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<blockquote data-quote="Geri O&amp;#039;Neil" data-source="post: 92214" data-attributes="member: 25">Re: How do you not lose your mind?This is pretty much how our system has developed over the last several years. I was able to keep up with everything in my head for 1-2 shows a weekend, but 10 years ago, it began to grow into 3-4-5 shows a weekend, plus more dry rentals. Not to mention cross-renting a fair amount. So I came up with the spreadsheets that I&#039;m still using. I do have a lot of packages already made up that I seldom have to change, but there&#039;s still a fair amount of piecemeal assembling of a load depending on the event. We&#039;ve gotten good at verifying a case pack (mic cables, power cables, speaker cables, etc) on the pick sheets and then loading those cases with the pick sheets. What I run into is the guys NOT checking off something that has been loaded, so the process has to stop until we verify that the item in question is indeed on the truck. Very, very seldom does something get left off a load. It seems to me that the easy part is the loading and verifying the truck load. But assembling a show package still is the time-consuming part of this and I don&#039;t see where another inventory system (aside from my spreadsheets) will speed the process up much, aside from telling me what gear is booked and what is available (and I have a spreadsheet that I use for just that). Nonetheless, I&#039;m still looking for a better way...Geri O</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Geri O'Neil, post: 92214, member: 25"] Re: How do you not lose your mind? This is pretty much how our system has developed over the last several years. I was able to keep up with everything in my head for 1-2 shows a weekend, but 10 years ago, it began to grow into 3-4-5 shows a weekend, plus more dry rentals. Not to mention cross-renting a fair amount. So I came up with the spreadsheets that I'm still using. I do have a lot of packages already made up that I seldom have to change, but there's still a fair amount of piecemeal assembling of a load depending on the event. We've gotten good at verifying a case pack (mic cables, power cables, speaker cables, etc) on the pick sheets and then loading those cases with the pick sheets. What I run into is the guys NOT checking off something that has been loaded, so the process has to stop until we verify that the item in question is indeed on the truck. Very, very seldom does something get left off a load. It seems to me that the easy part is the loading and verifying the truck load. But assembling a show package still is the time-consuming part of this and I don't see where another inventory system (aside from my spreadsheets) will speed the process up much, aside from telling me what gear is booked and what is available (and I have a spreadsheet that I use for just that). Nonetheless, I'm still looking for a better way... Geri O [/QUOTE]

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