Hardware Asset Management for pharmaceutical laboratory

[MasterBlockWarr]

I'm wondering if we could use HAM features to model assets that are not typical IT estate. The idea would be to use the hardware asset class to describe different types of specialized laboratory equipment and to differentiate it by creating hardware product models for different types. After initial analysis of the laboratory equipment we are looking at more than 50 different types of equipment - this is definitely too much to create a custom class/table for every type. Additionally they have some non-computerized equipment like pipettes and we would like to use the Consumables table to describe this.

What are your experiences with building asset inventories for pharmaceutical laboratories? What tables/classes did you use to describe the equipment? Does anybody have some best-practices to share?

[hallief]

In the pharmaceutical industry, keeping track of all the equipment in a lab is really important. You're on the right track with Hardware Asset Management (HAM), even though it's typically used for computers. You can use HAM to categorize different lab equipment by creating models for each type. Don't worry about making a separate category for every single one - if there's more than 50, that's too much! You can also use HAM's Consumables section for things like pipettes that aren't electronic.