Track shared tools across departments, cells, and cribs with browser-based QR check-in/out, recorded availability, issue status, and history.
Tool tracking software for manufacturing tracks shared serialized tools across departments, cells, cribs, and work areas with QR check-in/out. OrbitEquip uses printable labels and phone-browser scanning to record the latest holder, assigned location, status, reported issue, and checkout history. It is a custody workflow for shared tools, not an MES, calibration, or production-integration system.
OrbitEquip helps manufacturing teams track shared tools across the facility with QR scan check-in/out. Departments, cells, cribs, and work areas become assigned locations. Operators scan from a phone browser, and each recorded checkout, return, and reported issue stays with the tool history.
When multiple shifts and cells share equipment, tools can move without a clear record of the latest holder or assigned location.
A dropped or damaged tool may be handed to another operator without a shared description, photo, or status attached to its record.
Manual checkout at a crib makes it difficult for the next shift to review open checkouts and recent returns in one place.
When a torque wrench or tester is not where expected, supervisors need the latest recorded user and transaction time.
Without a shared issue history, teams have less context when deciding what needs repair before a tool returns to service.
Print a QR label for every tool. Crews scan to check items out and back in from a compatible phone browser. No paperwork, no spreadsheets.
Create a location for each jobsite, service van, shop, or tool crib, and assign every tool to where it belongs.
Report issues with photos, track status from open to resolved, and keep the recorded issue history with the tool.
Checkout history for every tool, plus recorded issue activity. Know who checked it out, when it was returned, and what issues were logged.
Find any tool by name, serial, or QR code. Filter by status, category, or location in one click.
See each tool's current recorded status, assigned location, and current holder across the locations your team has configured.
Record a torque wrench or tester as it moves from a crib to a department or cell.
Review open checkouts and record the return when the next shift brings tools back.
Attach a photo and status to a tool issue before another operator requests the equipment.
Represent departments and cells as locations, label shared tools, and let each shift record the same custody workflow.
Add torque tools, testers, drills, and specialty equipment with their identifying details.
Use departments, cells, cribs, production lines, or work areas as assigned locations.
Generate a printable label for each serialized tool shared across shifts.
Operators scan or enter the code when tools leave or return to a recorded location.
Add a description and photo, then track the issue status through resolution.
Yes. Create locations for departments, manufacturing cells, cribs, production lines, or other work areas. Assign tools to the recorded location where they belong and update it when the team moves them.
No. OrbitEquip does not manage calibration schedules or compliance deadlines. You can keep relevant notes on a tool record and report an issue when equipment needs attention, but formal calibration management requires another system.
Yes. Each shift can use the same printable label. A signed-in user records the check-in or check-out, and the tool record retains the transaction history.
The tool's short code can be entered manually, and the scan hub includes browse-and-search fallback. Completing the transaction still requires a signed-in user and connectivity.
Not currently. OrbitEquip supports CSV import on paid plans, but it does not provide a public API or live MES, ERP, accounting, or production-system integrations.
No. The browser-based QR workflow currently requires connectivity. A team member can use the tool's manual code later when service is available, but OrbitEquip does not provide offline synchronization.
No. OrbitEquip is designed for individually tracked tools and equipment that are checked in and out. Quantity inventory, consumables, and production records are outside its scope.
Focus on the physical crib counter, checkout, return, and issue workflow.
Focus on reactive issues, photos, statuses, and resolution history.
Compare manufacturing handoffs with the general checkout and holder workflow.
Track up to 25 shared tools free with unlimited users. No credit card required.