Automated stockroom for service management, dispensing & asset control

A method for operating an asset dispensing kiosk comprising:

• receiving an employee ID from an employee ID card associated with an employee, the employee ID being received via a card reader;
• determining one or more approved assets held within one or more of a plurality of lockers associated with a kiosk that are available to be dispensed to the employee;
• providing a listing of the one or more approved assets held within the plurality of lockers via a user interface;
• receiving an indication from a user via the user interface specifying a specific asset of the one or more approved assets;
• determining a specific locker of the plurality of lockers where the specific asset is located;
• and
• dispensing the specific asset stored within specific locker by unlocking the specific locker.

An asset dispensing kiosk comprising:

• a dispensing subsystem;
• a user interface;
• a card reader configured to read user ID cards;
• a communication interface;
• and
• a kiosk controller communicatively coupled with the dispensing subsystem, the user interface, the communication interface, and the card reader, the kiosk controller configured to:
• receive an user ID from an user ID card associated with an user via the card reader;
• determine one or more approved assets that are available to be requested by the user;
• provide a listing of the one or more approved assets to the user via the user interface;
• receive an indication from a user via the user interface specifying a specific asset of the one or more approved assets;
• determine whether the specific asset is available to be dispensed by the dispensing subsystem;
• and
• in the event the specific asset is not available to be dispensed by the dispensing subsystem, send a request to a cloud server requesting delivery of the specific asset.