 & 0 - instead of 2 & 2 or 4(-2) & 0(+2)

How am I to know what is in transit when looking at inventory information without pulling up stock history?

Re: Inventory Transfer Orders

tonymilne — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 21:04:52 GMT

Hey @JTPets -- thanks so much for your feedback! Increasing the quantity of stock in a Transfer Order through Barcode Scanning is not currently supported, but we're always looking at new ways to continue improving the Transfer process. Will keep you updated as we learn more.

Re: Inventory Transfer Orders

JTPets — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 21:08:08 GMT

@tonymilne scanning with a barcode should be the primary way of adding stock to ALL processes. This is how to ensure accuracy. Manually searching for products is inefficient and leads to inaccuracy.

Thank you!