AUTOMATED INVENTORY TRACKING UNCOVERS HIDDEN INVENTORY

The Problem
The jet engine division of a major manufacturer was faced with the problem of accurately tracking a variety of items including fixed assets, parts, tools, and equipment inventories in widely scattered and sometimes remote locations throughout the United States. Many millions of dollars worth of inventory was at risk through loss and/or damage.

Old batch mainframe systems designed to track and account for fixed assets, equipment, component parts, and "perishable inventory were generally inaccurate. Over time, these systems had become too difficult and cumbersome to change and were no longer capable of handling their tracking requirements. The cost to maintain the applications and the maintenance of communication lines to remote locations was becoming prohibitive.

The Motek® Solution
Priya™, Motek's Warehouse Management System designed for Microsoft Windows®, was deployed to fully automate all of the division's different inventories. Handheld computers equipped with bar code scanners provided fast and accurate information capture at each facility. Each fixed asset, tool and inventory component was identified with a unique bar code. Calibration times and maintenance requirements were automatically tracked by the system. The system was designed to interact, and share information with Existing mainframe systems. Changes that would have taken months to make on their mainframe systems were made and implemented in a matter of weeks. By uncovering this "hidden" inventory, the system paid for itself it's first year.

About Motek®
Motek provides an advanced, Windows-based, user-configurable warehouse management system that helps mid-to-large sized companies in the retail, wholesale, and third-party distribution markets save money and improve customer satisfaction by streamlining their warehouse operations. Since 1991, Motek's Priya warehouse software and technology has been leading the market in innovation, implementation time and ease-of-use. Privately owned, Motek has garnered numerous industry awards for innovation, entrepreneurship, and technical excellence, and consistently ranks as one of Southern California's fastest growing companies. Information on Motek is available at www.motek.com