Our Home Care/DME business is looking for a better way to manage their inventory. They currently have a main warehouse, which is just a par location in Lawson, and a number of showrooms and trucks that deliver equipment and supplies to customers/patients. They use TIMS for equipment rentals. The problem is they don't readily know how much of a particular item they have at each site unless they call the person working at the showroom or driving the truck and ask them to do a count. Also, transferring items from the main warehouse is a manual process. We here at the medical centers utilize the par replenishment and cycle count part of MSCM but not RAD. I would like to set up each location (main storeroom, showrooms, trucks) as inventory locations and the staff can transfer supplies/equipment between them. They want to be able to scan items as they go out of the showroom or truck thereby reducing manual entry as much as possible.
I would like to know if anyone is using RAD for Home Care/DME. Also can you use the handhelds to receive intransit transfers from one inventory location to another? When you use the handheld to issue stock, say from a truck, can you scan the UPC code on the packaging or do you have to scan a Lawson barcode (item number)?