Bar-Code System Tracks Test Equipment

Abstract

Administration of complicated system speeded and simplified. Computer system uses bar codes to keep track of more than 2,200 items of test equipment. BETUS (Barcode Equipment Tracking and Utilization System), maintains data base on what items borrowed, who is using them and where, and when calibrated. Keeps records on tools and small electronic components. Saves on equipment purchases and recovers missing equipment more quickly. Cuts check-in and checkout time by 90 percent.