TOURBUSTECH QUIZ 2

These items that are ordinarily required for a worker's job function, including but not limited to, equipment that ordinarily has no licensing, insurance or substantive storage costs associated with it.

This states that the item is portable and probably does not have a fixed location. It also states they are attractive, meaning they could be a target for theft or excessive use.

Some businesses will attach their own number. This has the advantage that the number can be created for each asset that has identification within the number.

Most tools have a number that is attached to the device as part of the manufacturing process. These are generally globally unique so that no two serial numbers should be the same and they will identify each item.

The asset number can be encoded into a code that can be easily scanned to maintain records. These have the advantage of certainty and the elimination of data entry error

These are electronic tags that can be attached to items that will communicate with electronic scanning systems that will allow individual items to be identified while in groups.

It can be restricted to local calls if necessary and they usually have unlimited access.

The simplest tool is a document that controls the use and access to the tool. The cheapest is a book that records all the relevant information and has to be signed on access and use of the tool.

. Computer systems can have password protection to restrict access. When considering access to knowledge or information users can have a security access attached to their log-in profile. 

Access to the tools can be controlled by the use of swipe cards. Systems can record each person that accesses the storage area and also the users that take the tools from the storage location.