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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear all, at the UoS Nanofab we currently use a system called Phoenix to manage our users, tool bookings, and report generation. Unfortunately due to an acquisition of the vendor there is a possibility that support for the software will
be dropped soon, leaving us with the issue of whether to adopt development or replace the system. I know some other UK facilities are in a similar situation. Before Pheonix we had an in house solution but this was found to be inadequate in several ways (mostly
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<p class="MsoNormal">I would be very interested to know if you use any other management software that could be recommended. At a minimum it must handle user details/training per tool, zoning, tool maintenance settings, user notifications, calendar bookings,
budget code tracking, and report generation E.g. tool uptime/utilisation or a breakdown of tool spend per budget code etc.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards, Owain<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Facility Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Southampton Nanofabrication Centre<br>
University of Southampton<br>
Highfield<br>
Southampton <br>
Hampshire SO17 1BJ<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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