If your business requires keeping inventory, and you’ve been in business for any length of time or had any degree of success, you understand the importance of working with inventory data. The efficient recording, processing, storage and transfer of data related to inventory is a crucial part of the daily process for many businesses. Businesses who handle this type of inventory data are well-versed in the latest tools and techniques for how to streamline their inventory operations. For businesses who don’t work with a fluid inventory on a daily basis, however, it can be easy to overlook this process. Businesses that are more seasonal in nature as opposed to similar on a day-to-day basis, or organizations who hold annual events at which things are bought, sold or transferred, like trade shows or book fairs, can be understandably less aware of best practices for keeping track of their inventory. Many of these businesses and organizations continue to keep track of inventory in the same way they have always done it, remaining willfully in the dark regarding new inventory technologies. Others may be intimidated by the potential cost of upgrading their inventory system. For many businesses, this fear is unfounded because for many, a short term solution may be available in the form of rental equipment. Barcode inventory rentals like scanners, printers and software are available and are a perfect solution to the inventory needs for many who work in the following areas.

Book Fairs

There are many types of book fairs, from larger, industry-related events to smaller-scale book fairs at schools. Many proprietors of these book fairs keep track of purchases the old fashioned way using cash and hard record keeping. Many book fair vendors understand this and make it possible for the individual schools to do so easily through an adjusted price structure. As time goes by, however, keeping records by hand will become the difficult-to-understand process that utilizing technology has been considered for the past few decades. As this happens, book fairs may want to make a small investment in rental equipment to keep track of their transactions. Barcode scanners and software are available to do so.

Trade Shows

Trade shows are a great opportunity not only for businesses to generate sales, but also to market their product. For many, this marketing that happens at trade shows may seem to be an abstract concept, but in fact in can be measured in the form of sales leads. The more effective tool a vendor at a trade show has to monitor its leads, the better. These leads can be tracked through simple barcode scanning devices that may be rented from many companies specializing in barcode equipment and software solutions.

Temporary Employment

For employers whose employees are full-time and the work environment is somewhat casual, it can be a priority to devise a comfortable yet effective way of tracking attendance. For employers who employee workers on a temporary or seasonal basis, simply recording the exact attendance data, such as clock in and clock out time, and having that data easily accessible is of the highest priority. These employers may want to consider barcode rental equipment for this purpose. This allows employees to scan a barcoded badge and have their doing so recorded. Renting this equipment, which occasionally involves accompanying software, can be a more practical and affordable solution than a permanent, extensive software system and more effective than simple handwriting.