I am working on implementing Altiris 7 (Symantec Asset Management Suite) and am trying to understand the purpose of a stockroom and the role it plays in a variety of functions in the product. We have 3 buildings in one city but tend to receive to only one of them with a physical stockroom in in two of the buildings and we have offices in various countries world wide who receive their own technology assets.
Is it used for the receiving location for Purchase Orders and is the manager of that stockroom some how notified when an item has been ordered for that "Stockroom?" Is everything received through that stockroom?
Is it also used as the location for supplies? So I know there are 10 Keyboards available in a certain location?
How about Software Licenses? Does it use a "Stockroom?" Just for receiving or for storage?
What other uses are there for stockrooms and what lessons learned do you have as to how to set them up? One per building, per function (desktop support vs system admins)? For someone who is knee deep in Asset Management best practices do you have any advice for someone setting this up for the first time?
Thank you.