Tracking a few hundred devices in spreadsheets can feel manageable. Once the count reaches thousands of phones, SIM cards, inspections, and warehouse moves, every update becomes reconciliation work, and the team spends more time fixing rows than moving shipments.
This smartphone distributor was running 11,000 to 12,000 devices across shared sheets and scattered tools, and daily work started to look like this:
• SIMs paired to the wrong devices
• Ownership and status unclear
• Duplicate files and version confusion
• Hours lost cleaning data before dispatch
They moved the operation into AnyDB and rebuilt the workflow around connected records:
• Each device has a live record
• Each SIM is linked one-to-one
• Location, status, and owner stay visible
• Support tickets attach directly to the device
Dispatch became faster, rework dropped, and the system scaled cleanly as they expanded to new partners and regions.
If your operation still depends on spreadsheet reconciliation, the work will keep growing with every new device.
See exactly how they fixed it: Case Study - Asset Management System for Device and SIM Tracking - AnyDB