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** who wants the data - NCER, annual report, donors, production/sales projections, space/time budgeting | ** who wants the data - NCER, annual report, donors, production/sales projections, space/time budgeting | ||
** things we don't bother with and why (what we used to try to cover) | ** things we don't bother with and why (what we used to try to cover) | ||
| − | * Inventory by location not type | + | *How we do inventory |
| − | ** Best way of making sure we actually get everything | + | ** Inventory by location not type |
| + | **: Best way of making sure we actually get everything | ||
| + | **Counting | ||
* System is a case | * System is a case | ||
** story - 100 systems disassembled and put randomly in 5 boxes. how do we count them? | ** story - 100 systems disassembled and put randomly in 5 boxes. how do we count them? | ||
** alternative story - we weigh everything (how do we tell covered and not after disassembly?) | ** alternative story - we weigh everything (how do we tell covered and not after disassembly?) | ||
** Apply this to laptops | ** Apply this to laptops | ||
| + | ** What is a system in the first place? | ||
| + | ** What we don't count | ||
* What we do with the inventory data | * What we do with the inventory data | ||
** Correcting the database, when and how | ** Correcting the database, when and how | ||
Revision as of 15:31, 6 March 2012
Points to cover
- Reasons for inventory
- Need information on what we are processing
- No database is accurate, need to correct on a regular basis
examples: theft forgotten entries, mistyped entries
- who wants the data - NCER, annual report, donors, production/sales projections, space/time budgeting
- things we don't bother with and why (what we used to try to cover)
- How we do inventory
- Inventory by location not type
- Best way of making sure we actually get everything
- Counting
- Inventory by location not type
- System is a case
- story - 100 systems disassembled and put randomly in 5 boxes. how do we count them?
- alternative story - we weigh everything (how do we tell covered and not after disassembly?)
- Apply this to laptops
- What is a system in the first place?
- What we don't count
- What we do with the inventory data
- Correcting the database, when and how
- recycle vs receive
- examples
- Issues
- Changed categories (lcd monitor vs lcd tv)
- Different standards in different FG areas.
- lost entries (sheet misplaced, entry point not entered)
- Modified old entries
- Unknown causes
- props