On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Godwin! <
goodgodwin@hotmail.com> wrote:
> First off, I think you'll have to be really organized to keep this on track.
> I'm not saying you're shop is not but the experience I had running our shop,
> we had constant troubles keeping member's project bikes tagged with basic
> info, if at all. I think your system will have to be designed to be as easy
> as possible to use by your volunteers/staff and you may want to discuss how
> to avoid not tagging correctly and what happens in that case ect.
>
> I have never done this but two ideas spring to mind. Use multiple tags that
> can be put together to make the entire description, one card for wheel size,
> one for frame size... This would not work too well for describing work that
> needs to be done, you would have to make a grading system or tag parts of
> the bike that need repair. The other would be to implement a software
> database and print up numbers. You would be able to store whatever
> information you wanted and it would even be searchable. You would also have
> a historic record of bikes that have gone through the shop. After we finish
> (and start) work on the website, this is something I'm hoping to put into a
> much larger application but will certainly be far off in the future.
>
> .godwin
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 15:31:16 -0400
> From:
dugan.meyer@gmail.com
> To:
thethinktank@bikecollectives.org
> Subject: [TheThinkTank] Request for Inventory Tag Templates or Ideas
>
> Hiya!
>
> Do any of you wonderful shops out there have a usable bike inventory tag you
> could share with us at MoBo? We're trying to design a tag for available
> project bikes in our basement that would list basic info like top tube
> length, wheel size, etc. etc. and notes about work needed -relevant info for
> members sifting through potential projects and then recording work done over
> the course of the project.
>
> If you have something that's worked for your shop or a document from another
> source and would pass it along, we'd be grateful. Advice on things to
> include would also be helpful.
>
> Thanks, friends!
>
> Dugan Meyer
> MoBo Bicycle Cooperative, Cincinnati
>
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