N. T. wrote:
>> That means I'd have to set up a web server just to manage
>> a parts database.
>
> If you are a small company, why not to share parts within the company?

Share as apposed to what?  Each engineer hord his own pile of parts?  That
would be silly.

> A web-based database driven app is the most common approach to address
> that, as far as I know.

Common doesn't mean anything here.  You also haven't explained what there i=
s
to address, unless you think a computer is somehow required in the process
of walking 10 feet over to the parts bins and grabbing what you need.

While there may be some slight advantage to having your stock listed in a
computer, you seem to be forgetting the cost.  For that database to be
useful, it has to be accurate.  That means someone has to make a entry ever=
y
time they add or remove parts to/from the bins.  That would take a lot of
time and severly increase the hassle level of building small prototypes,
making quick changes to something, or quick experiments.  These are exactly
the kind of procedures that make big companies slow to get anything done.


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