Audit Tool - How do you Audit your exuipment

[Nij.UK]

Hi All,

 

Does anyone know where i can get an audit tool from, pref free, looking for some software that will keep track off all the serial numbers for equipment.

 

At the moment, ive just got all mine on a spreadsheet, but i was looking for more of a database style app..

 

How do other schools audit there equpiment

[Geoff]

I use OCS Inventory.

 

http://ocsinventory.sourceforge.net/

[Nij.UK]

thanks for that Geoff, i will look into it!

[Guest]

I the same boat. Currently using Excel, have just found this

 

http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/templates/TC010184591033.aspx

 

Looks like it might do the trick too.

[OutToLunch]

If you're the lone techie and find a web based system to be overkill, but a spreadsheet to be too restrictive, Kevin Figg's Hardware Management System is fantastic. We still have a lot of standalone machines, so the web based systems don't really do the trick for me.

 

http://www.mst-software.co.uk/software/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=77&Itemid=62

 

Here is a small list of what HWMS can do;

* Act as an asset register

* Keep history on hardware

* Maintain a list of hardware offsite (either repair or loan)

* Keep yearly lists of stock checks

* Search your hardware database

* Reports on almost everything

 

I've been running our inventory on it for about 2 years now and it's perfect

[Nij.UK]

I think the hardware manangement system is what i am looking for, thanks for the link!

[Ben_Stanton]

Hi guys,

 

Trying to download the MST Hardware Management System but cannot see it on website, even after registering. Assuming it is no longer around, anybody got the download?

 

Cheers,

 

Ben

[Gatt]

Using GLPI here -

Nice little tool -

 

• interacts with OCG (not tried)
  
• keeps track of toner changes for each printer
  
• Finance information
  
• AD integration - allows for granualar access as well as linking assets to staff
  
• reservations - keep track of who equipment has bee loaned too and when its due back