Equipment is broken into three parts. First, you add all the equipment types available within your system. Equipment types are categories you place equipment into, for example, Analog Set Devices, Digital Set Devices, Circuits, etc.
Next, you add in equipment items. These are the specific groups of items you provide, for example, M5316, 2500, M5112, etc. Now, you can add the specific pieces of equipment. This is your on-shelf inventory. You can add in a general piece of equipment with a specific amount and when that amount is at a certain level CAIRS notifies the administrator. Alternatively, you can add in specific (each with a serial number) pieces of equipment. Once it is associated to an assignment, you cannot use that equipment elsewhere.