Asset register

Custody, not a spreadsheet.

The reason equipment tracking belongs in your HR system rather than a spreadsheet is one moment: the last day. An unreturned laptop should hold up the final settlement, and it cannot do that from a different file.

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The asset register listing laptops, monitors and access cards with who holds each
The register. Assigned, in store, or due back from somebody leaving.
The problem

Equipment lists go stale within a quarter because updating them is nobody's job. The one time it matters — somebody leaving — the list is wrong, and the laptop is already gone.

How it works

Who has the laptop, and since when

Add what you own

Name, category, tag, serial number, cost and a photo. Import a spreadsheet if you already have one.

Issue it to somebody

Assigning writes to an append-only custody ledger, so who held it in 2024 survives every reassignment since.

It comes back, or the exit stalls

Anything held by somebody with an open exit shows as return due, and holds their settlement until it is logged back in.

One item

Everything about it, including where it has been

Serial, tag, cost, condition, the photo taken when it was issued, and the full list of everybody who has held it.

  • Photo captured from a phone camera at handover
  • Full custody history with dates and notes
  • Retire with a reason when it reaches the end
A single asset showing its serial number, cost, current holder and custody history
One asset, and everybody who has ever held it.
Why it matters

What changes when you run it this way

Custody history that survives

Every assignment and return is a ledger entry. "Who had this before?" is answerable years later, which a current-holder column can never do.

Credentials ranked above equipment

A returned security key matters more than a written-down monitor. The exit screen sorts accordingly.

Retired, never deleted

An asset that dies is retired with a reason. Deleting it would take its custody history with it.

The value on your books

Purchase value across the register, and per person — useful the first time an insurer or an accountant asks.

The detail

Asset register at a glance

What asset register supports in Spyne today.
CategoriesLaptop, monitor, phone, security key, access card, furniture, other
CustodyAppend-only ledger of assignments and returns
Exit gateUnreturned items block the final settlement
ImportCSV or Excel, deduplicated on serial number
RetirementWith a reason; assets are never deleted
Questions

Before you ask us

Why is asset tracking part of an HR system?

Because of the last day. An unreturned laptop should hold up a final settlement, and it can only do that if the register and payroll are the same system. Everything else about asset tracking a spreadsheet can do.

Can we import our existing equipment list?

Yes — CSV or Excel, with a template to start from. The import previews what it will do before it writes anything, and deduplicates on serial number.

What happens to an asset when it breaks?

It is retired with a reason and stays on the register as a retired item. Deleting it would take its custody history — and the record of who had it when — along with it.

Connected

What asset register touches

These are not separate products. What you record in one is what the next one reads.

See it with your own numbers in it

Start a trial and generate a full sample company in one click — three months of attendance, payroll, invoices and projects, all joined up. Then delete it and start for real.