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| | | Author: | kidcastle1215  | | Posted: | Jul 9, 2023 11:25 | | Subject: | Question about bin numbers/adding parts | | Viewed: | 83 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| Hi everyone,
Up to now, I haven’t used the bin number feature for my inventory; I’ve just
had them in plastic bags by color. My question is, if I go to a system where
I number small bags, can I fill them sequentially where one part type is spread
across multiple bags?
Example: I upload 5 2x2 black bricks and put them in bin (bag) #1. A few months
later, I get 5 more of the same and put them in bag #6. What would happen if
a customer then ordered 7 of them from me? Would it show me all the bins #s so
I could go pick?
What I am trying to avoid is having to go back and look up/pull bags when I upload
new parts. I just want to fill the small bags as I go and save time on the front
end. Will this system work? Thanks for your thoughts.
BTW, I love looking at akro mills walls on YouTube, but cost/space limitations
mean it’s bags for me right now 
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| | | | | Author: | SinCityBricks84 | | Posted: | Jul 9, 2023 12:32 | | Subject: | Re: Question about bin numbers/adding parts | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, kidcastle1215 writes:
| | Hi everyone,
Up to now, I haven’t used the bin number feature for my inventory; I’ve just
had them in plastic bags by color. My question is, if I go to a system where
I number small bags, can I fill them sequentially where one part type is spread
across multiple bags?
Example: I upload 5 2x2 black bricks and put them in bin (bag) #1. A few months
later, I get 5 more of the same and put them in bag #6. What would happen if
a customer then ordered 7 of them from me? Would it show me all the bins #s so
I could go pick?
What I am trying to avoid is having to go back and look up/pull bags when I upload
new parts. I just want to fill the small bags as I go and save time on the front
end. Will this system work? Thanks for your thoughts.
BTW, I love looking at akro mills walls on YouTube, but cost/space limitations
mean it’s bags for me right now
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What is a bin numbering system and where can i find it.
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| | | | | | | Author: | jennnifer | | Posted: | Jul 9, 2023 13:47 | | Subject: | Re: Question about bin numbers/adding parts | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Darkcorner84 writes:
| | In Selling, kidcastle1215 writes:
| | Hi everyone,
Up to now, I haven’t used the bin number feature for my inventory; I’ve just
had them in plastic bags by color. My question is, if I go to a system where
I number small bags, can I fill them sequentially where one part type is spread
across multiple bags?
Example: I upload 5 2x2 black bricks and put them in bin (bag) #1. A few months
later, I get 5 more of the same and put them in bag #6. What would happen if
a customer then ordered 7 of them from me? Would it show me all the bins #s so
I could go pick?
What I am trying to avoid is having to go back and look up/pull bags when I upload
new parts. I just want to fill the small bags as I go and save time on the front
end. Will this system work? Thanks for your thoughts.
BTW, I love looking at akro mills walls on YouTube, but cost/space limitations
mean it’s bags for me right now
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What is a bin numbering system and where can i find it.
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Perhaps they mean in the Remarks? In that case, all they have to do is be sure
to Concatenate old Remarks with new Remarks.
~Jen
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| | | | | Author: | SimplyBricks | | Posted: | Jul 9, 2023 14:26 | | Subject: | Re: Question about bin numbers/adding parts | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, kidcastle1215 writes:
| | Hi everyone,
Up to now, I haven’t used the bin number feature for my inventory; I’ve just
had them in plastic bags by color. My question is, if I go to a system where
I number small bags, can I fill them sequentially where one part type is spread
across multiple bags?
Example: I upload 5 2x2 black bricks and put them in bin (bag) #1. A few months
later, I get 5 more of the same and put them in bag #6. What would happen if
a customer then ordered 7 of them from me? Would it show me all the bins #s so
I could go pick?
What I am trying to avoid is having to go back and look up/pull bags when I upload
new parts. I just want to fill the small bags as I go and save time on the front
end. Will this system work? Thanks for your thoughts.
BTW, I love looking at akro mills walls on YouTube, but cost/space limitations
mean it’s bags for me right now
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Hi,
First of all, it's not worth saving time when your loading your inventory,
this is how mistakes happen. As you expand, you need to save yourself some time
at the picking stage.
You need to separate storing USED and NEW in the same area, ideally you need
to use two different rooms. You say you cannot afford wall mounted bins, that's
fine. Buy yourself some cardboard boxes which your polybags will fit into snugly.
Number each box 1, 2 etc. Then number each polybag 1,2 etc. There you have
a viable storage system! Which can then go into the REMARKS block on your listing.
Spend more time at the beginning and keep all the same colour/parts in the same
polybag, that will make it easier for you when you sell! Don't overload the
polybags with several items, this will get confusing for you.
Hope this helps.
Mike
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| | | | | | | Author: | kidcastle1215 | | Posted: | Jul 9, 2023 17:55 | | Subject: | Re: Question about bin numbers/adding parts | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| Thanks everyone. Yes, I did mean putting the bag/bin# in Remarks.
I thought using Concatenate Remarks might work, Jen, but unfortunately, I think
that the old bag numbers would still show in the Remarks even AFTER I pulled
the order and the parts are no longer in that bag. So then for future orders,
I would go looking in bags that no longer had the parts.
Mike, your suggestion is basically the system I had resigned myself to do, so
these responses helped settle that it's the right way for me to go. Appreciate
it!
In Selling, SimplyBricks writes:
| | In Selling, kidcastle1215 writes:
| | Hi everyone,
Up to now, I haven’t used the bin number feature for my inventory; I’ve just
had them in plastic bags by color. My question is, if I go to a system where
I number small bags, can I fill them sequentially where one part type is spread
across multiple bags?
Example: I upload 5 2x2 black bricks and put them in bin (bag) #1. A few months
later, I get 5 more of the same and put them in bag #6. What would happen if
a customer then ordered 7 of them from me? Would it show me all the bins #s so
I could go pick?
What I am trying to avoid is having to go back and look up/pull bags when I upload
new parts. I just want to fill the small bags as I go and save time on the front
end. Will this system work? Thanks for your thoughts.
BTW, I love looking at akro mills walls on YouTube, but cost/space limitations
mean it’s bags for me right now
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Hi,
First of all, it's not worth saving time when your loading your inventory,
this is how mistakes happen. As you expand, you need to save yourself some time
at the picking stage.
You need to separate storing USED and NEW in the same area, ideally you need
to use two different rooms. You say you cannot afford wall mounted bins, that's
fine. Buy yourself some cardboard boxes which your polybags will fit into snugly.
Number each box 1, 2 etc. Then number each polybag 1,2 etc. There you have
a viable storage system! Which can then go into the REMARKS block on your listing.
Spend more time at the beginning and keep all the same colour/parts in the same
polybag, that will make it easier for you when you sell! Don't overload the
polybags with several items, this will get confusing for you.
Hope this helps.
Mike
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | Andy_Bell | | Posted: | Jul 9, 2023 23:46 | | Subject: | Re: Question about bin numbers/adding parts | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| I think this post had good information that would help you
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1418767
Andy
In Selling, kidcastle1215 writes:
| | Thanks everyone. Yes, I did mean putting the bag/bin# in Remarks.
I thought using Concatenate Remarks might work, Jen, but unfortunately, I think
that the old bag numbers would still show in the Remarks even AFTER I pulled
the order and the parts are no longer in that bag. So then for future orders,
I would go looking in bags that no longer had the parts.
Mike, your suggestion is basically the system I had resigned myself to do, so
these responses helped settle that it's the right way for me to go. Appreciate
it!
In Selling, SimplyBricks writes:
| | In Selling, kidcastle1215 writes:
| | Hi everyone,
Up to now, I haven’t used the bin number feature for my inventory; I’ve just
had them in plastic bags by color. My question is, if I go to a system where
I number small bags, can I fill them sequentially where one part type is spread
across multiple bags?
Example: I upload 5 2x2 black bricks and put them in bin (bag) #1. A few months
later, I get 5 more of the same and put them in bag #6. What would happen if
a customer then ordered 7 of them from me? Would it show me all the bins #s so
I could go pick?
What I am trying to avoid is having to go back and look up/pull bags when I upload
new parts. I just want to fill the small bags as I go and save time on the front
end. Will this system work? Thanks for your thoughts.
BTW, I love looking at akro mills walls on YouTube, but cost/space limitations
mean it’s bags for me right now
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Hi,
First of all, it's not worth saving time when your loading your inventory,
this is how mistakes happen. As you expand, you need to save yourself some time
at the picking stage.
You need to separate storing USED and NEW in the same area, ideally you need
to use two different rooms. You say you cannot afford wall mounted bins, that's
fine. Buy yourself some cardboard boxes which your polybags will fit into snugly.
Number each box 1, 2 etc. Then number each polybag 1,2 etc. There you have
a viable storage system! Which can then go into the REMARKS block on your listing.
Spend more time at the beginning and keep all the same colour/parts in the same
polybag, that will make it easier for you when you sell! Don't overload the
polybags with several items, this will get confusing for you.
Hope this helps.
Mike
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