ARCHIBUS Solutions for Asset Registration and Bar Coding

ARCHIBUS offers a Web Central solution and mobile solution for asset registration. If your site tags all new assets with bar codes, consider the number of assets that you enter at one time to determine which method to use.

ARCHIBUS Program	Bar Code Scanner	Use Case
Asset & Equipment Registration mobile app	mobile device's camera feature	Add many (30-60) assets by scanning their bar codes. Current technology for scanning bar codes with mobile devices is relatively slow for entering a large number of assets rapidly; you may want to limit this method to a smaller number of assets (30-60).
Asset Registration console in Web Central applications: Asset Management Enterprise Asset Management	external bar code scanner	For entering large numbers of assets, such as entering in 1,000 new PCs at the loading dock. With Web Central, you must have an external scanner attached to your laptop or PC.

ARCHIBUS Program

Bar Code Scanner

Use Case

Asset & Equipment Registration mobile app

mobile device's camera feature

Add many (30-60) assets by scanning their bar codes.

Current technology for scanning bar codes with mobile devices is relatively slow for entering a large number of assets rapidly; you may want to limit this method to a smaller number of assets (30-60).

Asset Registration console in Web Central applications:

Asset Management
Enterprise Asset Management

external bar code scanner

For entering large numbers of assets, such as entering in 1,000 new PCs at the loading dock.

With Web Central, you must have an external scanner attached to your laptop or PC.