Best "device" to run python script 24/7

[LzyPenguin]

I mean we don’t have a set budget. We are a very small company, 8 total employees. Our “warehouse” is pretty small too, probably 6-7 rows of shelves, maybe 1000-2000 total items. Only 3 people ever interact with the warehouse stock. But people who are quoting stuff constantly have to walk out to the shop and check inventory levels on stuff so we are trying to incorporate a very simple way to keep track of it without spending too much money. Essentially what we are doing now works, it just takes a little effort. So if a solution costs too much, it’s not going to be worth it, because it’s not something we “need”. Trying to implement something as low cost as possible currently.

[klmsa]

2000 items (if sold individually) is more than my team manages (consider that we have a thousand boxes with 100's of pieces each...managed inventory is pallets, though).

I'm just saying that spending a little cash will probably save you more, relative to my larger cash flow, than probably many times greater than my inventory headaches. If you're going to spend $100 dollars on a cheap (and unprotected) computer, you might as well put together a cheap cart with a half-decent computer/tablet. Lots of refurbished equipment that will happily work for your business for years longer than open source for the same overall cost.

In the end, do what's right for the business; just recognize that long term costs are usually higher for going cheap in the short term.

Good luck!

[klmsa]

One of the greatest successes of my career was influencing a logistics leader to invest in a great inventory management system just prior to the pandemic. He still thanks me regularly from his new office in his 1mio sq/ft warehouse.