Internal Team Management System

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Originally Posted by Chaos204

ya thats defanatly what we do the only problem is keeping track of attendance and contact info.

We're instituting a new system this year for 254 and 1868 (they also work in our lab).

We have a barcode scanning system that we purchased, to keep track of who is in our lab, and where all our tools are.

We will be setting up a scanner at the door, and all students will be required to scan their student ID cards upon entry and exit (parents and mentors will receive their own ID cards).

We will also be barcoding all power tools, and other tools deemed easily misplaced and creating a toolcrib to keep all tools in. Whenever anyone wants to use a tool, they have to scan it out. The system will check to see if they have the appropriate training to use whatever tool they want to check out, and if so check it out to them. They are then responsible for scanning it back in when they are done.

We've had quite a few problems in the past with losing tools, or not being able to find them because they either don't have a proper home, or never get put back in that home. With this new system we should be able to keep track of who tends to forget to put back what tools, as well as easily finding out when/where any tools may have been lost or damaged.

In addition we're hoping to figure out a way to have it randomly assign everyone a cleanup task when they enter the building each day, so that we can keep more clean/organized

It was a somewhat significant cost to purchase, but we're pretty sure the benefit of knowing where our tools are at all times (and as a result not having to buy new ones because they got lost), and having accurate counts on the number of people in our lab, and the frequency of their visits will be worth it