I am wondering how useful the bar code is. I am planning to manually enter the serial numbers and lots of other data for each item, entering the serial number via scanner seems like it may be more hassle than it is worth.
From: Paul Stewart Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2016 2:16 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Physical asset inventory We use non removal stickers on all equipment and track it via bar code scanning into an internally developed application. This is primarily desktops/corporate servers/notebooks more than anything else. Public servers and network gear do not have this yet as they are operated by a different group, but at some point we’d like to integrate both sides. From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eric Kuhnke Sent: Wednesday, February 3, 2016 4:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Physical asset inventory Everything I care about has an IP address in management RFC1918 blocks and is monitored in OpenNMS - if somebody steals a piece of a POP, we'll know about it... $15 cordless engraver is used to etch names on some key equipment. http://www.amazon.com/General-Tools-Instruments-505-Precision/dp/B004YK66NM Equipment that is in storage for spares or awaiting deployment is tracked using the same inventory spreadsheet used to track purchasing (eg: an incoming purchase invoice/bill of sale email is matched with an incoming UPS or FedEx tracking number, when the item arrives and is unboxed and placed on a shelf, the status column of its row is updated). On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 10:07 AM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: Anyone use barcodes? How exhaustive and anal do some of you get when maintaining your asset records?
