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We are in need of a physical asset inventory control system.
We have the following requirements.
-We wish to track laptops, desktops, printers, etc.
-We need the ability to tag assets with specific custom attributes based off what account code they were purchased from. (title 1, Grant, Title 3, SPED, etc) This must correlate with a PO number that we can cross reference with the asset.
-The system must support the ability for an asset to be decommissioned and replaced by a new asset (serial number) while still maintaining a relational link to the old asset it replaced.
-We need the system to have native barcode support.
-The method by which we scan barcodes and keep track of assets needs to be wireless in nature. We require the scanners to be handheld and do not need to connect back to a PC. IE, when an asset is scanned it is transmitted realtime to the tracking software. (we have 100% wireless coverage so the scanners must be able to use our existing wireless networks)
-The software must support AD integration for user and permissions control.
-The software must use MS SQL as it's backend. Nothing rinky dink like Access or some proprietary database.
-We will only be tracking about 5,000 assets.
We are not sure of our budget at this point. We expect an enterprise solution to be costly, but we can't afford something like $100,000. We are thinking our ballpark is somewhere near $30,000 but that is not a hard number at all.
We routinely get audited and when we can't produce accurate assets reports we get fined so the goal is for the asset system to pay for itself eventually.
We have the following requirements.
-We wish to track laptops, desktops, printers, etc.
-We need the ability to tag assets with specific custom attributes based off what account code they were purchased from. (title 1, Grant, Title 3, SPED, etc) This must correlate with a PO number that we can cross reference with the asset.
-The system must support the ability for an asset to be decommissioned and replaced by a new asset (serial number) while still maintaining a relational link to the old asset it replaced.
-We need the system to have native barcode support.
-The method by which we scan barcodes and keep track of assets needs to be wireless in nature. We require the scanners to be handheld and do not need to connect back to a PC. IE, when an asset is scanned it is transmitted realtime to the tracking software. (we have 100% wireless coverage so the scanners must be able to use our existing wireless networks)
-The software must support AD integration for user and permissions control.
-The software must use MS SQL as it's backend. Nothing rinky dink like Access or some proprietary database.
-We will only be tracking about 5,000 assets.
We are not sure of our budget at this point. We expect an enterprise solution to be costly, but we can't afford something like $100,000. We are thinking our ballpark is somewhere near $30,000 but that is not a hard number at all.
We routinely get audited and when we can't produce accurate assets reports we get fined so the goal is for the asset system to pay for itself eventually.