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Condemn or Sell Assets
Summary
What to do when you have assets that need to be removed from your inventory? In some cases, this may pertain to old items that need to be decommissioned, or else assets that have been sold off to customers and you won't need to track any further.
The TrackAbout provides a means to remove an asset from active service. The scrapped asset will no longer be counted against internal inventory and will not be permitted for use in regular TrackAbout processes. Scenarios that would apply to the need for removing assets from inventory include condemning, scrapping, retiring and/or selling assets.
Handheld Functionality
Capturing Reasons
When an operator uses the handheld for the purpose of condemning/scrapping assets, the system can be configured to require a reason for the scrapping.
Reasons shown to operators are determined by the client during feature configuration. The reasons appear in a dropdown list and selection is required before the operator can save the action.
Website Reporting
This page is used to view assets with Use States of either Condemned (scrapped) or Sold. The act of scrapping or selling these assets on the handheld will ensure that the assets in the system are no longer represented in inventory counts.
Upon navigating to this page, the report will automatically run based on the default report parameters
Update the report parameters as needed and the report will update
Each row will provide two links: View – This link will open the Asset History page for the cylinder Date – This link will open the Condemn/Sell Assets record for review
The report output can be exported to CSV
Require Condemn / Sell Approval
By default, this page is for informational use only, and no action is required. However, there is support to require approval of all condemning and selling actions before they actually remove assets from inventory.
If enabled, report will allow operations manager or Admin to select which scrapped or sold assets to be approved. Simple check the box next to each asset and then click the Approve button. You will be asked to confirm the action
Use States
For clients tracking asset Use States, upon completion of the Condemn/Sell process, asset Use States will be updated to a Retired status