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With the ability to measure usage against opening stock levels the product supplier has advance warning of use and can dispatch accordingly.
Product usage reports identify the operator, time and quantity with product costs assigned to the actual job by keying a job number at the time of vend.
Prospective Customers
All locations with medium to high use of consumable items where there are multiple users.
Hardware:
- Touch screen Operator terminal
- Resilient Touch panel
- Smartcard Reader
- Network capability
Back office control:
- Stock control
- Stock addition & subtraction
- Product /item modification
- Assignable parameters
- Touch screen layout design & control
- Flash report capability
- Full Reporting
- Data export / Import
Touch screen Functions:
- Password / Smartcard protected
- Simple to operate and thus to train
- All items logged and tracked to an individual / department
- Product/ Stock search on screen
- Ability to assign job /cost code to items drawn
- Pre order capability for upcoming jobs
- Loan /Hire equipment control
- Control of individual allowance of consumables
- PPE equipment control
Reporting
- Safety equipment audit
- Loan equipment status reporting
- Consumable consumption control
- Departmental consumption report
- Reporting export
Additional Functionality
Each tool / part can have the following information
for added product control:
- Part Number, Serial Number, Calibration date (if applicable), Stores Location, and cost.
- New Part Numbers can be added as new tools are acquired.
- Tools can be grouped i.e. all Socket sets, test rig equipment etc.
There is also the ability to break down a complete Tool set,
i.e. listed as individual parts within a complete set to track missing items.
Transactions Tracking
When issuing tools / receiving parts back the following is available:
Tools can be booked against an Engineers smart card, plus job number (8
digit number), date & time - (this is identical to the vending application)
The Storeman/Engineer that carried out the transaction can also be tracked.
When loan items are returned a confirmation prompt is given that the item is being returned.
The terminal has the ability to issue tools for repair or for calibration and can issue tools to other locations i.e. an off site location (this can be a loan item to a sister company or contractor).
Features
Extra Reports / Functions
- List of issues by engineer, by part number, by Works order, by date, by type etc.
- List of tools equipment due for calibration in a particular period to allow planning.
- The ability to pre-select/pre order tools and parts in preparation for work.
- The system would pre-select tools/equipment and perform a cross check ensuring items cannot be double booked.
Back Up and Data Storage
Having the system on a network allows the back up of data safer and less
vunerable.
This is by no means exhaustive but the functions listed here are as a guide and any other special applications/functions are subject to development and an associated cost. |
