Beginning with one-room schoolhouses on the prairie and ending with Ivy League campuses, keeping tracking of school equipment – from crayons and jelly switches to notebook PCs and theatrical props – schools everywhere need to keep track of equipment and assets that have been entrusted to them by the community funding sources. Granted, a one-room school house probably falls under the unusual category of “manageable” mayhem, but once schools grow beyond that limited model of manageability, a good system needs to be in place to keep track of school equipment.
A tried and true method to manage school assets and keep track of school equipment (although not as old as the one-room schoolhouse concept) is barcode. That’s right, “barcode”. It’s a concept that’s been around for decades in grocery stores, warehouses, distribution centers and retail environments, but, did you know it’s equally at home at school? At GigaTrak Barcode Solutions, we did! In fact, we’ve got a variety of barcode software solutions designed for just about any school asset tracking project. If you can put a barcode label on it, we can help you monitor and maintain that school equipment inventory.
GigaTrak Barcode Solutions for Schools includes our ATS – Asset Tracking Solution, in Basic, Professional or Educational versions. Think of assets as fixed items (possibly, even rentals or consumables) that are used in the everyday business of school. The asset tracking barcode can be placed on office furniture, library books, school buses, band instruments, cafeteria ovens, special education tools, and more. In order to keep track of school equipment, the project administrator simply needs to determine some ground rules: What assets need to be tracked?, How will they be tagged?, Who’ll be responsible for them?, and What information or reports will be required once the data is in the asset tracking system? Once these few details are ironed out, then the process to keep track of school equipment with barcode can begin.
At GigaTrak Barcode Solutions, we understand “keeping track” of stuff. We also understand stuff comes in all shapes and sizes. When it comes to helping schools and educational facilities keep track of school equipment, we know the little stuff can add up to big problems if it isn’t where it’s supposed to be when it’s supposed to be there. Our Barcode Software Solutions are designed to be practical, robust and user-friendly. We can help your school’s asset tracking project or inventory management process. If you can put a barcode label on it, at GigaTrak Barcode Solutions, we can provide an asset tracking barcode solution to help you manage it. For your barcode asset tracking project, call your GigaTrak Representative @ 877-204-9237. Ask him or her for an online webinar, or simply download a demonstration version to see for yourself how you can keep track of school equipment with barcode.