Yes, this blog is about inventory -- a favorite subject for almost everyone.
As I was in a hurry to deploy as many new machines as possible during the fall, I let the inventory maintenance of the old equipment fall by the wayside. I'm now almost caught up with reconciling the old equipment, as I've whittled away at it a little each day for the past few weeks.
I've made a much more conscious effort the last few weeks to better manage this part of the record keeping. Even if I know I'll be meeting with the end user later to follow-up, I always try to bring their old equipment back to UCS and update inventory accordingly. This way, we have the equipment on our premises. When circumstances warrant the end user keeping old equipment while we finalize the details of new equipment setup, I always make sure to identify the equipment in their office or workarea and discuss with them our need to collect and process the old equipment. I'm working diligently to improve and streamline how I process the old equipment.
