asset tracking

28th May 2025

Is It Time to Move to a Proper Equipment Management System?

Three clear signs it might be time to move to a proper cloud-based system

If you're running a plant or tool hire business, thereโ€™s a point where spreadsheets, whiteboards and chasing your tail just wonโ€™t cut it anymore. Here are three clear signs it might be time to move to a proper cloud-based system:

๐Ÿ”ง 1. ๐˜๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ช๐ฎ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ

If quoting or invoicing takes more than 10 minutes, thatโ€™s time youโ€™re not getting back.

๐Ÿ“ฆ 2. ๐˜๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ 100% ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ'๐ฏ๐ž ๐ ๐จ๐ญโ€”๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ

If you find yourself saying โ€œI think thatโ€™s availableโ€ or โ€œLet me check and call you back,โ€ itโ€™s a sign your system isnโ€™t keeping up.

โœ… 3. ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐ฌ๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ

If you're working towards obtaining or maintaining high standards such as ISO.