Re: Inventory Tracking Software

I fill the role of inventory police here in sociology and BETS works
great for me.

It is an inventory tracking system that is web based.
While the BETS GROUP is only concerned (auditing) for items =>$5K you
can use the system to inventory anything you want.
You can tell it who has what, and what that person's location is (like
PCs in faculty homes and not on campus).
You can give an item a $$ value, a lifetime expectancy, pretty much
anything, including creating your own information fields.
It pumps out barcodes too, and costs nothing to use cause your supposed
to be using it already anyway.
You can also transfer ownership of equipment to other departments, or
track a loan of equipment to another department.

The really good part is that if you use BETS to track all your stuff,
when it's time to toss the old stuff, you can get the BETS group to come
pick it up. Then anything that you had in the inventory that they sold,
your group gets some of the money at the end of the year.

I would say, unless you have some specific need that BETS can't do for
you, why spend money at all when BETS is available for free.

Hebert Diaz-Flores wrote:
> 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-list_at_lists.berkeley.edu
> [mailto:owner-micronet-list_at_lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of E. Bond
> Francisco
> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 7:47 AM
> To: 'Lois Wareham'
> Cc: micronet-list_at_lists.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-list_at_lists.berkeley.edu
> [mailto:owner-micronet-list_at_lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Lois Wareham
> Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 3:24 PM
> To: micronet-list_at_lists.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
> lwareham_at_uhs.berkeley.edu
> Helpdesk 510.643.2321
> Direct 510.642.5670
>
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