Hello Hebert,
Now THAT'S the kind of question I was hoping to see! I think
we do things
the way we do because there is no obvious clearinghouse
mechanism for people
to share their needs, concerns, questions, etc. at a
grassroots level.
Actually, I take that back, Micronet is a great place to
start these
conversations. As is BPAWG. My impression is that the IST
reorg, and
particularly, the Technology Program Office is in part meant
to address the
issue of providing that clearinghouse.
My 2 cents!
Thanks,
Bond
-----Original Message-----
From: Hebert Diaz-Flores [mailto:hjdiazflores berkeley.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 8:15 AM
To: 'E. Bond Francisco'; 'Lois Wareham'
Cc: micronet-listlists.berkeley.edu
Subject: RE: [Micronet] Inventory Tracking Software
Colleagues,
I am sure that inventory tracking/management is a common
need across many
departments, small and large. My question to the group is:
why do we
always have to find our own little solutions to needs that
we have in
common? How can we change this practice? I am not trying
to be critical
about what we do, I am just trying to understand why we do
things the way
we do.
Hébert
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-micronet-listlists.berkeley.edu
[mailto:owner-micronet-listlists.berkeley.edu] On
Behalf Of E. Bond
Francisco
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 7:47 AM
To: 'Lois Wareham'
Cc: micronet-listlists.berkeley.edu
Subject: RE: [Micronet] Inventory Tracking Software
Hello Lois,
Depends a little on what you want to track. There is, for
example, BETS,
which I think is an acronym for Berkeley Equipment Tracking
System. It's
used to track inventorial equipment (valued over a certain
specified price
point). Business Services - Property Management might be the
place to start
asking.
>From an ROI (return on investment) perspective, it might
be feasible to
think about approaching an inventory tracking system from an
enterprise-wide
point of view. I'm sure there are other folks out there
looking for similar
tracking capabilities for items that don't fall into the
inventorial
equipment category. For example, at PPCS we use a barcoding
system with
links to our Computerized Maintenance Management System and
our in-house
accounting and storehouse software.
Good question that I hope inspires some discusssion.
Thanks,
Bond
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-micronet-listlists.berkeley.edu
[mailto:owner-micronet-listlists.berkeley.edu] On
Behalf Of Lois Wareham
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 3:24 PM
To: micronet-listlists.berkeley.edu
Subject: [Micronet] Inventory Tracking Software
We are currently in the market for Inventory Tracking
Software.
Something to track what the item is, who has it, location,
it's specs,
warranty exp, etc. We're considering RedBeam as we like the
idea of
barcoding everything, having a scanner be able to identify
items, and
pulling reports. This will mainly be used for PCs, Monitors,
and Printers.
Does anyone have a software/system that you would recommend
or suggest we
consider?
Thanks for your input,
Lois Wareham
Information Systems
University Health Services, UC Berkeley
2222 Bancroft Way #4300
Berkeley, CA 94720-4300
lwarehamuhs.berkeley.edu
Helpdesk 510.643.2321
Direct 510.642.5670
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