Inventory Barcode solution

You can scan already existing barcodes with the Airtable app on a Phone (iOS devices will open a camera within the app to scan with, and Android devices will kick the user out to the camera app to scan, and bring them back in to the Airtable app once scanned).

Here’s a link to a post where I embedded a video of that in action on iOS:

I would suggest ordering pre-printed barcode stickers to use on your inventory items. There are many vendors online that sell high-durability, pre-printed barcode stickers with the number range you give them in bulk. Stick those on all your items and scan them into your Airtable base.

hi @Jeremy_Oglesby, thank you.

However, I’m still wondering how could I generate the code, for example, ELDSTIO9832, how could I generate this alphabetical code based on a certain rule? I’ve been always wondering how the firms can generate the stock number (ID)/case number, I believe there has a solution, can not be just typed by a human, because this can build the potential conflict that if there are duplications or not a consistency of the length, for example, we need a 10 digits unique ID, start from three alphabetical letters.

Thank you.

Take a look at the Alpha-Numeric ID generator base in this post:

You could modify it to produce the 3-Alpha 7-Digit ID’s you need.

If you would like employees to scan barcodes and update inventory without giving them access to Airtable, you can use our from extension. It allows you to scan barcodes and create/update records in the browser.

P.S. we also have another extension for generating barcode images.

In addition to the MiniExtensions option mentioned above, Integromat also has a native barcode generator. (Integromat is a low-code/no-code automation platform that has full Airtable support.)

It can generate QR codes, along with Code 39, Code 128, EAN-13, EAN-8, UPC-A, and UPC-E barcodes: if you need an additional barcode, you can email them and they will add it: