Howard,
This is very helpful as it supports the direction I was planning on taking. However one thing is still unclear to me: Status tagging:
There seems to be a requirment, and a logical one at that, that a usability or serviceability status be also traced to the instrument. This is because a calibrated instrument is not necessarily a serviceable one for a variety of reasons (e.g., if it breaks, ifreplaced by a more suitable piece of equipment). For this requirement, is it again adequate to have this information traced back to some database? This would probably only be acceptable, if the unserviceable equipment is not readily accesible in the lab. Otherwise a clear tag might be necessary.
What do you say?
This is very helpful as it supports the direction I was planning on taking. However one thing is still unclear to me: Status tagging:
There seems to be a requirment, and a logical one at that, that a usability or serviceability status be also traced to the instrument. This is because a calibrated instrument is not necessarily a serviceable one for a variety of reasons (e.g., if it breaks, ifreplaced by a more suitable piece of equipment). For this requirement, is it again adequate to have this information traced back to some database? This would probably only be acceptable, if the unserviceable equipment is not readily accesible in the lab. Otherwise a clear tag might be necessary.
What do you say?