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Casual Articles - Equipment Numbering and Categorizing - An Effective Approach
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In some cases, your equipment and inventory items may already be numbered. You may be using a manufacturer’s SKU (stock keeping unit), or your own SKU, a serial number, or some other locally-developed numbering scheme.
If your items are already numbered, that’s okay. You can use your existing numbering scheme as long as it’s convenient for you to use and is able to handle any growth you expect will happen. As we discuss the steps involved in designing a new number scheme, just evaluate how your existing one measures up in order to determine whether it will work for you in the future.
One of the first things to consider is whether your items are already barcoded.
If they are, is the barcode simply the item number printed out as a barcode (i.e. when you scan the barcode, does the item number appear on the scanner?) or is it some other number that you somehow have to match up to this item number? If you plan to be using barcodes scanners to scan items when they are checked in or out, then the length of the item number doesn’t matter, as long as it fits on a reasonable-sized barcode label.
However, if you plan to key in the number when an item is checked-in or out, then the fewer the number of characters to enter, the faster and more accurate the data entry will be.
Numbers can be keyed much faster than letters, and a combination of numbers and letters is about the hardest thing to type in because you’re constantly having to “hunt and peck” the keystrokes out.
If you have a choice, all numbers is best. There is one exception to this,
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If your items are already numbered, that’s okay. You can use your existing numbering scheme as long as it’s convenient for you to use and is able to handle any growth you expect will happen. As we discuss the steps involved in designing a new number scheme, just evaluate how your existing one measures up in order to determine whether it will work for you in the future.
One of the first things to consider is whether your items are already barcoded.
If they are, is the barcode simply the item number printed out as a barcode (i.e. when you scan the barcode, does the item number appear on the scanner?) or is it some other number that you somehow have to match up to this item number? If you plan to be using barcodes scanners to scan items when they are checked in or out, then the length of the item number doesn’t matter, as long as it fits on a reasonable-sized barcode label.
However, if you plan to key in the number when an item is checked-in or out, then the fewer the number of characters to enter, the faster and more accurate the data entry will be.
Numbers can be keyed much faster than letters, and a combination of numbers and letters is about the hardest thing to type in because you’re constantly having to “hunt and peck” the keystrokes out.
If you have a choice, all numbers is best. There is one exception to this,
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One of the first things to consider is whether your items are already barcoded.
If they are, is the barcode simply the item number printed out as a barcode (i.e. when you scan the barcode, does the item number appear on the scanner?) or is it some other number that you somehow have to match up to this item number? If you plan to be using barcodes scanners to scan items when they are checked in or out, then the length of the item number doesn’t matter, as long as it fits on a reasonable-sized barcode label.
However, if you plan to key in the number when an item is checked-in or out, then the fewer the number of characters to enter, the faster and more accurate the data entry will be.
Numbers can be keyed much faster than letters, and a combination of numbers and letters is about the hardest thing to type in because you’re constantly having to “hunt and peck” the keystrokes out.
If you have a choice, all numbers is best. There is one exception to this,
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However, if you plan to key in the number when an item is checked-in or out, then the fewer the number of characters to enter, the faster and more accurate the data entry will be.
Numbers can be keyed much faster than letters, and a combination of numbers and letters is about the hardest thing to type in because you’re constantly having to “hunt and peck” the keystrokes out.
If you have a choice, all numbers is best. There is one exception to this,
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Numbers can be keyed much faster than letters, and a combination of numbers and letters is about the hardest thing to type in because you’re constantly having to “hunt and peck” the keystrokes out.
If you have a choice, all numbers is best. There is one exception to this, and that is the use of a dash/hyphen. This can come in handy when you incorporate the category into the numbering scheme.
If you have, or expect to have 1000 or fewer equipment items, then a 4-digit numbering scheme (which gives you a range of 1000 to 9999 (or around 9000 potential numbers) is lots. Clearly, this gives you even more room for expansion than you think you’ll need, which is ideal considering that the “unexpected” always happens.
If you expect 10,000 items or less, then a 5-digit numbering scheme gives you a similar cushion, and so on.
If you want to incorporate the category into the number, then the number of categories you will have becomes important. If the number is less than 50, then you may be able to get away with a 2-digit category number (which gives you a range of 10 to 99, or 89 categories total). This gives you a small buffer for category growth.
If you expect to need more than 50, but less than 500, then a 3-digit category code will be best. If you expect more than 500 categories, are you sure you’re defining your categories properly? Remember, categories exist to help you manage your information more effectively, but having too many categories is a pain in the neck. Trust me. I’ve seen this movie.
If you are incorporating category into the number, then you need to revisit the earlier question about how many equipment/inventory items will you have in the next 5 year
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