Now is the time to brush up on your RSMS and SIMS skills in preparation for surveys. Inventory and condition assessments are the most expensive part of the management system due to the labor costs. SIMS and RSMS have sequence numbers to aid in conducting efficient surveys. First, plan your driving route. For northern climes, snow plow routes are usually optimized to cover roads without repeat.
Sequence numbers are most efficient if assigned during inventory data entry.
By indexing on sequence number, surveyors have the most efficient route for condition surveys. Data entry is much faster for laptop users. If surveying by pen and paper, computer operators can print the appropriate information for surveyors to merely annotate. RSMS inventory data should be verified and corrected before entering surveys. Also for RSMS users, road names should be in all capital letters.