Aluminum tags are a great alternative to steel and brass tags. Lightweight and comfortable to use, they provide an ideal metal for many reasons. Besides being less weighty than stainless steel and brass, they are easy to work with, relatively less expensive to produce and effective in a variety of practical uses.
How Aluminum Tags are Being Utilized
How are such tags used? In more ways than the average person may realize.
For Merchandise
They are used for tagging merchandise, particularly in an inventory control system. Tiny tags identify the material being categorized as to help control assets by category and make the auditor's job flow smoothly and easily.
For Identification (Industrial)
They can be stamped using a metal tool for asset identification purposes. Colored or plain, the they help save time and get information quickly and easily. They are usually attached effortlessly so that the inventory control clerk can find them, hold them in their hand, and record the number which corresponds to the assets in the general ledger.
In the past, large assets and equipment often used a stamped on serial number that was located in some hard to find place, like under the hood, on the engine itself or some other oily and greasy place. Those tending the books shouldn't have to be mechanically inclined in order to get to the identification or serial number! This is what makes them so useful and streamlined in getting a job done. Best of all, they are easy to access so that the record keeper doesn't lose time or get his or her hands unnecessarily filthy.
Labeling Trees/Plants
Aluminum tags are used for trees, as well. They can indicate the tree name, type, or whether it is a deciduous or an evergreen tree. When they are small plants, they may be unidentifiable, and these tags help. They are used in nurseries, greenhouses, botanical research facilities and any place where the types of trees on young seedlings may not be immediately apparent. They serve as little name tags to the types of growing things that are being cultivated prior to resale to the general public.
How Aluminum Tags are Being Utilized
How are such tags used? In more ways than the average person may realize.
For Merchandise
They are used for tagging merchandise, particularly in an inventory control system. Tiny tags identify the material being categorized as to help control assets by category and make the auditor's job flow smoothly and easily.
For Identification (Industrial)
They can be stamped using a metal tool for asset identification purposes. Colored or plain, the they help save time and get information quickly and easily. They are usually attached effortlessly so that the inventory control clerk can find them, hold them in their hand, and record the number which corresponds to the assets in the general ledger.
In the past, large assets and equipment often used a stamped on serial number that was located in some hard to find place, like under the hood, on the engine itself or some other oily and greasy place. Those tending the books shouldn't have to be mechanically inclined in order to get to the identification or serial number! This is what makes them so useful and streamlined in getting a job done. Best of all, they are easy to access so that the record keeper doesn't lose time or get his or her hands unnecessarily filthy.
Labeling Trees/Plants
Aluminum tags are used for trees, as well. They can indicate the tree name, type, or whether it is a deciduous or an evergreen tree. When they are small plants, they may be unidentifiable, and these tags help. They are used in nurseries, greenhouses, botanical research facilities and any place where the types of trees on young seedlings may not be immediately apparent. They serve as little name tags to the types of growing things that are being cultivated prior to resale to the general public.