Practical articles on making equipment management easier, from stocktakes and loss prevention to AI.
Manage production gear in Excel and the same problems keep showing up: double bookings you only find out about the day before, nobody quite sure who has what, and a register that can't be updated from the shoot. This article focuses on video, photo and event production: the five problems, the workarounds that help, and the limits that remain.
Using WerpEquipment lists fall out of sync with reality because each entry takes too much effort. This article breaks down what goes into registering one item, then walks through four ways to speed it up (trimming input fields, templates, barcodes, and AI auto-fill), including where each one falls short.
Using WerpWhen paper sign-out sheets and verbal check-outs fall apart, it’s because recording a loan takes more effort than borrowing the item. This guide compares handwritten numbers, barcodes, QR codes and RFID, then walks through five steps to track check-outs and returns with QR labels, plus how to avoid the most common mistakes.
EfficiencyStarting your equipment management in Excel or Google Sheets is the right call. But spreadsheets eventually hit five limits: simultaneous editing, search, bookings, reminders, and updates from a phone. This guide covers how to stretch a spreadsheet further, the five steps to move to a dedicated system, and the data-migration traps to avoid.
EfficiencyDoes every stocktake eat a full day, and does the register still never match what’s on the shelves? The cause usually lies in how the process is set up, not in how well the person running it plans. Here are the basics, five concrete ways to speed things up, and which method suits which situation.
BasicsWhen equipment goes missing, the cause usually lies in how things are set up, not in someone’s carelessness. This guide covers the real costs of lost gear, from replacement spend to stalled work, the five typical causes, rules you can put in place today, and the systems that prevent loss through records, reminders, and stocktakes. It closes with a comparison of tracking methods.
BasicsA practical primer: what equipment management is and how it differs from inventory and asset management, which fields your register needs, five problems that keep showing up, the pros and cons of four methods from paper and spreadsheets to dedicated systems, and six criteria for choosing a tool.
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