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What Is Asset Operations Management?

The Operating System for Your Equipment

Other tools tell you where it is. Asset operations management tells you what to do with it next. Reservations, checkouts, and maintenance on one record, from first booking to retirement.

From "Where Is It?" to "What Are We Doing With It?"

Legacy tools box the asset into one view. EAM sees a line on the balance sheet. CMMS sees a maintenance ticket. AssetOps coordinates physical assets, people, spaces, and maintenance in real time, so teams always know what's available, what's ready, who has it, what's next, and what needs attention.

Built to Keep Work in Motion

Four jobs every equipment-powered team runs. One platform for all four.

Work Flows

Reservations, approvals, and handoffs in one workflow.

  • Self-service booking
  • Space and room reservations
  • Access rules and approvals
  • Mobile checkouts

The Result? Fewer conflicts.

Explore: Reservations · Booking Portal · Checkouts ·  Mobile App

Work Moves

Know who has what, where it is, and when it's due back.

  • Barcode and RFID scanning
  • Location tracking
  • Chain of custody
  • Spot checks

The Result? Less loss.

Explore: Tracking · Inventory Management  · Audits  · Assignment

Work Lasts

Readiness tied to scheduling and daily use.

  • Preventive maintenance
  • Work orders
  • Inspection and calibration checklists
  • Compliance history

The Result? More uptime.

Explore: Maintenance · CMMS · Facilities Management

Work Connects

Asset status shared across ITSM, ERP, Finance, and HR.

  • Procurement requests
  • Depreciation tracking
  • Utilization reports
  • HR onboarding and offboarding

The Result? Faster decisions.

Explore: Integrations · Acquire and Dispose · Reporting

What Teams Get Back

Results reported by Cheqroom customers.

80+ Hours Saved Per Month

Self-service and automatic reminders replace manual admin.

25% Less Equipment Loss

Every checkout logged, every return tracked, every item accounted for.

Up to 35% Longer Asset Lifetime

Scheduled care catches wear before it becomes a breakdown.

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Not Another EAM, CMMS, or Facility Management Tool

Each one sees a single aspect of your asset. AssetOps connects all three around the asset itself.

EAM

A Financial Entity

Tracks what it's worth.

What it's Missing: Day-to-day handoffs
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CMMS

A Maintenance Target

Tracks what's broken or due.

What it's Missing: Reservations and custody
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FM / IWMS

A Facility Component

Tracks the building and space.

What it's Missing: The equipment itself
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AssetOps

A Tool in Active Use

The operational layer for the asset. The coordination layer for the rest.

Available Ready Who has it What's next What needs attention

See Your Workflow Run on AssetOps

Bring one real job. A shoot. A loan program. A maintenance backlog. We'll show it running from first request to back on the shelf.

FAQs

  • Asset operations management (AssetOps) is how teams keep shared equipment available, accounted for, and ready to use. It coordinates people, physical assets, spaces, and maintenance in real time, so work keeps moving.

    Cheqroom's AssetOps platform runs reservations, checkouts, custody, and maintenance on one record for 1,400+ organizations.

  • AssetOps is built on four components that keep equipment available, accounted for, and ready:

    • Work Flows (planning): Reservations, approvals, and handoffs in one workflow, so teams avoid double-bookings and last-minute conflicts.
    • Work Moves (accountability): Know who has what, where it is, and when it's due back, with a full custody history for every asset.
    • Work Lasts (readiness): Maintenance and repairs tied to scheduling and daily use, so gear is out of the booking pool while it's in service and ready before it's needed.
    • Work Connects (integration): Asset status shared across ITSM, ERP, Finance, and HR, so decisions don't wait on manual updates.

    All four run on one record that covers items, kits, and spaces, from first booking to retirement.

  • AssetOps is the coordination layer that connects asset records and maintenance to the daily work of using equipment. Each traditional system captures a different part of the picture:

    • Asset tracking provides the inventory truth: What do we own, and where is it supposed to be? It’s your system of record.
    • EAM provides the financial truth: What is an asset worth, and how is it performing over its lifecycle? It's your system of finance.
    • CMMS provides the maintenance truth: What’s due, what broke, and what did we do about it? It’s your system of service.

    AssetOps provides the operational truth: Who has it now? Is it ready? Where does it need to go next?

    Cheqroom’s AssetOps platform connects reservations, approvals, checkouts, chain of custody, space coordination, and maintenance to the schedules and workflows that keep work moving.

    That’s why AssetOps isn’t simply “asset tracking plus maintenance.” It connects asset data to the people, workflows, and schedules that turn that data into action.

  • Cheqroom's AssetOps platform manages the equipment teams share and the spaces they use. That includes mobile gear like cameras, AV and production kits, laptops, lab instruments, tools, and sports equipment. It also covers fixed assets and spaces like studios, edit bays, labs, and meeting rooms, plus the service and repair requests that keep them ready. Assets and users are unlimited in Cheqroom and items, kits, and rooms can be booked together in one reservation.

  • Yes. Cheqroom connects with the tools teams already use, and SSO is included on every plan. See more by visiting the integrations page.

  • Yes, for hardware. Cheqroom's AssetOps platform tracks laptops and devices from purchase to retirement, assigns them at onboarding, and collects them at offboarding, all in the same system as the rest of your gear. It doesn't handle network discovery, monitoring, or patch management.

  • Equipment heavy teams use AssetOps. That includes broadcast and production crews, university film schools and equipment loan programs, sports teams, IT departments, research labs, field and industrial teams, corporate operations, and event crews to name a few. More than 1,400 organizations run on Cheqroom, including NPR, Bustle Digital Group, Texas A&M, the PGA Tour, Bloomberg, Nikon, and Shell. Read about our customer stories by visiting this page.

  • Cheqroom is priced by admin license, not by the number of assets or standard users. You get unlimited assets and unlimited day-to-day users; you only pay for the people who need admin-level permissions like managing settings, integrations, or reports. Visit our pricing page to see more.