The Equipment Booking system is a graphical scheduling package for equipment.  This desktop application allows the scheduler to book equipment by selecting dates on a calendar.  When the dates go beyond the displayed calendar, a date range can be entered.

Features:

1. Equipment Inventory
2. Grouping of equipment into categories
3. Multiple locations (rentals show in different colors - set by administrator)
4. Scheduling can be done either by selecting days on a calendar or by entering a date range.
5. Maintainance scheduling (shown in Red, can be booked by maintenance user or administrator)
6. Bookings can be put on hold or booked (a booking overrides a hold)
7. Double booking notification
8. Inter-location equipment loans (show in your inventory, but in other locations color)
9. Equipment transfers
10. Short turn-around indication (equipment that is being returned and going out on the same day)
11. Reports including
    1. Today's equipment returns
    2. Today's equipment rentals - equipment that is going out
    3. Equipment history
12. Separately scheduled equipment can be grouped under the same booking request.
13. Record keeping includes:
    1. scheduler id
    2. date and time of booking
14. Availability checking can be done without updating the database.
15. Executive view
    1. can see equipment but not book
    2. single or multiple location view
    3. equipment category view