Spare Parts Management for IT and other critical businesses
SageData is based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Imagine you are running a tight ship
where every spare part that your business
may
need
is easily
found…
If it is the case - congratulations, well done! Please do not waste your time reading the rest
of
this page.
But if your ship is not that tight, we may be able to help - please continue reading.
If you are running an IT business with real life customers, quickly finding a replacement part
quickly might be
critical.
For example, a network failure related to a faulty switch would be easily repaired if only you
could
find the replacement part. Of course, you know that you have it somewhere on this or that shelf.
The
Excel
spreadsheet
says there are 3 of them...2 were borrowed by the lab staff last Monday...so, where is the last
one?
Your
manager
just called to ask what was going on...Her boss gave her 15 minutes to figure out the situation
and
report
back...
Your manager wants to stay with you on the phone while you frantically search for the part.
She tells you to stop searching and call the lab to see if you could get back the part they
borrowed.
No luck - the automated message tells you that the lab team is in training until tomorrow.
Finally, after some stressful minutes you find the part. Success! And a relief...but, your
Director
wants to see
you
and your manager tomorrow morning to review what went wrong. This is not going to a happy
meeting.
Sounds
familiar?
SageData Solutions can make finding a spare part much easier by relaying on an RFID search.
This is how it would look like with our system in your place:
...a network failure related to a faulty switch would be easily repaired if only you could
quickly
find
the replacement parts. Of course, you know you have it somewhere on this or that shelf. So, you
grab
the
RFID scanner, press the button, and in a split second you would know the location of that spare
part.
When your manager calls to find out what is going on, you report that the replacement part is in
your
hand and the service will be restored momentarily…
Our solution for spare parts management is a combination of barcode and RFID technology managed
by
the Basset
Pro
software system. Every spare part would have a unique barcode label and an RFID tag that would
make
finding it
very simple and quick. Our system provides a highly customizable database allowing every
organization to set up
an optimal spare parts management solution. You would be able to track the parts that went to
another location
either to be used or for repair. Our system would remind you when a calibration of certain
equipment
is due and
it would tell you the exact quantity of every part and their locations. In addition, you could
manage checking
out / in of the items.
So, the tight ship
, mentioned at the beginning, could be yours if you are willing to give
it
a
try.
Of course,
you would still need to follow operating procedures to keep things in order. Even the most
advanced
system would
not help finding a much-needed spare part if the RFID tag has not been registered or the part
itself
is not in
the system. But these are errors that are easily avoided, and with our help, you would have all
the
required
tools to be successful.
We would be happy to provide some good examples of our systems.
If you found this useful, you might also want to review:
-
an introduction to barcode technology
- an introduction to RFID
- mobile data collectors
-
municipal housing management solution - a brief video
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