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GAZIANTEP LOCAL SOFTWARE · STOCK AND WAREHOUSE

A stock and warehouse tracking system that takes goods off the paper list and makes them countable on the rack

In facilities across the Başpınar organised industrial zone (OSB) and Şehitkamil, the warehouse is usually the last thing anyone thinks about: it occupies whatever space production left over, its records are split between a notebook and an Excel file, and the true picture lives only in the storekeeper's head. We bring that picture into a system. We address the racks, move stocktaking onto handheld terminals, and attach batch and lot numbers to the goods themselves. We do not replace your existing accounting software (Logo, Mikro, Netsis); we build the warehouse layer alongside it. The source code and the data stay with you. Our office is in Şehitkamil — the same city as your factory.

The picture in Gaziantep
  • In our own field research we examined 1,108 companies in the Gaziantep OSB. The size distribution came out as 236 micro, 413 small, 286 medium, 90 large and 83 very large. In most facilities here the warehouse is not a department of its own but rests on the shoulders of two or three people; any system built for it has to be plain enough to match that reality.
  • The sector breakdown in the same research came out as 257 textile, 145 food, 116 plastics and packaging, 107 carpet, 89 machinery and metal companies. These sectors count stock in different units: carpet and textiles talk in rolls and metres, food in batches and use-by dates, plastics and packaging in kilos and reels. No single off-the-shelf warehouse package fits all four the same way.
  • Again in our own data, we verified that 294 companies export — roughly a quarter of the list. In export, the contents of every carton and pallet must match the packing list exactly; if warehouse records are loose, the load gets stuck not at customs but in the paperwork.
  • Facilities are scattered from zone 1 to zone 5 of the Başpınar OSB, many companies keep the warehouse and production in separate buildings, and dispatch traffic bunches up during the day. If warehouse software is going to work at this tempo, it has to work in front of the rack, not at an office desk.
  • If your factory is in Başpınar or Şehitkamil, we do the discovery on site. We stand in the warehouse aisle rather than the meeting room, and run one stocktake together with your team. That is where we see what holds and what does not. Because we are in the same city, you do not need to plan a separate trip for this visit.

If this is happening in your warehouse, the problem is not stock — it is record-keeping

  • On count day a printed paper list travels the aisles; illegible numbers get filled in by guesswork while being typed into Excel in the evening, and the difference is closed without anyone knowing where it came from.
  • The same material sits on two different racks under two different names. One shows as out of stock, purchasing reorders it, and the same goods pile up in the warehouse a second time.
  • Only the long-serving storekeeper knows where anything is. When he goes on leave or resigns, the warehouse effectively locks up; the knowledge lives in a person, not in the company.
  • Stock shows in the accounting software but is not on the rack, or the other way round. Sales makes promises on that number, production plans on it, and both turn out wrong.
  • There is no concept of reservation. The same batch is promised to two customers at once; whoever loads first gets it, and someone ends up apologising to the other on the phone.
  • Batch and lot numbers are not attached to the goods. When a customer complaint arrives, nobody can trace which batch, which shift or which raw material the goods came from.
  • With no critical stock alert, a raw material running out is discovered when production stops. Emergency purchasing arrives both more expensive and later.
  • Semi-finished goods waiting mid-production are never recorded. They show in neither stock nor production; the difference that surfaces at month end is written off as waste in a single line.
  • There is no record of who corrected a count difference, when, or on what justification. Once a correction is made, no trail is left to look back on.
  • Because the warehouse is in Başpınar and the office is in the city centre, what left in dispatch is only seen when the delivery note reaches the office; when an export carton's contents differ from the packing list, the error is caught after the goods are loaded.

A layer that addresses the warehouse and makes it countable

Let's start with what we do not do: we do not rip out your accounting software, and we do not migrate you to a new ERP. We build a layer that records what actually happens in the warehouse and runs alongside your existing system. We have applied this approach in the field: we built a production layer beside a factory's Netsis system without touching it, wrote an 11-module management panel for another facility, and prepared a 64-page field discovery guide for a factory's ERP scoping. The headings below are not a fixed package; on discovery day we decide together which of them your operation genuinely needs.

Rack and location addressing

Your warehouse is addressed by aisle, rack, bin and level, and a barcode label goes up at every address. Goods are no longer recorded only on a stock card but at a physical place. Even a brand-new employee can read the address on the screen and find the goods; warehouse knowledge moves from the person to the company.

Stocktakes and picking with handheld terminals

Counting is done with a handheld terminal, not a paper list; every scanned barcode is recorded instantly, and two people counting the same rack is prevented. In order picking, the terminal shows the next address and warns if you head to the wrong rack. When the device is offline, work does not stop: records accumulate on the device and transfer once the connection returns.

Batch, lot and use-by date tracking

A batch or lot number is opened at goods-in and carried with the goods until they leave the warehouse. Dispatch order by use-by date can be set up for food, roll and metre tracking for textiles and carpet, reel and kilo tracking for plastics. When a complaint arrives, which batch it came from and where it went is read from the record, not from memory.

Reservations and critical stock

The goods for a confirmed order are set aside in the system; reserved goods are invisible to other sales. A critical level and lead time are defined for every stock item, and when the level is breached an alert goes to the purchasing and production leads. So a shortage is seen before the day it stops the line, not on it.

Count differences and a correction trail

When a difference appears, the system does not close it automatically; it lists the difference, requires a reason to be entered, and stores who made the correction with user and timestamp. Every past movement can be reviewed. The aim is not to hunt for culprits but to make visible which item and which address the difference keeps recurring at.

Working alongside your existing ERP

The warehouse layer runs alongside your existing backbone — Logo, Mikro, Netsis; which information flows in which direction for stock cards, accounts and delivery notes is written down from the start. The chore of entering the same data in two places ends. Where integration is not possible, we say so before the project starts and build a file-based bridge.

How we approach a warehouse project

  1. 01

    Half a day in the warehouse

    We come to your factory and walk, step by step, the path the goods take from goods-in to goods-out. Who writes what, which paper goes where, how the count is done, who closes the differences — we see it all in place. The output of this day is not a quote but a written snapshot of the current state.

  2. 02

    Addressing and coding scheme

    Before any software, we do the tedious but decisive work: the rack address scheme, the stock coding rules, unit definitions and the batch-number logic. If this foundation is laid wrong, no program built on top of it will hold. We take the decisions together with you and put them in writing.

  3. 03

    Pilot in a single zone

    We do not flip the whole warehouse overnight. One aisle or one material group is chosen, and addressing, counting and the goods-in/goods-out flow go live there. The old routine keeps running alongside for a while; the transition is not considered complete until the two records reconcile.

  4. 04

    Roll-out and floor training

    Once the pilot holds, we extend to the remaining zones. Training happens in front of the rack with the device in hand, not in a presentation room; we leave behind a one-page usage note written in the warehouse team's own language. If the person who will use the system has not understood it, the job is not finished.

  5. 05

    Handover file and support

    The source code, database structure, installation steps and known limitations are handed to you in writing. If you want to continue with another team tomorrow, you will be in a position to do so. Support runs separately, with a transparent scope, on a per-ticket basis.

Frequently asked questions

We already use Logo and it has a stock module. Why would we need a separate warehouse program?

The stock module in accounting software keeps the quantity of the goods; it does not keep where in the warehouse the goods are, which batch they came from, or their real state on the rack. Count differences mostly grow out of exactly that gap. We do not replace Logo; we build the layer that closes the gap alongside it. And if discovery shows your existing module already covers your need, we tell you so openly — we do not try to sell a need that is not there.

Do we have to buy handheld terminals, or will phones do?

Either works; the choice depends on the warehouse. In a warehouse doing a few hundred scans a day that is neither dusty nor cold, a rugged Android phone does the job. In warehouses with constant scanning through the shift, heavy goods and a harsh environment, a trigger-grip handheld terminal is the better call; scan speed and device lifespan differ. We write the software to run on both, and the hardware decision is made after seeing the warehouse.

Our warehouse staff are older and not comfortable with computers. Can they use it?

That objection is fair, and it is the starting point of the design. We reduce the floor screen to three things: large text, one action, few buttons. The person scans; the screen confirms or warns. Complex reports go to the office user, while the floor screen shows only what is needed at that moment. In the pilot zone we prefer to work with the most reluctant person on the team; if they can use it, the design is right.

Will count differences drop to zero?

No — and be wary of anyone who promises zero. Differences come from human error, breakage, samples and unrecorded issues; software does not abolish them. What software does is make the difference visible and traceable: you see which item, which shift and which address it keeps recurring at. How far it then falls depends on the decisions you take with that visibility; we do not commit to a number up front.

How long does it take, and how is the cost determined?

It depends on warehouse size, the number of stock items, batch-lot needs and integration depth. So we split the work into fixed-scope stages: first discovery and a state-of-play report, then a pilot in one zone, then roll-out. At the end of each stage you see what came out and decide whether to continue; you will not face an open-ended consultancy bill.

Do you print the barcode labels too?

Yes, we also do the labelling leg of stock and warehouse work. Rack address labels, product barcodes, carton and pallet labels and dispatch labels are parts of the same system; for goods sold by weight, a weighbridge connection can also be set up. If warehouse records and labelling are set up as two separate projects, both end up half-done, so we handle them together.

If the system goes down, does the warehouse stop?

We plan for this from the start. Handheld terminals work without a connection too: records accumulate on the device and transfer once the connection returns. On the server side, backup and restore drills are part of the installation scope; we test not that the backup was taken, but that it restores. A written fallback plan for running the critical flows by hand is also left with you.

Where will our data live — are we forced into the cloud?

No. The system can run on a server in your factory or on a cloud server opened in your name; which is right depends on the connection between your warehouse and office and on how many sites you have. In both cases the database, source code and documentation are handed over to you; you pay no monthly per-user licence, and you do not need our permission to move your data.

Let us walk your warehouse with you once

We come to your facility in the Başpınar OSB or Şehitkamil and walk with you the path the goods take from goods-in to dispatch. You end up holding a written snapshot of the current state and a clear order of where to start. We are in the same city; this first meeting requires no commitment from you.

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