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Module Guide

Hardware Inventory & Manual Device Management

Detailed explanation of inventory capabilities with full manual-device operational workflow.

User Assignment Handover + Receipt Remote Wipe (Intune-like) License + Budget Link
Live Device Snapshot

Hardware profile, health signals, and location visibility in one view.

Manual Asset Workflow

Assign devices, link invoices, and print handover documents.

Control & Lifecycle

Near-EOL reports, license tracking, and remote wipe actions.

Hardware Inventory Coverage

  • Agent-based automatic inventory sync in addition to manual registration
  • CPU model, cores, threads, and architecture
  • RAM size, speed, and slot-level details
  • Storage drives, volumes, partitions, and health indicators
  • GPU details, motherboard, BIOS, serial and model metadata
  • OS profile, network adapters, MAC addresses, and peripherals
  • Device location visibility with latest reported coordinates/placement

Manual Devices — Operational Flow

  • Assign each device to a specific user/employee owner
  • Link the device record to purchase invoice and procurement reference
  • Create handover transactions between IT and employee
  • Generate and print handover receipt (Delivery/Receiving form)
  • Keep full assignment and handover history for audit trail
  • Register internet lines and assign them to users/sites
  • Track telephone lines/extensions and ownership
  • Store DUNS numbers for vendor/entity financial reference

Finance, Budget, and License Tracking

  • Track software and device licenses with start/end and renewal dates
  • Assign licenses to their responsible users/teams
  • Map devices and licenses to budget lines / cost centers
  • Connect invoice data to assets for financial traceability
  • Support budget planning with inventory-backed cost insights
  • Depreciation method: straight-line over asset useful life (years)

Lifecycle Reports and Alerts

  • Report devices approaching end-of-life / degradation stage
  • Highlight assets requiring replacement or maintenance action
  • Monitor upcoming license expirations and renewal workload
  • Provide user-level inventory and ownership reporting
  • Exportable operational summaries for management review
  • GRC posture checks: lock screen policy, antivirus, disk encryption, and related controls
  • Remote wipe command (Intune-like) for lost/retired endpoints