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title: Setting up inventory and asset management
description: Inventory and asset management in Field Service Management refers to the process of efficiently organizing, tracking, and controlling resources such as equipment, parts, stockrooms, and other assets used in field service operations.
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# Setting up inventory and asset management

Inventory and asset management in Field Service Management refers to the process of efficiently organizing, tracking, and controlling resources such as equipment, parts, stockrooms, and other assets used in field service operations.

Assets and model categories are created as needed, using Enterprise Asset Management. For more information, see [Create enterprise assets](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/it-asset-management/create-asset-eam.md).

## Configuration overview

If your organization needs to track inventory or schedule equipment, use the following information to set up one or both of the following features.

-   [Configuring stockrooms](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/field-service-management/asset-management-for-field-service/configuring-stockrooms.md)

    Add stockrooms to strategically arrange and organize physical or virtual spaces to store and manage inventory items, such as assets or parts.

-   [Configuring resource scheduling](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/field-service-management/asset-management-for-field-service/configure-equipment-scheduling.md)

    Create equipment categories and instances to use when assigning crews or work order tasks.