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Internal inventory and rental asset tracker

An internal tool the author vibed together that handles inventory tracking and rental asset management well enough for their team, though it is closer to a prettier, semi-automated version of their existing spreadsheets than a true CRM.

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The space between a full-blown ERP and a spreadsheet tracker is abysmal, with middle managers juggling fleet, field crew, procurement, account management and AR/AP by swapping between 12 different trackers per hour just to find a snippet of information.

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  1. Internal inventory and rental asset tracker

    An internal tool the author vibed together that handles inventory tracking and rental asset management well enough for their team, though it is closer to a prettier, semi-automated version of their existing spreadsheets than a true CRM.

    Problem: The space between a full-blown ERP and a spreadsheet tracker is abysmal, with middle managers juggling fleet, field crew, procurement, account management and AR/AP by swapping between 12 different trackers per hour just to find a snippet of information.

    Posted by @tropicalhunter · Original comment ↗

    “I have something vibed together as an internal tool that does well enough, but definitely not something I would ever refer to as a CRM by any stretch of the imagination and the bridge between basic on-the-shelf inventory and tracking rental assets are two completely different beasts.”