{"id":372,"date":"2021-11-18T17:20:33","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T17:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bulbthings.com\/blog\/?p=372"},"modified":"2025-07-30T15:42:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T15:42:10","slug":"feature-zoom-asset-bookings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bulbthings.com\/blog\/feature-zoom-asset-bookings","title":{"rendered":"Feature zoom: asset bookings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a manager, you may want to simply assign equipment or vehicles to people, locations or projects.<\/p>\n<p>But in some cases, you need to record the state of the assets along with additional check-out and check-in details. Bulbthings also allows you to manage asset bookings. There are 2 ways to go about it:<\/p>\n<h2>Via booking manager<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Most popular for<\/span>: <em>PPE, IT equipment<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As a manager, you can assign equipment to team members and useful information about their state at check-out or check-in. Team members do not necessarily need access to the Bulbthings app, they can receive a booking notification and sign off on the lend with a simple web page.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-373 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.bulbthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/email-notification.jpg\" alt=\"Email notification about the booking of an asset\" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.bulbthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/email-notification.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.bulbthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/email-notification-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.bulbthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/email-notification-768x430.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Self-service mode<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Most popular for<\/span>: <em>tools, vehicles<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You may want to allow team members to book equipment or vehicles and return them on their own. They can use Bulbthings app to search on equipment availability and book them in advance or book them on the spot by scanning their QR code.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-374 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.bulbthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/self-service.png\" alt=\"Mobile app showing 2 selected asset ready to be booked\" width=\"332\" height=\"542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.bulbthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/self-service.png 332w, https:\/\/blog.bulbthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/self-service-184x300.png 184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When returning assets, the user can flag an issue and take a picture of the equipment. The manager will automatically receive a notification so they can handle the incident adequately.<\/p>\n<p>There are many ways to track all your bookings with Bulbthings (e.g. lists, filters). Bulbthings multi-dimensional planning view allows you to visualise your <strong>booking planning<\/strong> by people or equipment. It\u2019s colour-coded so you can quickly see what\u2019s ended, late, ongoing or upcoming.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-375\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.bulbthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/planning-merged.png\" alt=\"two planning screenshots on top of each other\" width=\"824\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.bulbthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/planning-merged.png 824w, https:\/\/blog.bulbthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/planning-merged-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.bulbthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/planning-merged-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 824px) 100vw, 824px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you have operations in different sites, Bulbthings allows you to display the latest GPS position of equipment that were scanned by your team members when they booked them.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-376\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.bulbthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/position-on-map-1024x559.png\" alt=\"Assets displayed on a UK map\" width=\"801\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.bulbthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/position-on-map-1024x559.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.bulbthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/position-on-map-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.bulbthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/position-on-map-768x419.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.bulbthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/position-on-map-1536x839.png 1536w, https:\/\/blog.bulbthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/position-on-map-2048x1119.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 801px) 100vw, 801px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Need help with your asset bookings?<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/app.hubspot.com\/meetings\/geoffrey40\">Book a quick demo with us<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Coming up next:<\/strong> a zoom on maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a manager, you may want to simply assign equipment or vehicles to people, locations or projects. 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