Kostenexplosion durch ineffiziente Bestandsaufnahme und manuelle Datenerfassung

Definition

Australian horticulture software providers stress that digital plant inventory and batch tracking improve efficiency and reduce manual data entry and duplication.[1][2][4][5] Accentis highlights that strong inventory and stock control give total control of stock items in any location and minimise data entry and duplication.[1] EvergreenConnect promotes real-time updates as plants are potted, sold or shipped, eliminating after-the-fact batch updates.[2] NMS advertises efficient plant inventory management, production planning, and batch numbers for all stock to streamline reporting and scheduling.[4] Fruit Growers Tasmania lists tools like ABCgrower and Apunga for real-time harvest tracking and inventory management specifically to reduce manual record-keeping burdens.[5] In a typical nursery, plant inventory tracking by variety, size and bench requires multiple full stocktakes a year plus constant spot checks. When done manually with clipboards and later keying into accounting or POS systems, this easily consumes hundreds of labour hours. Assuming 2–3 major stocktakes per year at 3–5 days each with a team of 4–6 workers, plus ongoing ad-hoc corrections, a mid-sized nursery can spend 400–1,200 hours p.a. on inventory work, at an effective labour cost of AUD 40–50/hour (including on‑costs), equalling AUD 16,000–60,000 p.a. Automated, mobile inventory systems with barcode/RFID or batch/location scanning (as promoted by local vendors) significantly reduce this overhead.[1][2][5] This loss estimate is logic-based, anchored in the recognised need for such systems and the labour they are designed to displace.

Why This Matters

The Pitch: Horticulture players in Australia 🇦🇺 waste 400–1,200 Arbeitsstunden p.a. (AUD 16,000–60,000) on manual plant stocktakes and corrections. Automation of mobile, real-time plant inventory by location cuts this cost sharply.

Affected Stakeholders

Nursery manager, Inventory/stock controller, Admin staff, Section supervisors, Owners/directors

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