Fast Inventory reads the codes your stock already carries. Print 1D and 2D/QR barcodes, tag items with RFID or NFC, and use handheld terminals or Bluetooth scanners to receive, issue and count by scan instead of by keyboard. Every scan lands on an immutable, ledger-style audit trail — nothing editable, everything serial-tracked — and the same platform hooks into ASRS, robotics and drones, with an optional blockchain ledger mode for full-traceability industries.
Scanning isn't a bolt-on — it is the fast, low-error way to post the movements your stock already needs. New to stock control? Start with our guide, what is inventory management software?
Fast Inventory reads the language your stock already speaks. Items and lots each carry their own code — a 1D barcode, a 2D or QR code — printed as a thermal or PDF label, so the same identifier travels from the label on the shelf to the scan on a handheld to the row in the stock ledger. Where a printed barcode is impractical, or you need to read many units at once without line of sight, RFID and NFC tags add tag-based identification. One item, one identity, wherever it moves.
A handheld terminal or a Bluetooth scanner paired to a phone or tablet reads the item or lot code, and the movement is booked against it — a goods receipt, a material issue, a transfer, or a physical-count line. Scanning removes the keyboard errors that creep into manual codes, and it makes each movement quicker on the floor, so your team spends time moving stock rather than typing about it. The same scan can trigger a label print, so goods are received and re-labelled in one pass.
Every scanned movement writes a row to a ledger-style audit trail that is append-only — nothing already recorded can be edited or deleted, and a correction is a new, explicit posting rather than a quiet overwrite. Items and lots are serial-tracked, so each unit or batch can be followed through receipt, storage, issue and count. For regulated operations that is the difference between a stock list and an evidence trail you can stand behind in an audit or a product recall.
Scanning is the everyday layer; automation sits on top of it. The platform can connect to automated storage and retrieval systems, robotics and inventory drones, and for full-traceability industries such as pharma and food it offers an optional blockchain-based ledger mode that anchors the movement trail for tamper-evidence. One line to draw, though: heavy directed handheld work — a scanner telling operators exactly which bin to put a pallet in and which lot to pick next, with pallet and bin optimisation — is Fast WMS, the warehouse-execution superset on the same engine.
Items and lots each carry their own 1D barcode or 2D/QR code, so one identifier follows the stock from the shelf to the ledger.
Tag-based identification where a printed code is impractical, or where you need to read many units at once without line of sight.
Handheld terminals and Bluetooth scanners paired to a phone or tablet book each movement by scan, with fewer keyboard errors.
Print item and lot labels — 1D, 2D and QR — as thermal or PDF, so a scan on receipt can re-label the goods in the same pass.
Every scan writes an append-only, serial-tracked row — nothing editable after the fact, so the trail stands up in an audit or recall.
Hooks for ASRS, robotics and drones, plus an optional blockchain ledger mode for full-traceability industries like pharma and food.
Typing codes into a stock system is slow and quietly error-prone, and it leaves no evidence trail. Here is what changes when the code is scanned and the row can't be edited.
Fast Inventory works with 1D barcodes, 2D and QR codes, and RFID and NFC tags. Items and lots can each carry their own code, printed as thermal or PDF labels, so the same identifier travels from the label on the shelf to the scan on a handheld to the row in the stock ledger. RFID and NFC add tag-based identification where a printed barcode is impractical or where you need to read many items without line of sight.
You can receive, issue, transfer and count stock by scanning instead of typing. A handheld terminal or a Bluetooth scanner paired to a phone or tablet reads the item or lot code, and the movement is booked against it — a goods receipt, a material issue, a transfer or a physical-count line. Scanning removes the keyboard errors that creep into manual entry and makes each movement faster on the floor, and the same scan can trigger a label print.
Every scanned movement writes a row to a ledger-style audit trail that is append-only — nothing already recorded can be edited or deleted, and a correction is a new, explicit posting. Items and lots are serial-tracked, so each unit or batch can be followed through receipt, storage, issue and count. For regulated industries that is the difference between a stock system and an evidence trail you can stand behind in an audit or a recall.
Yes, as advanced automation hooks. The platform can connect to automated storage and retrieval systems, robotics and inventory drones, and for full-traceability industries such as pharma and food it offers an optional blockchain-based ledger mode that anchors the movement trail for tamper-evidence. These sit on top of the everyday barcode and RFID capture, so you can start with scanning and add automation as your operation grows.
Fast Inventory uses scanning to keep stock accurate — scan-based receipt, issue, count and label printing on an immutable ledger. When you need heavy directed handheld work — a scanner telling operators exactly which bin to put a pallet in and which lot to pick next, with pallet and bin optimisation — that is Fast WMS, the warehouse-execution superset that shares the same engine. Fast Inventory is stock accuracy and valuation; Fast WMS adds directed putaway and picking on top. Fast Inventory runs cloud or on-premise, across India and worldwide.
Live demo of barcode, RFID and NFC capture, scan-based receipt, issue and count, and the immutable audit trail — on your own items and lots. Cloud or on-premise, no generic slideshow.
