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Barcodes in Orderry

Find out how to use barcodes in Orderry

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Written by Xenia
Updated over 3 months ago

Orderry supports the majority of popular barcode formats: UPC-A, EAN-13, EAN-8, and Code128. The system assigns barcodes to the new work orders, inventory products, product serial numbers (with enabled serialization), warehouse bins (with enabled bin locations), and services in the Services and Labors list.

How to apply barcodes

Orderry enables you to work with the barcode scanners in the keyboard emulation mode. This significantly boosts your working efficiency. Let's discover how barcodes make your business management simpler:

1. Barcodes allow you to find and open work orders. Scan their barcodes in the search field on the Work Orders page and press the Enter button.

2. You can add a work order to a new invoice. Scan the work order barcode into the Add work orders field and press the Enter button.

3. Orderry allows you to add the product or service to the invoice by scanning their barcodes into the Add services, labors, products field.

4. With barcodes, you can add the product or service to the sale by scanning their barcodes into the Labor, service or product title field.

5. Our system enables you to add the product to the work order by hitting the Select from warehouse button and scanning the barcode into the Product name field.

6. In Orderry, you can add the service to the work order by scanning its barcode into the Service / Labor field.

7. The system makes it simple to find the product in the warehouse on the Inventory > Stock or My company > Products page. Scan the product barcode in the search field and press the Enter button.

8. You can find the service in the Services and Labors list on the My company > Services page. Scan the service barcode in the search field and press the Enter button.

How to assign a barcode to a new work order

Here are the steps you need to follow to assign a barcode to a new work order:

Step 1. Navigate to the Work Orders page and hit the + Order button.

Step 2. Hit the barcode image.

Step 3. Generate a new barcode or enter your one in the EAN-13 format and hit the Save button.

Remember: You can only use barcodes in the EAN-13 format. Use the {Barcode} variable to render your work order barcodes in the printed documents.

How to assign a barcode to a product

Barcode is a unique product identifier, meaning there cannot be 2 identical barcodes assigned to different products. At the same time, you can assign multiple barcodes to a single product.

Adding a barcode to an existing product in the inventory

Step 1. Navigate to the Inventory > Stock or My company > Products page.

Step 2. Open the product profile (double-click the product name) and hit the + Add barcode button on the General tab.

Step 3. Select the needed barcode format in the Type dropdown.

Step 4. Generate a new barcode or add the existing one into the Code field and hit the Create button.

Bulk barcode adding

Step 1. Navigate to the My company > Products page.

Step 2. Set the Products without a barcode filter to get only the products without barcode configured.

Step 3. Select the target products and hit the More actions option.

Step 4. Click the Add barcode button, specify the barcode type, and hit the Create button.

Adding barcode upon posting

Hit the + Add barcode button in the posting document when creating a new product to create a barcode for it. Enter the type, generate a new barcode or enter the existing one, and hit the Create button to complete the operation.

Adding barcode upon product import

You can also add barcodes via product importing on the My company > Products page. Just fill the respective column in the Excel-file before importing your products to Orderry.

How to assign a barcode to a service

Here are the steps to adding a barcode to a new or existing service:

Step 1. Navigate to the My company > Services page.

Step 2. Hit the + Add barcode in the service profile.

Step 3. Select the barcode type in the Type dropdown.

Step 4. Generate the new barcode or enter an existing one into the Code field and hit the Create button.

Adding barcode upon service import

Orderry allows you to add barcodes via service importing on the My company > Services page. Just fill the respective column in the Excel-file before importing your products to Orderry.

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