# Product ingestion > Receiving and registering products in the studio before photography: scanning, measuring, sorting. Also known as: item intake, scan-in, receiving items. Category: E-commerce and workflow. Product ingestion is the first stage of a studio workflow: products arrive, are identified (usually by barcode), registered against the shooting list, measured if needed and sorted for photography. Errors here propagate to every later stage. ## How PhotoRobot uses it In PhotoRobot Controls, scanning an item marks it as Received with a timestamp; unknown barcodes can create new items automatically, missing barcodes can be generated and printed, and CubiScan adds weight and dimensions. Items are then sorted to shelves with their presets. At the end of the workflow, scan-out confirms the product has left the studio. ## See on photorobot.com - [Production workflow: product ingestion](https://www.photorobot.com/production-workflow) ## Related terms - [Shooting list](https://www.photorobot.com/glossary/shooting-list): The list of items to be photographed in a project, usually imported from a spreadsheet. - [Barcode](https://www.photorobot.com/glossary/barcode): A machine-readable code on a product or label, scanned to identify items without typing. - [CubiScan](https://www.photorobot.com/glossary/cubiscan): A dimensioning system that weighs and measures items; PhotoRobot records its data with the product images. - [Sort to shelves](https://www.photorobot.com/glossary/sort-to-shelves): PhotoRobot Controls feature that assigns workspace and preset to an item by scanning a shelf code. - [Production workflow](https://www.photorobot.com/glossary/production-workflow): The stages a product passes through in a photo studio, from intake to delivery and return. ## Where this term appears on photorobot.com Mentioned on 10 pages. Most relevant: - [Production Workflow](https://www.photorobot.com/production-workflow): 1 Product ingestion 2 Preparation 3 Shooting 4 Post-production 5 Quality control 6 Content delivery 7 Product return Production Workflow. - [PhotoRobot Hardware and Software Updates & New Features](https://www.photorobot.com/blog/new-features-updates): Subscription Power Users can also ensure frictionless physical workflow in the studio with enhancements for product ingestion and product return. - [Studio Workflow](https://www.photorobot.com/software/studio-workflow): Receiving Items. - [360° Product Photography - Content Formats and Production](https://www.photorobot.com/blog/360-product-photography): Product-in: receiving items, verifying inventory, sorting products (weighing & measuring); 2. - [Examples of AR Shopping Applications: Then to Now](https://www.photorobot.com/blog/ar-shopping-apps-2020): Their AR app, Tesco Discover, allows shoppers to scan in-store product labels to receive additional information about products, to interact with customizable features, add items to cart or engage with… - [Experience the Standard PhotoRobot Controls App Workflow](https://www.photorobot.com/blog/photorobot-controls-app-workflow): However, it is also possible to simply scan barcodes to validate inventory, ID products, and automatically receive items. - [Introducing the PhotoRobot Touch iOS Mobile Application](https://www.photorobot.com/blog/iphone-product-photography): When receiving items, the first step is to Scan & Measure the inventory. - [PhotoRobot Automated Photography - Example Applications](https://www.photorobot.com/applications): …and product video, including capture & overall production times.Follow PhotoRobot from item intake & tracking to studio photography, content delivery and product return. - [PhotoRobot Workflow Demonstration - Video Recap](https://www.photorobot.com/videos/workflow-demonstration-recap): 03:17* This includes a user-friendly barcode system for streamlined inventory management, which supports three stages for receiving items. - [Product Photoshoots with PhotoRobot](https://www.photorobot.com/videos/product-photoshoots-demo): Introduction & Object Selection Setup & Background Removal Scan-in & Robot Arm Control Image Capture & Management Cloud Processing & Publishing Transcript.