Hey all,
Wondering if anyone has a really awesome solution for managing and tracking inventory?
At the moment I'm using an excel spreadsheet to track about 25 edit suites worth of gear, but it's really clunky, and I'd love to find a better solution.
Has anyone got/used a great database solution that will make tracking mobile assets easier? Ideally, something with an iPhone app that can be used as a Barcode scanner - all our inventory is barcoded.
What i'd love to do is walk into a room, scan a "room code" - like a QR code on the wall with an iPhone app, then scan QR codes for all the equipment in the room, then when that room is complete, "complete/finalise" that room, and move onto the next one. Oh, and it would be great if it could be web based, cause our sites are all over the place. Anyone seen or used anything like this?
- It is currently Fri Apr 26, 2024 12:00 pm • All times are UTC + 10 hours [ DST ]
Tracking inventory
Moderators: rick, Mark Bassett
4 posts
• Page 1 of 1
- smash
- Regular Contributor
- Posts: 442
- Joined: Tue Jun 07, 2005 12:49 am
- Location: Northern Beaches, Sydney
Re: Tracking inventory
I have not - but I would love to know if you find something.
Dave Carter
http://www.twitter.com/davecarter
http://www.twitter.com/davecarter
- Text_Edifice
- Valued Contributor
- Posts: 1030
- Joined: Sun Nov 27, 2005 12:00 pm
- Location: Wellington
Re: Tracking inventory
I suspect a custom database job would be the best solution, although there are heaps of generic inventory programs out there. I have just started using Ninox - it involves a little basic programming but I have found it relatively easy to work my way into it, and it has a cloud functionality available. I think it has an inventory database you can download pre-programmed as well.
But with all such things, you need to plan it all on paper before hand. From what you describe, you have -
ITEMS
consisting of name, possible a type field, asset number (the barcode), and location
LOCATIONS
consisting of location number and description.
You then have a many to one relationship between the items and the locations. Is that really all you want? The data entry thing you describe is fairly straightforward but what then? How do you intend to log items in or out of locations? If you don't keep it up to date all you know is where an item was when last logged, not where it is now, and that's a workflow discipline rather than a software ( unless you want to add tracking chips to every item, which actually has not as expensive as you might think!).
But with all such things, you need to plan it all on paper before hand. From what you describe, you have -
ITEMS
consisting of name, possible a type field, asset number (the barcode), and location
LOCATIONS
consisting of location number and description.
You then have a many to one relationship between the items and the locations. Is that really all you want? The data entry thing you describe is fairly straightforward but what then? How do you intend to log items in or out of locations? If you don't keep it up to date all you know is where an item was when last logged, not where it is now, and that's a workflow discipline rather than a software ( unless you want to add tracking chips to every item, which actually has not as expensive as you might think!).
Chris Preston
The man who gives meaning to the word amateur
The man who gives meaning to the word amateur
-
chrisp - Registered User
- Posts: 162
- Joined: Wed Apr 08, 2015 7:55 pm
- Location: Sunny warm Canberra
Re: Tracking inventory
Are you running Office 365? If so, then Access is a simple database and you can have your data cloud-based so it's accessible anywhere from a browser. You'd have to create the database - could have one field that is input from a bar code reader.... sounds like my day to day job - not much fun at all.....
Ian Dare
- Drumstruck
- Valued Contributor
- Posts: 1589
- Joined: Fri Sep 17, 2010 12:37 pm
- Location: NSW South Coast
4 posts
• Page 1 of 1
Return to The Turtlerock Forum
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 12 guests