Note: This article was originally published in April, 2015. You can find the most recent information about barcodes here.
We are very excited we released barcode scanning. By using barcode scanners you’ll prevent human errors while handing out or taking back your products.
To help you get started we wrote a quick walthrough on how to use barcodes with Booqable.
Adding barcodes to products
You can add barcodes to a product or stock items by clicking “Add barcode” in the product inventory screen.
Product barcode: The product barcode identifies a product. It’s used to start/stop products in bulk or plan products in advance of which you don’t know the stock items you’ll be handing out.
Stock item barcode: The stock item barcode is used to identify a stock item. You can use this barcode to plan stock items in advance and if you setup a product to be trackable you need to scan this barcode while starting/stopping products on an order.
Generating or adding existing barcode
Select the type of barcode you want to add and scan an existing barcode to attach it to a product or stock item. When you haven’t labeled your products with barcodes yet you can leave the field blank to let Booqable create a barcode for you.
Currently we support the following barcode types:
- ean8
- ean13
Let us know at [email protected] if your type of barcode is not supported and we’ll add it as soon as possible.
Planning products by barcode
Click on the barcode icon next to the search bar to start scanning.
You can scan multiple products or stock items. Hit confirm when you’re ready to add them to the order.
Starting and stopping products with barcodes
Hit “Start order” or “Stop order” and click on the barcode icon at the bottom left of the pop-up. The items which are scanned will light up. Once you are ready hit “Start selected items” to start them.
