{"id":242,"date":"2019-06-29T16:24:10","date_gmt":"2019-06-29T16:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labspend.com\/blog\/?p=242"},"modified":"2019-07-08T15:21:36","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T15:21:36","slug":"lab-inventory-mapping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/labspend.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/29\/lab-inventory-mapping\/","title":{"rendered":"Lab Inventory Mapping"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Where is the Microscope Room or Bay 2? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How researchers describe locations in a lab or building can be unclear. This is especially apparent in transition periods such as on boarding new hires, joining a lab yourself or moving an existing lab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To solve this problem, <a href=\"https:\/\/labspend.com\">Lab Spend<\/a> now allows you to map your inventory <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To get started, upload an image of your lab, freezer, refrigerator or more! Once uploaded go to: Inventory -&gt; Manage -&gt; Map<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/6b5e769bb9228933b47f1bcbb\/images\/1bc3b7c0-914b-4691-81b0-a74448fb85f1.png\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Creative labs have used images that include  safety information such as eye wash stations, chemical showers and the location of gas valves.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, simply click from your existing locations on to the image to place a pin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inventory Map without pins:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/6b5e769bb9228933b47f1bcbb\/images\/989eb7e0-3646-44ed-8b61-97bb59d39822.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Inventory Map with pins: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/6b5e769bb9228933b47f1bcbb\/images\/512aaf65-bcb3-4773-86ce-688fc787a50b.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Need to move your freezer? No problem, you can update the pins with just a couple of clicks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the locations have been placed, item location paths can be clicked to show their location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/6b5e769bb9228933b47f1bcbb\/images\/2a778d93-f31a-4f2a-a430-d70bf5dcef99.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now anyone in the lab can search for item in your inventory then see where it is physically located in the lab.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where is the Microscope Room or Bay 2? How researchers describe locations in a lab or building can be unclear. This is especially apparent in transition periods such as on boarding new hires, joining a lab yourself or moving an existing lab. To solve this problem, Lab Spend now allows you to map your inventory &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/labspend.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/29\/lab-inventory-mapping\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labspend.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labspend.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labspend.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labspend.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labspend.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/labspend.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":247,"href":"https:\/\/labspend.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242\/revisions\/247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labspend.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labspend.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labspend.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}