Case Study: DER SPIEGEL modernizes video equipment management with Timly

Manage Video Equipment Efficiently Without Much Effort

DER SPIEGEL, one of Germany’s best-known media organizations, needed a better way to manage its growing pool of video, camera, and audio equipment across multiple locations. The team had been relying on handwritten lists, Excel sheets, chats, and ad hoc handovers, which made it hard to track availability, assignments, damage, and maintenance.

With Timly’s cloud-based digital inventory management system, DER SPIEGEL digitized equipment booking, transfers, scheduling, and damage reporting using QR codes and a centralized database. Timly helped the editorial teams gain real-time transparency, reduce errors and follow-up work, improve planning for shoots, and make better long-term purchasing and maintenance decisions for roughly 2,000 inventoried items used by 1,300 employees.

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