SKU.01
LIVE
Marketing Swag Closet
// T-shirts, stickers, tumblers — nobody owns it.
Items with SKU, sizes, colors, counts. Checkouts logged with who, how many, when. Low-stock auto-flag. Audit log.
Cluster · 05 of 10 · enterprise tail #71–80
Shadow Inventory
Swag closets, demo-unit pools, AV gear, loaner laptops. Ten ledger apps for the stuff every team owns that no IT system actually tracks — the back-of-house deposit that lives in a Sheet plus a Slack thread.
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TILTED
LEDGERS
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PERSISTENCE
FIREPROOF
SKIN
VAULT
// THE DRAWERS
SKU.02
LIVE
Sales Demo Unit Pool
// "Where is the demo?"
Each device with status pip + holder + last-action date. Filter by location, model, available-only. Hold-too-long flags.
SKU.03
LIVE
Conference Booth Gear
// Banners, scanners, cables — lives in a Sheet.
Categorized inventory; commit items to events with checkout/return dates. Double-booking warnings.
SKU.04
LIVE
Lab Sample Chain of Custody
// Below LIMS scale.
Each sample a unique ID with type, custodian, location. Every handoff a doc. Red flag for lost-touch >7 days.
SKU.05
LIVE
Training Kit Returns
// Trainers' equipment circulating.
Assign kits to events with return-dates. Overdue surfaces in red. Trainer leaderboard for on-time returns.
SKU.06
LIVE
Brand Asset Rights Timer
// Image rights expire; nobody tracks.
Assets sorted by expiry-date soonest-first. Expiring-30d amber, expired red and locked. Renewal-request workflow.
SKU.07
LIVE
Customer Gift Inventory
// Country regulatory caps + rep request log.
Reps request gifts; app validates against country gifting cap. Approved or flagged for legal review. Quarterly spend.
SKU.08
LIVE
Loaner-Laptop Pool
// Execs and contractors; IT inventory ignores it.
Self-service request form; admin assigns from available pool. Returns include damage notes + IT-checkup checklist.
SKU.09
LIVE
Prototype Hardware Checkout
// Engineering loaners; no IT system covers.
Prototypes with serials, hardware versions, current owner, state. NDA flag gates visibility. Field-deployment view.
SKU.10
LIVE
Internal AV Gear Pool
// 5 cameras, 12 lavs — tracked in nothing.
Cameras, lavs, lights, tripods. Producers reserve gear for shoots. Daily check-in for malfunctions. Lost-item log.
// READ ME
Ten ledgers for stuff that costs real money but never makes it onto the BOM. A swag closet, a demo unit, a loaner laptop, an open lavalier mic. The buyer is the team lead. The system of record is a sticky note. The fix is a ledger that fits the actual workflow, not the IT system's idea of one.