Who has the Laptops?

A recent survey by the School of Educational Administration and Management found that the vast majority of UK schools lost equipment every year and that sadly most schools were unable to claim through their insurance for the losses.

School laptops can be a great learning tool, don't let them go missing!

Over 85 percent of the schools asked in a survey stated that they had “lost” something of value belonging to the school and had not immediately been able to account for it.

Many of the bursars and administrators who have the job of trying to locate the missing items stated that they wasted many hours trying to locate items – a further loss to the school if we consider the people resources used up in the search for missing items.

Even worse, some bursars stated that sending messages to teachers asking if they had certain items did not help! One person commented:

 “No one wants to admit that they have taken a couple of laptops or calculators for a lesson and not returned them."

“So what happens is that they sneak the equipment back into store without admitting it was them – which means we are searching for things that have already been returned.”

This is why more and more schools are seeing the benefits of and introducing asset tracking. It saves time and money and leads to better utilisation of assets because you are able to track maintenance and service records, as well as other important information.

By adding a barcode as part of the asset label, schools can use a simple and quick scanning system to keep track of all their assets. At times when you need to send your assets out of your school premises e.g. for repair, your asset labels will clearly identify your assets other similar items.

Asset tracking software allows schools to:

• track all assets they have
• identify each assets location 
• see who has been allocated each asset
• see when the item was borrowed and when it is due for return
• see when maintenance was last completed and when it should be scheduled next
• highlight the cost and depreciation of each asset

Dantech Experts in Asset Labelling and Security Marking

With a high reputation built over the years on customer satisfaction, Dantech can provide help and advice with your asset marking and labelling requirements. 

Please call us on 01354 688 488 or visit http://www.idassetlabels.co.uk/ for labelling solutions and http://www.idmark.com/ for security marking and identification plates.