From the field

Field Notes

Short, practical notes on tracking equipment and the people who use it. No jargon, no sales pitch — just what tends to work when you're the one who has to know where everything is.

FN-001Accountability

Who has the drill right now?

The cheapest question to ask, and the most expensive to answer on the spot. 3 min read FN-002Shrinkage

Where the 5 to 15 percent goes

Nobody budgets for shrinkage. Everybody pays for it. 2 min read FN-003Systems

The spreadsheet that breaks at 200 assets

Spreadsheets don't fail loudly. They quietly stop being true. 2 min read FN-004Accountability

Chain of custody for equipment

A signature on a paper hand receipt proves someone signed. It doesn't prove who has the radio today. 4 min read FN-005Inventory

Serial number tracking, when spreadsheets stop working

Counting how many you have is a different job from knowing which one is where. 4 min read FN-006Losses

Write-offs and loss tracking, done properly

A missing row in a spreadsheet isn't a record that something is gone. It's the absence of one. 4 min read FN-007Maintenance

The coverage you forgot you had

A warranty only pays out if you remember it exists at the moment something breaks. 4 min read FN-008Systems

Software that explains itself

Help you have to catch is help you don’t have. 4 min read FN-009Systems

The button that says no

A refusal you can read beats a success you cannot trust. 4 min read