Simplify item tracking management: Faster setup, smarter reporting, and streamlined configuration
As organizations move beyond product identification to real-time item tracking, they need a solution that scales across sites without adding operational complexity. Whether expanding to new locations, standardizing configurations, or gaining better visibility, the latest BarTender Track & Trace release simplifies item tracking deployment and management.
This release delivers enhancements that streamline setup and configuration, data consistency, and inventory visibility, making it easier to scale item tracking across your organization.
Major Release Highlights
- Accelerate deployment by reusing existing location and zone configurations across sites
- Ensure consistency with centralized lifecycle and master data management
- Gain instant visibility with automated reports on inventory availability, activity, and quantities
- Expand deployment options with support for the Honeywell IH45 reader
For more information on the latest Track & Trace enhancements, review the 12.4 release notes here.
Accelerate deployment by reusing existing location and zone configurations across sites
Duplicate the settings and configurations of your existing locations for simple setup.
Scaling your item tracking across your organization has never been easier. Admins can now expedite the setup of new locations and zones by duplicating existing ones, reducing unnecessary effort and streamlining configuration.
As you continue to add new locations, we have added new search, filtering, and sorting capabilities to help you find specific sites quickly.
Duplicate existing zones, assign visual indicators, and drag and drop zones onto facility maps.
On top of zone duplication, admins can leverage grid-based positioning assist for better facility map organization and visual indicators for clearer layouts and operational areas.
Ensure consistency with centralized lifecycle and master data management
Configure master product data to your daily operations with customizable product identification methods, GS1 prefix, and category hierarchy levels.
Admins now have more capabilities to customize their tenant master data and lifecycle settings to align with their business operations and ensure consistency across locations. All configured settings will automatically be reflected across the entire tenant.
- Choose between two product key options for product identification: Product Identity (PID) or Stock Keeping Unit (SKU).
- Assign and modify your GS1 company prefix through the newly added GS1 Compatibility Mode
- Customize category level names that better align to your day-to-day operations
Customize lifecycle and disposition names that align with your daily operations – instantly reflected across dashboards.
Additionally, admins can customize lifecycle status names, descriptions, and visual identifiers to align with organizational terminology. All configured settings appear instantly in dashboards.
Admins can now manage and review lifecycle statuses from a centralized location. Lifecycle statuses can be designated to support stock calculations, and transition rules can be configured to follow established inventory status change processes.
Gain instant visibility with automated reports on inventory availability, activity, and quantities
Endpoint | Capability |
GET /stock | Retrieve a real-time inventory snapshot |
GET /stock/export | Export inventory data as a CSV file for external processing |
POST /stock/analytics | Retrieve aggregated inventory analytics |
You can now retrieve inventory data in BarTender Track & Trace and reconcile it with your external business systems, including ERPs, WMSs, and MESs. The new Inventory Management API provides operational and analytical visibility into your inventory through EPCIS events, such as receiving, shipping, and inventory movements.
The retrievable inventory data includes:
- Current inventory availability
- Inventory location
- Aggregated inventory quantities
- Historical inventory activity
Expand deployment options with support for the Honeywell IH45 reader
We have added support for the Honeywell IH45 RFID reader across mobile workflows. The extended device compatibility expands our support for RFID readers and printers (1,400+ RFID printers) to ensure that BarTender can meet any business application requirements.
Act Now: Add BarTender Track & Trace to your BarTender Labeling solution – for FREE
For a limited time, qualifying BarTender Labeling customers can add BarTender Track & Trace to their solution to address their supply chain visibility challenges. See how you can unlock BarTender Track & Trace with your BarTender Labeling solution.
07.21.2026