Stackroom
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Compliance & audit

Hardware Asset Inventory for SOC 2 and ISO 27001 Audits

What ISO 27001, SOC 2, CIS Control 1 and NIST CSF 2.0 actually say about hardware inventory, and the evidence auditors expect: owners, leaver returns and disposal certificates.

12 Oct 2026 10 min
Equipment in an education setting
By industry

Equipment Management for Schools and Colleges: A Practical Guide

How K-12 districts, UK schools and FE colleges keep track of take-home devices, class sets and department kit, from swaps at the help desk to year-end returns.

Updated 12 Oct 2026 9 min
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By industry

Asset Management for Law, Accounting and Consulting Firms

Client confidentiality rules turn a missing laptop into a question of evidence. How firms record who held each device, handle a loss and recover kit from leavers.

Updated 11 Oct 2026 10 min
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Compliance & audit

Fixed Asset Register Requirements: US GAAP, IFRS and UK FRS 102

What a fixed asset register must hold under ASC 360, IAS 16 and FRS 102, how capitalisation thresholds and the IRS de minimis safe harbor work, and why you need both a book and a tax register.

10 Oct 2026 13 min
Equipment prepared for issue
Cost & lifecycle

Repair or Replace Equipment? A Decision Framework With Real Inputs

The 50% rule is a starting point, not an answer. A repair-or-replace framework built on cover, remaining life, repair history, downtime and tax treatment.

Updated 10 Oct 2026 12 min
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Buying guides

Spreadsheet vs Asset Management Software: When to Switch

A spreadsheet is a fine asset register until equipment starts changing hands. What the research says about spreadsheet errors, where shared-sheet history falls short, and a checklist for deciding.

Updated 9 Oct 2026 10 min
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Buying guides

Asset Tracking Software Pricing Models: Per Asset, User or Agent

Asset tracking tools bill on items, assets, users, admins, agents or asset units. Here is how each model works, using vendors' own pricing pages, and what 400 assets and 50 people cost under each.

8 Oct 2026 10 min
Laptops issued and set out on a desk
Buying guides

Asset Tracking ROI: How to Build the Business Case (With a Model)

A worked ROI model for asset tracking software: which inputs survive a finance review, how to cost staff time, payback period, and a sensitivity table showing what the case depends on.

Updated 7 Oct 2026 9 min
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Compliance & audit

Fixed Asset Physical Verification: How to Run a Physical Count

How to plan and run a fixed asset physical count, what US and UK auditors and grant funders expect from it, the evidence it must leave, and how to handle the discrepancies it produces.

Updated 5 Oct 2026 9 min