Performed on an infrequent basis, physical inventories require a lot of time and manpower. Often there are advance preparations such as reports and labels to print. The actual counting requires dedicating personnel for long periods of time in each location. In some instances stores are closed or over-time employee expenses are incurred to conduct counts after hours adding even more expense. Once the count is completed someone hand-written information has to be entered into the inventory management system. Because records are handwritten, inventory counts are notoriously inaccurate.

Imagine the benefits of automating the inventory count process with a hand held device and scanner. Overall time drops to approximately one fifth of the time currently required. Not only is the time involved reduced, the staff required to do the actual counting can be significantly reduced and all transcribing duties are eliminated completely. The need to verify illegible information is gone and first count accuracy is improved to 98-99%. Typically, with just one physical inventory, the investment of implementing HandApps Inventory is recovered.