# Asset register

> An asset register is the structured list of physical assets (plants, tanks, turbines, vessels, equipment) with their identifiers, location, hierarchy of sub-assets, documents and the history of every inspection and job performed on them.

- Source: https://amps.global/glossary/asset-register/
- Type: Glossary
- Published: 2026-09-05
- Tags: operations

## Key facts

- A hierarchy (site, plant, unit, item) lets documents sit at the right level: safety rules at site level, inspection reports at item level
- Each asset needs a stable identifier; a QR code makes it scannable in the field
- The asset history is what the next inspector, the client and the auditor want first
- Inspection companies keep registers of their own equipment and of client assets they inspect periodically

Also known as: equipment register, plant register, asset hierarchy, sub-assets.

## Examples from AMPS case studies

A tank farm as an asset with tanks as sub-assets during a shutdown; a wind farm as an asset with turbines as sub-assets, farm-level documents on the farm page and inspection reports on each turbine; a restaurant chain as the main asset and its gas storage tanks, inspected every two years, as sub-assets.

## The asset register in AMPS

In AMPS every asset and job carries a QR code. Scanning it opens the asset page and the history of jobs performed on it, assets can hold sub-assets, and jobs can be grouped, for example per shutdown. Assets can be located with Google Maps through the positioning feature, the flag system notifies the team one month before an inspection is due, and site-wide search finds any asset or document.

## Related pages

- [Asset management in heavy industries](https://amps.global/case-studies/02-asset-management/)
- [Managing a wind farm with AMPS](https://amps.global/case-studies/09-amps-wind-power/)
- [Asset management software](https://amps.global/solutions/asset-management-software/)
- [Inspection interval](https://amps.global/glossary/inspection-interval/)