Inventory Management

I don' t know. ?

Personally I have a form of allergy 😯 to anything that contains (or is related to the word) "cloud" (I have also another couple slightly different diseases, related to "Saas" and "web based", BTW), particularly in connection with data that may be important or sensible/private.
Maybe the simpler "inventory control"
http//www.waspbarcode.com/inventory-control
would do.

Not an endorsement (never used it), just as an example
http//www.estockcard.com/
seems nice, particularly because it has 2D/3D visualizations of where the item is (or should be wink ) it is "local" and it has a more "normal" licensing model than a monthly or yearly subscription.

jaclaz

Hi

We are currently trialling a free open source tool called snipe-it, it seems to cover most of our needs, takes a little setting up but so far quite impressed. This is for our asset tracking only.

For case management we have trialled Lima by Intaforensics recently. It would give you an all in one solution as far as I am aware, including asset tracking and exhibit management.

https://snipeitapp.com

https://www.intaforensics.com/lima/

Haven't had that problem yet, but on an earlier job i set up a simple database on a laptop, got a barcode reader that acted as a keyboard and printed barcodes on adhesive stickers sheets using the free Code 39 font (iirc it is called "3-of-9"), can be made simple using a word template (great job for an intern). A wildcard search function is probably a good idea.

A paper that you bring with you (maby glued to a pad) with categorisation words for filling in forms like "PC", "MAC", "iPhone", "Cityname", "Ingoing", "Outgoing" (etc) that you would enter frequently is a definite timesaver.

Print some barcodes for the shelves as well so you can easily enter where the item is stored without having to mess around manually.

Good luck.

This is open source case management software where you may be able to modify into somthing you can use.
github.com/AnttiKurittu/kirjuri

Barcodes.

Barcodes for CoC docs, bar codes for actual media, barcodes for mailing, bar codes for everything!

Barcodes are easy to generate,

or

forms.
Barcodes can be on labels to stick it on things.
Barcodes can be printed directly on CoCs.
You can print it at home, in the office, or on the road.
Print it on orange, or white, even on a kite.
You can have it on an apple, or an orange, and don't forget it on a lozenge.

BARCODES FOR EVERYONE! mrgreen

We experimented with QR codes, but if printed on plastic, a damaged QR code is exponentially harder to recover compared to a simple bar code.

Heck, we have someone who can read the barcode by eye and tell us most of the numbers by just looking at it.

The tool is just a $30 reader that works with anything that has a kbd…

Fantastic, thanks for the input folks, plenty there for me to look at and like the open source options..or rather the boss who pays the bills will like those options 😉

We use TrackerProducts (http//trackerproducts.com/).

Tracker looks interesting.

No indication of costs on the website, are you able to shed some light on that?

Barcodes.
Barcodes are easy to generate,

giant

or

tiny

forms.
Barcodes can be on labels to stick it on things.
Barcodes can be printed directly on CoCs.
You can print it at home, in the office, or on the road.
Print it on orange, or white, even on a kite.
You can have it on an apple, or an orange, and don't forget it on a lozenge.

BARCODES FOR EVERYONE! mrgreen

Can I just draw attention to this truly superb piece of Dr Seuss-style prose. *applause*

Currently we're using a spreadsheet and it's not at all fit for purpose.

This is open source case management software where you may be able to modify into somthing you can use.
github.com/AnttiKurittu/kirjuri

Thanks for the link - this looks pretty promising!