It's time to continue this long outstanding topic
.Here are our conclusions on how to improve the inventory control in Chemical Industry:
1st - Relayout the physical storage area
-- so that "Each Item" can be stored neatly and accessible.
-- Warehouse Control operator can put and pick the right item without being blocked by other items.
-- If operators need to move away other items first before reaching the right item, most likely they will pick others without following the FIFO control rule.
2nd - To track EACH inventory item in details via unique serialize no. or batch no.
-- During goods receiving (IN), print a barcode label with uniqued serialized no. / batch no. assigned, and paste this barcode label to the received item.
-- During good issuing (OUT), remember to scan and record the uniqued serial no./ batch no.
-- In this way, all goods movement are being tracked easily.
3rd - To install an "easy-to-use" Warehouse Inventory Control Software to facilitate the goods movement control.
-- We did try many manual systems to achieve the above controls, but all are failed due to tedious recording and tracking, human errors etc.
-- Complex system does not work here because most of input data are done by warehouse operators who don't like complicated stuffs.
-- A simple warehouse control system, yet powerful enough that
a) can track item serial no./batch no.,
b) embedded with FIFO/LIFO logics during picking,
c) with location bin control,
d) can inter-convertable multiple unit-of-measurement (UOM) for same item but in different packing,
e) and most important, system can provide suggestion to the warehouse operator
-- where to store the item during goods receiving, and
-- where to pick the right item during goods issuing/picking.
Finally, the Chronos e-StockCard Inventory Control Software achieves all...... 
