Generally speaking, switching to a new system to manage inventory in your warehouse can be exciting, especially giving the new technologies and solutions you have at your disposal nowadays. Nevertheless, it is recommended that you select a tool that enables you to work well with a new supply chain strategy, one that is easy to learn and manage, so your operations carry on efficiently.

Component 2014 is an application specially designed to help you with warehouse inventory management and includes several components that can help you decrease loss, save money and have as little interruptions as possible to your operations.

After a quick setup, you come face to face with a clean and well-structured interface that is comprised of several quick buttons and a toolbar that allows you to access more features and tools. It is worth mentioning that opening a function usually brings forth a dialog box where you can input and export the data. It would be useful if the app included a summary section or if it were structured as a dashboard.

You will be happy to learn that you can organize all hardware pieces in your database using several parameters, such as ID, package or manufacturer for instances. Therefore, searching for a certain component is considerably simplified.

The main role of the program is to provide you with a flexible environment where you can keep track of all hardware pieces you are ordering or selling via your warehouse. On a side note, if you already have a Microsoft Access database where you stored the data, the transition to the new tool is a walk in the park.

In addition to hardware management, the utility includes a few extra features that can be useful or accounting. To be more precise, you can manage and issue incoming and outgoing invoices, stock sheets, shopping lists, purchasing orders and bill of materials, just to name a few.

Moreover, the tool enables you to get analytic reports over the stock turnover, consumption of products, used components and the dynamics of prices. All of the reports along can be saved separately to a CSV file format that you can open with other third party applications.

If you have decided to switch to a new inventory system for your warehouse, but would like to make sure the transition has a minimal impact on your operations, then perhaps Component 2014 might be the tool to try out.