How Kokomo24/7®’s Asset Management Tool Can Help Better Track Your Technology

Everybody remembers the horrible feeling of losing something at school as a child. Today, students aren’t just issued books and pencils, however, as most schools distribute expensive learning assets such as laptops and tablets to their students. The difference between losing a school-owned calculator and losing a school-owned laptop could be the difference between not only hundreds of dollars, but the quality of the student’s learning.  

Kids Lose Things

20 audits of schools around the state of New York performed by State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli revealed that many schools were unable to keep track of their IT assets such as monitors and computers which lead to more than $22 million in lost technology.

The audit found that the technology was not only lost, but subject to potential theft and damage.  

This problem isn’t just happening in New York. Chicago Public Schools listed 8 percent of their technology assets as “lost” which included iPads, laptops, and other “high-tech devices that assist in remote learning.”  

A survey from Cison also found that a staggering 80 percent of kids lose at least one “pricey school supply” every year and only 27 percent ever recovered the item.  

At Kokomo24/7®, we understand that every school faces its own unique set of asset management challenges. We also understand that because it’s hard for many kids to keep track of all their assigned computers, iPads, etc., the need for a school or district to track these assets is there. With Kokomo24/7®’s Asset Management tool, schools and districts can keep track of their expensive equipment for students, streamlining the challenging task of tracking and managing your school’s equipment, and equally important, software licenses.

What Can Kokomo24/7® Do?  

Kokomo24/7®’s Asset Management tool enables schools and districts to track and manage their shared technology resources, corresponding software licenses, and service ticketing needs. The Asset Management system can help students, parents, teachers, and education leaders in the following ways: 

• Manage district technology devices like laptops or tablets, easily tracking service or repair tickets 

• • Tracking assets allows IT managers to better judge the total number of required software licenses rather than buying a license for every piece of hardware 
    
  • Tracking the number of software licenses provides visibility into usage, leading to the most accurate number of software licenses needed 
  • Help track hybrid work and corresponding IT assets

Data shows that schools lose millions of dollars and productivity due to students losing and damaging school learning equipment. Kokomo24/7®’s Asset Management tool helps better manage and track those assets, leading to saved time, money, and productivity.  

Ever since Kokomo24/7® was founded in 2018, we have been a leader in compliance and risk management solutions for all things health and safety. Kokomo proudly serves schools, communities, and workplaces. Our mission is to deliver highly effective, easy-to-use, and trusted compliance and risk management solutions that bridge the gap between public safety and technology.    

Whether you work for a small or large school, we want to hear from you. Get the health and safety platform you need to navigate complex and changing circumstances: the same software toolkit used by educational institutions like the second-largest school district in the country.