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Revision as of 16:08, 10 January 2009
What Is an Asset?
An asset is any physical object that you wish to track using TrackAbout. TrackAbout uses a globally unique identifier to individually track each and every asset. Typically, this unique identifier is either a barcode label or an RFID tag.
Product Code
A product code is the same thing as your part number, SKU, or catalog ID.
Asset Classification
TrackAbout requires that you categorize each tracked asset into a three-level hierarchy.
- Category
- Group
- Type
- Group
Product codes must be mapped to a Type. Whenever new product codes are introduced to TrackAbout, such as through various integration points to your back office systems, the new product codes must be mapped to Types.
The mapping of product codes to types allows TrackAbout to understand the information that comes in from your back office system, and properly categorize assets.
This mapping extends the Category/Group/Type hierarchy into a four-level hierarchy:
- Category
- Group
- Type
- Product Code
- Type
- Group