Creating Multiple Equipment Records

At my current job, we create many equipment records and use winshuttle to create multiple ones, but it's so much work for us administrators. First, I collect the equipment information on the spreadsheet from the end user then I run the winshuttle to create an equipment record. Also, we must have the equipment record as we company number the equipment before proceeding with anything else, i.e., creating work orders, purchase orders, etc. So I'm wondering if someone has found a better way to improve this process. Thanks!