Note: Assets and asset management are available with the Essential plan. |
Add new inventory to the system at any time by filling in basic information about it. You can assign it to an employee, a location, a division, and/or a department when necessary by filling in its usage details.
To add new inventory:
- Go to “Assets” and make sure that “Inventory” (1) is selected.
- Click “Add” (2).
- Type a name and a serial number (3) for the new inventory. These fields are required.
The rest of the fields are optional:
- Choose an existing category for the new inventory, or add a new category (1).
- Add a label (2) to your inventory if applicable.
- Specify the cost frequency (3). The available options are: per month, per year, and once off.
- Type in the cost (4).
- Add a “purchased date” and/or an “end of warranty” date (5) when applicable.
- Type a short description for the new inventory (6).
Note: You can add more information about your inventory using custom asset fields (7). Click here to read more. |
Usage details
- Select an employee to assign the new inventory to (1).
- The date will be pre-populated with the current date once you choose an assignee, but you can edit the date the inventory was assigned to the employee (2).
- Specify the location, division, and/or department for the new inventory (3). If you have selected an employee to assign the inventory to and this employee already has their location, division, and/or department information filled in, these fields will be pre-populated with the employee’s details. However, you can freely edit them.
When you add new inventory or edit its information, save your changes by clicking the blue “Save” (4) button at the bottom of the page.