Fred, I'm afraid what I was thinking of won't do it for you I'm afraid. I'll let you know if I come up with something.
One final question -- Are you looking to run in a Windoze or Linux environment? Wes On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 1:12 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Wesley, > > I am looking for an internal system, not something exposed to the > Internet. There are a few dozens of potential users. The software has > to allow reservation dates for equipment. > > The equipment loans are very similar to item loans in a library, with > one big exception: some equipment is fungible. The selected software has > to support pools, or buckets, of identical items (e.g., 12 test > servers, 1000 phones, 30 laptops) that can be reserved and loaned in > bulk (e.g., I want 4 servers and 100 phones). I tried to simulate this > with the consumable tracking feature in some existing library > management software, but consumables are not returned to the pool, so > that didn't work. > > Renewable loans is a nice feature if available, not strictly necessary. > > Do you have a particular software in mind? > > Thank you, > > --Fred > > > On Thu, 24 Jan 2013 12:41:04 -0500 > "Wesley Peterson - [email protected]" > <mhvlug2.trace.02036bc4e0.wesley.d.peterson#[email protected]> wrote: > > > Are you looking for a system that would be used internally (your > > company only) to track the loans and due dates, or are you looking > > for a system that will be accessible (at a different level) for > > potential customers to see what (and when) the equipment they would > > like to borrow is available? Also, is this to work like a library in > > that loans would be made for similar periods and renewable (perhaps > > with limits)? > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 9:33 AM, <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Yes, I looked at MERCI. It has the notion of buckets of fungible > > > items, which is exactly what we need. We don't want people to have > > > to check boxes for 100 individual phones when they need that many > > > for a test. > > > > > > Of course, this being Drupal, it is quite intimidating and has a > > > lot of prereqs. But definitely worth a look. > > > > > > Ben, you suggested a spreadsheet. C'mon. You know the saying: A > > > spreadsheet is never the answer. A spreadsheet is the question. The > > > answer is "no". > > > > > > Yes, Drupal is probably a bit overkill, but it beats having to > > > develop my own solution. > > > > > > --Fred > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College > Feb 6 - Raspberry Pi > Mar 6 - 10th Anniversary Meeting - Linux where you least expect it > Apr 3 - Typography: Physical Art to Digital Art >
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