Consumable Management??

What software do people use to monitor their printer supplies or is it just me that uses software?

Thanks

Matt

I look in the storage cuboard. If it's almost empty I order more.

haha you obviously dont have 60 printers and £4000 worth of stock like i do then as if i forget to order a certain cartridge or 3 get used within a few days garaunteed someone will want one when i dont have it.

I wrote some online app to manage my consumables but its not great.

.matt

Locked storeroom as well.

What's happened here is that I've purchased all the consumables I can afford for the printers and anything past that is tough. Staff have been warned, and I've gotthe backing of the SMT's.

I look in the storage cuboard. If it's almost empty I order more.

Sheer Brilliance!

What software do people use to monitor their printer supplies or is it just me that uses software?

Thanks

Matt

I knocked up a little database in Approach (showing my age there) - it records stock in and out and adds on 10% to the purchase price so that when its costed to the relevant dept - the IT budget gets a little bigger. 8)

Stocking toner is a Pain in the Asp - i've decided! hehe!

Boosting the budget is over-rated I recon. If you can get toner quick enough - most comes next day with no delivery charge, then why bother - just get the user/ whatever to store a spare and replace that if they're really worried - otherwise what happens when the printer dies ...oops - waste of money - chuck...

I've got the perfect system

Handed over ink supplies to a technician - if we run out I shout at her and she orders more

perfect :twisted:

I knocked up a little database in Approach (showing my age there) - it records stock in and out and adds on 10% to the purchase price so that when its costed to the relevant dept - the IT budget gets a little bigger. 8)

Good God Man!!! How can you do that??? And why did I never think of it. Classic.

only 10%?

When depts are sticking their budgets together and want to include consumables cost you should tell them the price inc VAT. (presuming most schools claim it back)

That's the way you do it :-)

only 10%?

 

When depts are sticking their budgets together and want to include consumables cost you should tell them the price inc VAT. (presuming most schools claim it back)

 

That's the way you do it :-)

10% after VAT of course! :mrgreen:

lol

We always run out - not because of my choosing, but the management's lol

Its a look at the store room ...er...my room to see whats left.

They never plan for toner so if anyone asks me why there's none in x printer, i say ask the management or something lol

Sad, but true *sighs*

Nath

I use our helpdesk software by assigning assets to printers. Everytime we put out an order for printers we make a purchase order and when we recieve the items we simply just select the recieve all option and it makes all the ink to assets. Then we can do a report to check what we have it and if we want to check a department of there printing we just view the printer.

Ross