How Follett Inventory Services Can Support Your School

Follett saves you time and maximizes your resources with specialized services and advice. If you know what you want to accomplish but find that time, money, and space are barriers, let our Inventory Services team help. By outsourcing operational activities, storage of district resources, and other projects to Follett, you’ll have more time for what matters most – helping students learn and grow.

Understanding Inventory Services

Schools and districts outsource processes and functions to improve operations and save money. Frequently outsourced services include student transportation, janitorial tasks, and cafeteria services. Expert service providers perform these tasks, allowing the school or district to avoid hiring and training additional employees.

Follett’s Inventory Services operate similarly. Our experts can fulfill on-demand requests and be part of your team for a day, a month, or the entire school year. Whether our certified librarians work alongside you to weed materials or our resource management experts barcode and distribute 1:1 devices, the Follett Team integrates seamlessly with your staff to make your job easier.

The Benefits of Inventory Services

Here are just a few of the many benefits of outsourcing projects to the Follett Team:

Save Time, Money, and Space: Free up valuable resources.
Expert Execution: Skilled K-12 experts will handle your projects.
Resource Tracking: Keep track of your existing resources efficiently.
Eliminate Outdated Materials: Remove or relocate obsolete items.
Maximize ROI: Do more with less.
Focus on Core Competencies: Concentrate on instruction and student achievement.

Types of Inventory Services

We offer three broad categories of Inventory Services:

If your needs fall outside these categories, we can still help! We excel at identifying pain points and creating customized solutions. Just reach out to start the conversation.

Resource Management

Your district invests in resources to ensure students have the tools to learn and succeed. Once purchased, tracking and managing these resources can be challenging. Our software, Follett Destiny® Resource Manager, and our experienced experts can support your inventory management, 1:1 device management, resource distribution, and collection initiatives.

Examples of Resource Management

Barcoding Textbooks or Assets: Apply barcode labels to textbooks, electronic devices, and school equipment to track and manage them efficiently.
Barcoding New Textbook Adoptions: Apply barcode labels to new textbooks and update the information in Destiny Resource Manager.
Refreshing Product Inventory: Scan and update previously barcoded resources to maintain accountability.
Supporting Device Management: Implement and manage the distribution and barcoding of tablets, laptops, and other devices.
Resource Distribution and Collection Events: Coordinate educational resource distribution and collection, ensuring smooth operations and accurate system updates.

Library Management

The library is the heart of the school, and Follett Managed Services can help enhance the library experience for students and staff. We can assist with barcoding services, inventory management, weeding, spine labeling, library consolidation, redistribution, genrefication, and more.

Examples of Library Management

Barcoding Library Materials: Barcode and catalog library books for accurate circulation tracking in Destiny Library Manager.
Refreshing Library Inventory: Increase accountability by scanning and updating resources in Destiny Library Manager.
Consulting on Library Consolidation and Redistribution: Analyze collections and offer recommendations for redistributing books based on school needs.
Weeding: Create and execute a plan to make your collection current and relevant, including developing weeding lists and purging outdated materials.
Genrefication: Organize books by genre to make it easier for students to find books aligned with their interests.

Consulting Services

Sometimes, all you need is a little help from a friend. Our Consulting Services can advise on everything from inventory management to library organization, leaving you with defined solutions and a customized success plan.

Examples of Consulting Services

Consulting on School or District Assets: Provide guidance on tracking resources and maintaining accountability without extra funds.
Advising on Policy Development and Process: Help define goals, assign stakeholders, and implement proven resource management policies and processes.
Librarian for a Day: Send a certified librarian to advise on best practices, including library organization and using Destiny Library Manager.

Get to Know Follett Inventory Services

People who work in education are used to doing more with less. You’re passionate about supporting student outcomes, even if that means counting every penny in the budget and working extra hours. But what if you could do more with more? With Follett Inventory Services, you can!

Our team will seamlessly integrate with yours to support operational activities, barcode district resources, and consult on or manage other projects. We’re passionate about education, too, and we want to ensure you have the time, money, and energy to help students learn and grow.

Are you ready to save time and maximize your resources? Tell us about your pain points, and we’ll share how Follett Inventory Services can help.

Ps. Want to learn more about saving time and money by outsourcing projects? Register for this webinar!