System and method for identifying asset restrictions applicable to movement of tangible assets

A information handling system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a memory accessible by at least one of the processors;
• a nonvolatile storage area accessible by at least one of the processors;
• a network interface adapter connecting the information handling system to a computer network;
• and
• a set of instructions stored in the memory, wherein one or more of the processors executes the set of instructions in order to perform actions of:
• reading a plurality of assets intended to be moved from a first geographical location to a second geographical location, wherein each of the assets includes asset descriptive data;
• identifying a plurality of geographical regions that apply to the second geographical location;
• retrieving one or more regulatory items for each of the identified geographical regions, wherein one or more of the regulatory items includes regulated item descriptive data;
• comparing the asset descriptive data to the regulated item descriptive data;
• and
• generating an exception list that includes the regulatory items that apply to one or more of the plurality of assets based on the comparison.

A computer program product stored in a computer readable medium, comprising functional descriptive material that, when executed by an information handling system, causes the information handling system to perform actions that include:

• reading a plurality of assets intended to be moved from a first geographical location to a second geographical location, wherein each of the assets includes asset descriptive data;
• identifying a plurality of geographical regions that apply to the second geographical location;
• retrieving one or more regulatory items for each of the identified geographical regions, wherein one or more of the regulatory items includes regulated item descriptive data;
• comparing the asset descriptive data to the regulated item descriptive data;
• and
• generating an exception list that includes the regulatory items that apply to one or more of the plurality of assets based on the comparison.