# Barcode & Traceability Software in Kidderminster > Need traceability in Kidderminster? CubeERP implements and supports barcode & traceability software across Kidderminster, Worcester, Redditch and Malvern and the wider Worcestershire area. **URL:** https://cubeerp.co.uk/software/barcode-traceability-software/worcestershire/kidderminster Being comfortably within a morning’s drive of our Olney office, Kidderminster is somewhere we get to regularly. Discovery, training and go-live are all better done in the room, and at 67 miles that is entirely practical. ## Details - **Solution:** Barcode & Traceability Software - **Group:** Inventory & supply - **Platform:** CubeERP (https://cubeerp.co.uk/platform) - **Location:** Kidderminster, Worcestershire - **Distance from our Olney office:** 67 miles - comfortably within a morning’s drive of our Olney office - **Postcode districts:** DY10, DY11 - **Also known as:** Batch traceability software, Serial number tracking software, Lot tracking software, Barcode software, Product traceability system ## Coverage We cover Kidderminster and the surrounding area, including Town Centre, Bewdley, Stourport-on-Severn, Blakedown and Hagley, across the DY10 and DY11 postcode districts. We also work with businesses in Worcester, Redditch and Malvern and elsewhere in Worcestershire. ## What is included - **Capture by scan:** Batch, lot and serial numbers scanned at receipt, issue, production, transfer and despatch - captured because the job was done, not because somebody remembered to log it. - **Genealogy both ways:** Forward from a raw material batch to every customer who received it, and backward from a serial number to every component, operator and operation that made it. - **Certificates attached:** Mill certificates, test reports, conformity declarations and inspection results held against the batch and reissued with the despatch paperwork automatically. - **Shelf life and FEFO:** Expiry dates, best-before dates and quarantine periods enforced at picking, with first-expired-first-out picking where shelf life matters. - **Quality gates:** Goods-in inspection, quarantine locations, concessions and non-conformance reports, so material that has not been passed cannot quietly be picked. - **Recall in minutes:** A recall simulation you can run at any time as evidence for an audit - and, on the day it matters, an answer produced while the meeting is still happening. ## Real-world use cases ### A recall drill that took two days **Scenario:** A food manufacturer’s mock recall required cross-referencing paper goods-in records, production sheets and despatch notes. It passed, eventually, but the audit noted the time taken. **Outcome:** Genealogy is now a query. The next mock recall produced a complete customer list in under ten minutes, with the certificates attached. ### Certificates in a filing cabinet **Scenario:** A stockholder issued material certificates by finding the original, photocopying it and posting it. Requests took days, and a lost certificate meant the material could not be sold at full value. **Outcome:** Certificates are scanned once at goods-in against the batch and reissued automatically with despatch paperwork. The filing cabinet is a backup rather than the system. ### Serial numbers written on a whiteboard **Scenario:** An equipment manufacturer recorded finished serial numbers manually and matched them to customers in a spreadsheet. Warranty claims frequently could not be verified against the original build. **Outcome:** Serials are allocated at build and linked to the works order, the components and the customer. Warranty validity is now a lookup, and out-of-warranty claims are billable with evidence. ## Figures - **Minutes** From recall question to answer - **Both ways** Forward and backward genealogy - **Attached** Certificates travel with the batch ## Frequently asked questions **Which barcode formats do you support?** Standard 1D symbologies, QR and DataMatrix, plus GS1-128 with application identifiers for batch, expiry and quantity. If a customer mandates a specific label format, it is a template rather than a development project. **Is this enough for BRC, ISO or aerospace audit?** The traceability, quality and audit-trail capability is built for that level of scrutiny. What it cannot do is replace your quality management system - it evidences your process, it does not define it. **Can we trace at pallet as well as item level?** Yes. Licence plate identifiers let a pallet or container be handled in one scan, with the batches and quantities inside it known and traceable individually. **What about labels for our customers’ systems?** Customer-specific label formats, including retail and automotive standards, are configured per customer and printed automatically at despatch. Getting this wrong causes chargebacks, so it is treated as a first-class requirement. **Does it slow the warehouse down?** Scanning is faster than writing a number on a sheet and typing it in later, so no. What it does remove is the option of skipping the record, which is normally where traceability actually breaks. ## Related solutions - **Stock Control Software** - Multi-location stock with bin locations, barcode scanning, batch and serial traceability, and figures that are right first time. https://cubeerp.co.uk/software/stock-control-software/worcestershire/kidderminster - **Warehouse Management Software** - Directed put-away, wave and batch picking, packing, despatch and carrier integration - run from scanners on the warehouse floor. https://cubeerp.co.uk/software/warehouse-management-software/worcestershire/kidderminster - **Manufacturing Software** - Bills of materials, works orders, routings, shop-floor booking and real job costing - for businesses that make things to order. https://cubeerp.co.uk/software/manufacturing-software/worcestershire/kidderminster - **ERP Software** - One system for quotes, orders, stock, production, purchasing and invoicing - built in the UK for growing businesses. https://cubeerp.co.uk/software/erp-software/worcestershire/kidderminster ## Elsewhere in Worcestershire See https://cubeerp.co.uk/software/barcode-traceability-software/worcestershire for barcode & traceability software across Worcestershire. ## Contact - **Product:** CubeERP - **Trading name of:** Cube Systems Limited (company number 17220899, ICO registration number ZC216972) - **Email:** hello@cubeerp.co.uk - **Sales:** sales@cubeerp.co.uk - **Support:** support@cubeerp.co.uk - **Telephone:** 01234 672 617 (+441234672617) - **Address:** Unit 11, Olney Business Park, Osier Way, Olney, Buckinghamshire, MK46 5FP - **Opening hours:** Monday to Friday, 9am to 5.30pm - **Part of:** Crushed Ice Group (https://crushedicegroup.co.uk)