Imagine a bank that doesn't count its cash every day. Sounds crazy? Yet, many marble businesses sit on crores of inventory without a precise system to track it.
"Estimation" is not a business strategy. It's a liability.
The "Unique ID" Concept
The golden rule of modern inventory tracking is simple: Every slab needs an identity.
Treating 50 slabs of "Satvario" as a bulk quantity is a mistake.
Each slab has unique dimensions, veins, and potential cracks. In a modern system, every slab (or bundle) gets a Unique ID.
Methods of Tracking
1. Marker & Register (The Old Way)
Writing numbers on slabs with markers is fast, but prone to errors. Numbers fade, get cut off, or are simply misread.
2. Barcodes & QR Codes (The Pro Way)
This is where the industry is heading. You stick a weather-resistant label with a QR code on the fiber-net or edge of the slab.
- Speed: Scanning a code takes 0.5 seconds. Writing a number takes 5 seconds.
- Accuracy: A scanner never misreads a number.
- Rich Data: One scan can tell you the slab's dimensions, origin, cost price, and date of entry.
The Ideal Workflow
- Receipt: Block enters factory. Data entered in software.
- Processing: Block is cut. Labels are generated instantly for each slab.
- Labeling: Staff affixes QR labels to slabs.
- Sales: Customer likes a slab. Salesperson scans it to check price/availability.
- Dispatch: Gate pass is generated only by scanning the specific slabs leaving the yard.
"If you can't scan it, you can't sell it."
By implementing this flow, you eliminate "mystery stock"—slabs that physically exist but aren't in the books, or vice versa.