An industrial equipment system configured to monitor a plurality of industrial assets, the system comprising: a plurality of identifying tags, wherein each of the identifying tags is configured to be physically located with one of the plurality of industrial assets; a plurality of transponders (120, 144), wherein each of the transponders is configured to have a predetermined range of communication and wherein each of the transponders is configured to transmit a unique transponder identifier identifying the transponder, wherein each of the transponders is associated with a different one of a plurality of zones (142A, 142B, 142C), wherein each of the zones includes a boundary defined by the predetermined range of communication of the associated transponder and includes two or more of the plurality of industrial assets therein with associated identifying tags; a data acquisition and processing system (106, 108) configured to receive, to process, and to store in a memory, the received and processed asset data associated with the plurality of industrial assets; and a mobile device software application configured to reside on a mobile device, wherein the software application is configured: i) to receive the transponder identifier transmitted by the transponder in response to the mobile device entering the zone defined by the associated transponder; ii) to transmit the transponder identifier with the mobile device over a communication system to the data acquisition and processing system (106, 108); and iii) to receive asset data from the data acquisition and processing system (106, 108) for each of the assets in the zone of the associated transponder as the mobile device moves from one of the plurality of zones to another of the plurality of zones, wherein the mobile device software application is configured to transmit a mobile device identifier including an identity of the mobile device. a plurality of identifying tags, wherein each of the identifying tags is configured to be physically located with one of the plurality of industrial assets; a plurality of transponders (120, 144), wherein each of the transponders is configured to have a predetermined range of communication and wherein each of the transponders is configured to transmit a unique transponder identifier identifying the transponder, wherein each of the transponders is associated with a different one of a plurality of zones (142A, 142B, 142C), wherein each of the zones includes a boundary defined by the predetermined range of communication of the associated transponder and includes two or more of the plurality of industrial assets therein with associated identifying tags; a data acquisition and processing system (106, 108) configured to receive, to process, and to store in a memory, the received and processed asset data associated with the plurality of industrial assets; and a mobile device software application configured to reside on a mobile device, wherein the software application is configured: i) to receive the transponder identifier transmitted by the transponder in response to the mobile device entering the zone defined by the associated transponder; ii) to transmit the transponder identifier with the mobile device over a communication system to the data acquisition and processing system (106, 108); and iii) to receive asset data from the data acquisition and processing system (106, 108) for each of the assets in the zone of the associated transponder as the mobile device moves from one of the plurality of zones to another of the plurality of zones, wherein the mobile device software application is configured to transmit a mobile device identifier including an identity of the mobile device.