We are still adjusting to a new barcode process and still having difficulty giving up our Excel spreadsheets. Timeouts and sync issues have plagued us; however, I am confident this is a result of our own doing. Our barcode profiles are huge, and this is more a result of inefficient processes that don't necessarily ensure assets are created with all the necessary information.
Is it possible for anyone to share how they've set up their barcode profiles? And briefly describe the process around them (i.e., what justifies switching between them and how your asset management team feels about the process)? From my standpoint, how do you ensure your system is performing its delta resource updates to guarantee the assets will be included in the profile for future syncs? In fact, any policies you've defined that you don't mind sharing would be extremely helpful here, as we have been struggling with timing in general (e.g., when to sync throughout the day).
On a separate note, we don't use the out-of-box purchasing process either. We do, however, have to ensure newly created assets are linked to a purchase order number in the system (for auditing purposes). From the sounds of the other comments, is it safe to assume each of you have created your own PO reference number data class, associated it with assets, and then brought it into your barcode templates? We are making this association by adding cost items, but this is not convenient because there is no way to pre-stage them like other attributes in the barcode application.