Are your employees local, remote, or mobile? Do they use special equipment or have special needs? Do you rent, lease, or buy your office equipment? Whatever the case, as an office manager, you need the tools and knowledge for managing your company's equipment and space accurately.

One of the most important steps to efficient equipment management is identifying what needs to be tracked. In many cases, knowing what you have to record helps you decide how you will track it. Whether you use asset-tracking software or a Microsoft Office Excel 2003 spreadsheet, accurate records for your office equipment and space can make a lot of difference.

Part of keeping track of office equipment is knowing where it is. Building an office map can be an essential tool for tracking equipment used by local employees, handling office moves, and viewing asset assignments by department.

But knowing where your assets are can be the least of your worries if the assets are not properly inventoried. Using tools designed to record and track the details, assignments, and value of your assets can make your job of managing and upgrading your equipment a lot easier.

Use the following tools and information to track and manage office equipment and space for your company.

• Manage office assets (Article)
  Learn how technology and asset management know-how can help you control the bottom line.
• Build a Visio space plan from a list of office numbers (Article)
  Track equipment, furniture, offices, and more by creating a space plan for your office.
• Equipment inventory list (Template)
  Use this Excel template to account for every asset, from condition to cost, from lease to location.
• Asset tracking form (Template)
  Use this InfoPath template to record and track all of your office assets.