Cutting Physical Inventory Counts from 5 Days to 1.5 Days
Case Study: Royal Wines
Royal Wines is a wine wholesaler and distributor based in Bayonne, NJ. With multiple warehouse locations and a 250,000 sq ft facility, maintaining accurate inventory data was challenging. They needed to perform physical counts on items stored in multiple units of measure and different vintages. Their previous manual counting process took 4–5 days, followed by one full week of reconciliation. Looking for a faster, more reliable solution, they contacted their ERP reseller, MIBAR.net, who recommended ACCU-DART.
Why Royal Wines Chose ACCU-DART
ACCU-DART is a real-time radio-frequency barcode solution that integrates directly with the ERP system. Using RF scanners, ACCU-DART validates and updates inventory transactions instantly, ensuring that all users always have up-to-date information.
“We chose to work with ACCU-DART because their WMS solution natively supports integration with AccountMate ERP application including multi-vintage and multi-unit of measure tracking per item,” says Jory Weissman of MIBAR.net.
ACCU-DART supports multiple barcodes for a single item—for example, one barcode for a single bottle and another barcode for a case of 12.
Customizing ACCU-DART for a Complex Warehouse
To meet their unique requirements, ACCU-DART provided several customizations.
Jory Weissman shared:
“Having a vendor like ACCU-DART that can react quickly to customer requirements and enhance the functionality of their solution as required makes addressing special function requirements and user interface enhancements and workflows possible.”
Together with MIBAR.net, ACCU-DART delivered an on-time, on-budget implementation. As Weissman noted, “Most important to us when recommending a third-party to our clients is knowing with confidence that they can be relied upon for on-time performance and quality work.”
The ACCU-DART team also responded quickly to resolve any issues:
“Working with the ACCU-DART team for many years – it is like having an extension of our company at the ready to help us.”
The Result
With ACCU-DART in place, Royal Wines now verifies and validates inventory using multi-unit barcodes in real time—dramatically reducing labor and improving accuracy.
They achieved:
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Physical inventory count time reduced from 4–5 days to just 1.5 days
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Reconciliation reduced from 1 week to only 2–3 days
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Thousands of dollars saved in labor costs
“With multi-unit barcode scanning and real-time verification processes now in place, the count teams are doing less thinking and more scanning,” says Weissman.
Warehouse staff can now be deployed into specific warehouse zones, making it easier to control, monitor, and speed up the counting process.