Lending equipment

A member borrows a video projector for a neighbourhood meeting, a musician leaves with an amplifier: with no record, that equipment eventually goes missing. A loan captures who borrowed what, until when, and warns you when a return is late.

Record a loan

1. Open Inventory and find the item concerned.
2. Click Lend (on the item card or from its detail sheet).
3. Enter the borrower's name and, if useful, their phone number.
4. Set the loan date and the expected return date.
5. State the purpose and the condition of the equipment before it leaves, then confirm.

Track ongoing loans

Each item shows a badge with the number of active loans. The detail sheet gathers the borrowing history in the Loans tab: borrower, dates, purpose and status.

Record the return

1. Open the item sheet, then the Loans tab.
2. On the active loan, click Record return.
3. State the condition of the equipment on return and add a note if needed.
4. Confirm: the item becomes available again and the loan moves to "Returned".

Going further

• Manage equipment
• Barcodes and labels
• Sell a product
• Create a department