Track shared tools across departments, cells, and cribs with QR check-in/out, issue reporting, and recurring preventive-maintenance schedules.
18 quick steps: add a tool, print its label, check it out and back in. No signup.
Tool tracking software for manufacturing tracks shared serialized tools across departments, cells, cribs, and work areas with QR check-in/out. OrbitEquip records holder, assigned location, status, reported issues, and checkout history. Teams can schedule one-time work or recurring preventive maintenance, pause or resume recurring schedules, and generate the next occurrence after completion. Maintenance reminder emails for eligible scheduled occurrences are available on active Starter-or-higher subscriptions; formal calibration-compliance workflows are not included. OrbitEquip QR remains canonical; an optional existing/manufacturer barcode can be stored for identification and search.
OrbitEquip helps manufacturing teams track shared tools across the facility with QR check-in/out. Departments, cells, cribs, and work areas become assigned locations. OrbitEquip QR remains the canonical identifier, while a primary photo and optional existing/manufacturer barcode support tool identification and search. Operators record checkouts, returns, and reported issues; teams can also manage recurring preventive-maintenance schedules without treating OrbitEquip as an MES or calibration platform.
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 record, teams have less context on reported problems and the next scheduled preventive-maintenance occurrence 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, schedule one-time work, and manage recurring preventive-maintenance schedules with pause, resume, and automatic next occurrences. Maintenance reminder emails for eligible scheduled work are available on active Starter-or-higher subscriptions.
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 number, OrbitEquip QR/code, or existing barcode. 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.
Keep one primary photo and an optional existing/manufacturer barcode with each tool. OrbitEquip QR remains the canonical identifier.
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.
Schedule preventive maintenance for shared tools and generate the next occurrence after each completion.
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 one primary photo and an optional existing/manufacturer barcode when useful. OrbitEquip QR remains canonical.
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 to an issue or manage a recurring preventive-maintenance schedule.
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.
OrbitEquip supports recurring preventive-maintenance schedules for general tool care, but it does not provide formal calibration-compliance workflows or compliance deadlines. Relevant notes can be kept on a tool record, and issues can be reported when equipment needs attention.
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 Free within the 25-asset limit and 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.