EZO Whats New
What’s New with EZO
Here’s the latest on what we’ve been up to!
Product Updates - Coming Soon
Retire Items via PO Reversal
Retire items using a new “Reversal in PO” reason. This automatically updates the linked Purchase Order with a strikethrough, comment, and recalculated totals, and supports both partial and full returns.
Item Returns from the Request Portal
Return checked-out inventory items, including partial quantities, right from the Request Portal. Set return permissions by role and an optional return window to keep things running smoothly.
Product Updates - 2026
Streamline Asset Retirement Requests
Submit Retirement Requests for damaged, consumed, or obsolete assets, asset stock, and inventory without retiring them immediately. Authorized approvers can review requests from the Fulfillment Center and use automated approval workflows to manage write-offs.
Track Cart Shipments with FedEx
FedEx shipment tracking is now available for Carts, in addition to Assets. View real-time transit status for dispatched carts directly from EZO without checking a separate carrier portal.
Automate Asset Check-ins
Assets can now be checked in automatically using time-based automation triggers. Set custom conditions to determine when specific assets should be checked in.
Simplify Inventory Procurement with Unit Conversions
Define packaging units such as boxes or pallets for inventory items and have EZO automatically convert them to base units for accurate totals. Packaging unit quantities are also shown alongside base-unit totals in reports and Purchase Orders.
Product Updates - 2025
GPS Fields in Automations Engine
Enjoy 30-minute data syncs with the option of manual sync and the ability to use GPS custom fields in the Automation Engine.
Interactive GPS Map View
Visualize your entire fleet on one map with hover-to-view details for any active GPS integration.
John Deere Integration
View real-time location and advanced machine telematics directly on your asset detail pages with our John Deere integration.
New Advanced Asset States
Gain end-to-end visibility into dispatch with new ‘On Order’ ‘In Transit’ and ‘On Site’ states for equipment tracking.
Product Updates - 2024
Quick Item Center
Simplify your workflows with our new Quick Item Center! Now you can perform essential actions like checkouts, checkins, and reservations on any combination of assets, asset stocks, and inventory, directly from the quick item center.
Request Routing Automation
Our custom workflow automations just got smarter! Now you can route requests from members directly to their managers for increased accountability and lightning fast approvals.
Centralized Communication Within Portal
Experience a new level of communication and transparency with our centralized comments thread inside request listings. Requesters and admins can now exchange comments directly within a request, keeping everyone in the loop. Stay updated with real-time notifications and comments.
Custom Substates
Set custom milestones for your teams according to how jobs are done at your place with custom work order substates.
Product Updates - 2023
Making Checklist Line Items Mandatory
No more incomplete Work Orders! Our enhanced checklist feature allows you to designate specific line items as mandatory, preventing work orders from closing until all required tasks are completed.
Asset Downtime Report
The Asset Downtime Report is a comprehensive document that provides a detailed overview of all downtime incidents associated with a particular asset within the organization. It records each downtime event and calculates cumulative downtime, helping you identify trends in assets that break down the most to make smarter investments.
Vendor Alert in CMMS
Vendor Alert in CMMS enables you to send instant alerts to your vendor technicians when a Work Order is assigned to them. This ensures timely task execution and improved communication with your vendors.
Quick Work Log
Aiming for effortless task documentation? Increase efficiency by adding work logs directly from your dashboard. There is no need to navigate to individual work orders. Simply select the task, input details, and save. Logging work has never been easier.
Product Updates - 2022
Enhancements in Depreciation Report
Run valuable Custom Reports for useful life and depreciation between dates for all Assets. These reports provide depreciation amounts for total and current value of Assets alongside remaining useful life. Such metrics are quite useful in planning asset procurement and compliance.
Item Trail
EZO introduces Item Trail, which enables users to track every information update and action performed on an Item. Complete visibility into Item history helps your team make better decisions and enables your organization to ensure internal accountability for users.
Catalog View
Catalog View in EZO allows streamlined viewing of the assets. Users can see aggregates of items to quickly identify the type of asset and perform smoother, more convenient reservations and check-outs.
Tools and Parts
Link tools, parts, and their respective purchase orders to work orders to assign technicians the correct tools and parts based on their skills and tasks. Creating purchase orders within the parts section of work orders can help reduce delays and ensure technicians have the required resources to complete their tasks
Product Updates - 2021
Zendesk Integration Enhancements
Designed for faster service ticket management, the new UX allows you to take actions on Assets directly from within the Zendesk workspace.
Request Custody Transfer of Items
Implement an additional layer of security by asking Users to send a request for transferring custody of Items. Stay in full control of Item movement and ensure custodianship remains within authorized staff members.
Simplified Custom Roles Design
Custom Roles can now be configured through a new UI design for fast, more granular access control and simple set-up of user permissions.
Export Graphs to Dashboard
Export Graphs from custom reports to your Dashboard to get instant access to key insights.
Product Updates - 2020
Advanced Filtering in Custom Reports
Use our new and improved filters to streamline custom reports according to your needs!
Advanced Customization
Customize in-app navigation and naming conventions according to your business needs via our new Customization Engine!
Declining Balance Depreciation
Calculate asset depreciation via the declining balance method with our depreciation enhancements!
Retire Checked Out Assets
Enhanced tracking and reporting of assets with our added ability of retiring assets that have been checked out to users. To enable, go to Settings -> Company Settings -> Retire Checked Out Items.
Product Updates - 2019
Changes to Signatures in EZO
Now, staff users can only view their own signatures. Administrators and supervisors have the ability to view signatures in reports, and print their images in PDFs.
Improvements to Custom Reports
Use Custom Reports more effectively with new filters for custom fields. Moreover, you can apply multiple filters to each attribute. The reports have also undergone performance enhancements.
G Suite Integration
Import members from G Suite into your EZO account. Speed up account setup by reducing the manual effort required to add members to EZO.
Maximum Checkout Duration Settings at Group and Sub-Group level
Set a limit to how long an item can be checked out at a group and subgroup level. You can do this while creating or editing a group or subgroup.
Product Updates - 2018
Clone custom printout templates
Like default printout templates, you can now create and edit a duplicate of custom printout template.
Checkout duration for Staff
Companies can now set up a checkout duration for staff users. This is to prevent your staff from checking out items for long duration of time.
Acknowledge Receipt of an Item
Give administrators the option to initiate audit request upon checkout. This enables user to acknowledge possession of an item when they receive it. This is especially useful if the item is being delivered to the user through a delivery service and they want to make sure that the user receives the item.
Work Order Enhancements
Checklists and Work Logs can now be added to Work Orders to monitor task progress and streamline team performance.
Product Updates - 2017
RFID Integration for iOS
You can use an external RFID reader (TSL 1128) to scan and take actions on items from your iOS app. Android support to follow.
Printout Enhancements
You can drag and drop elements when editing printouts. In addition, sizes for display images can also be defined when customizing a cart or purchase order template.
Advanced Dashboard View
Stay ahead of all the events and happenings in your company. We’ve added an advanced layout to the dashboard where you can view all your KPIs and performance metrics.
PO Enhancements
New tabs added to the Purchase Order page. You can now view all purchase orders, their approval pending and denied updates from More > Purchase Orders or Notifications bell > Purchase Orders.
Product Updates - 2016
Recurring Services
In addition to Service Triage, our Advanced Services and Maintenance module now includes Recurring Services. Use this to repeat service cycles at regular intervals.
Enhanced Password Policy
You can create a detailed password policy for your staff based on your business preferences, and set a custom expiry period for all passwords.
Search Locations via Barcode Scanning
Add AINs to Locations and scan them as barcodes. This enables you to look up location details on the go, reducing processing times during checkins and checkouts.
Purchase Orders
You can create Purchase Orders for vendors and receive items against them. Print PO invoices, document pricing negotiations, and manage vendors for a smooth procurement workflow.