Every organization is comprised of various fixed assets
which helps in running the business either directly or indirectly. The fixed
assets include tangible properties like IT equipment, furniture, automobiles,
manufacturing equipment etc. It is essential for any organization to keep a
track of such assets for various purposes like financial accounting and theft
prevention and other aspects of asset management.
Tracking an asset involves keeping a record of various
attributes of assets like quantity, location, serial number etc. One of the
conventional ways has been manual tracking i.e. manually adding the details for
each assets in a central database. However a popular method is asset tagging
which enables asset tagging using Barcode/RFID technology.
Asset tagging involves printing a label (a sticker known as
tag) on the fixed asset with the help of an asset tag printer. This tag
contains a barcode / RFID which can be scanned using a barcode/RFID reader
which is integrated with a backend system feeding all the information about the
asset to the accounting system. Various printing products are available in the
market. There are also various Asset Tag Printer providers
which deliver custom Asset Tag Printer as per the requirement of the business.
There are broadly
three types of asset tag printers:
Industrial, Desktop
and Mobile. Each of them differing in ease of use, volume, durability and
quality of asset tag printing.
Industrial Asset Tag Printer is used for
high volume and high quality printing. This is ideal for tagging assets in big
organizational setups like manufacturing plants or warehouses. Desktop printers
are suitable for small scale tagging like retail outlets and back office label
printing. These are similar to industrial printers but can handle lesser volume
of printing. Though it can be used printing high quality labels. Mobile
printers are a convenient way for printing tags on the move. These can be used
for tagging highly mobile assets like cell phones or laptops.
Proper tagging is the first step in enabling an efficient
asset management process and thus the quality of tagging becomes important.
Based on the asset environment, an organization must adopt an efficient and
durable tagging mechanism, giving themselves accurate, convenient and hassle
free asset management solution.
