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All campus inventorial records are maintained by Equipment Management in the Capital Assets Tracking System (CATS), the campus inventorial equipment database.

Departments can access their inventorial records and make many modifications to them through the mainframe ALLN01 system.

If your department continually updates its inventorial records (adding serial numbers; correcting, if necessary, manufacturer's name and model number; adding or updating building and room numbers as equipment is received or relocated; entering user codes), the Physical Inventory process will require far less time to complete. Accurate information will already be entered into CATS and will therefore already be printed on the EQ920 Equipment Register when you receive it, and the physical location of equipment will be much more easily verified.

The CATS User Manual (pdf) contains complete instructions for accessing and maintaining your records.

Departments now have the ability to submit two types of electronic equipment modification transactions:

Transfers, loans, and loan terminations
Direct disposals of assets by departments

All other equipment modification transactions still need to be completed by submittal of a paper EIMR form to Equipment Management.

The EIMR User Manual (pdf) contains complete instructions for on-line processing of EIMRs (Equipment Inventory Modification Requests) to dispose of, transfer, or loan inventorial equipment.

If you have any questions about setup or processing procedures, please contact Vaughn Boyle at x7377 or Vaughn.Boyle@purc.ucsb.edu.