Solutions

Who uses Inostorage, and how

The same cabinet does two different jobs. A factory uses it to control its own consumables. A supplier puts it at a customer's site to see what the customer uses and to deliver on time.

For end users

Factories and workshops

Fewer empty shelves, less time on stock counts, and real figures on which department uses what.

Automatic stock count

The weighing cells keep the stock up to date, so a manual count becomes an occasional check, not a weekly job.

Consumption by department

See which lines and teams use the most, and plan purchases and budgets from real figures.

Stock at the workplace

Put the cabinet next to the production line, not at the other end of the building.

Open 24/7

Night and weekend shifts get what they need without a storekeeper.

Tool lending

The platform records who borrowed each tool and when it came back.

Several sites in one platform

All cabinets, in all halls and plants, in one account.

For suppliers

Distributors, manufacturers and maintenance suppliers

Put a cabinet with your products at your customer's site. You see in the platform what they use, plan your deliveries, and the repeat orders come to you instead of a competitor. Several of our current clients use Inostorage this way: tool and hardware distributors in the Baltics and a manufacturer’s branch in Poland.

Industrial distributors

Tools, fasteners, abrasives, personal protective equipment (PPE). Instead of waiting for the next order, you plan from what the customer actually uses.

Brands and manufacturers

Put your own products inside your customers' plants. Each cabinet works as a small unattended sales point, without opening a shop.

Maintenance and spare parts suppliers

Keep the spare parts that customers' machines need on site, so a missing bearing does not stop a line.

Want to sell Inostorage itself to your customers?

Sell it under our name or your own brand, or build it into your own product.

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Use cases

Typical uses

Inventory and operations

  • Automatic stock count
  • Stock at the workplace
  • Open 24/7, also on night shifts
  • Tool lending with a record of who has each tool
  • Several sites in one platform

Supply chain automation

  • Vendor-managed inventory (VMI)
  • Consignment: parts stay yours until they are used
  • Refill from the low-stock notification instead of phone calls
  • A fixed safety stock of critical parts next to the machines

Sales and business growth

  • Unattended sales points at customer sites
  • A network of sales points across a region
  • Long-term supply agreements based on real use
For suppliers

Business models

Ways to offer the cabinet to your customers.

Sell

Sell the cabinet to the customer.

Rent

Rent it for a monthly fee.

Supply agreement

Provide it free in exchange for a supply agreement.

Vendor-managed inventory

You keep the stock levels at the customer's site.

Pay per use

Charge only for what was used.

Consignment

Parts stay yours until they are used.

Inostorage records what was taken and sends consumption reports. Invoicing stays in your own system: you bill from the reports, or connect your enterprise resource planning (ERP) system through the Inostorage application programming interface (API).

Products

What you can store

Our clients keep all of these in their cabinets today.

Two shelves of an Inostorage cabinet with bins of screws, bolts, nuts and washers on red weighing cells, render

Fasteners and small parts

Screws, nuts, bolts, washers, rivets.

Shelves of work gloves in an Inostorage cabinet

PPE and workwear

Gloves, safety glasses, work shoes.

Cutting and grinding discs standing in bins in an Inostorage cabinet

Cutting and grinding discs

Cutting discs, grinding discs, flap discs, sandpaper.

Hand tools in their packs on the shelves of an Inostorage cabinet, next to the touch screen and the card reader

Tools

Cordless drivers, measuring tapes, hand tools.

Bins of ball bearings, brass laser nozzles, O-rings and boxes of protective windows on red weighing cells, render

Components and spare parts

Bearings, electronic components, laser machine consumables.

Copy paper reams, pens, sticky notes and boxes of pens behind the glass door of an Inostorage cabinet, render

Office supplies

Pens, paper, stationery.

Hand soap and cleaner bottles, toilet rolls and centre-feed rolls on red weighing cells, render

Hygiene and cleaning

Toilet paper, towels, soap, cleaning products.

Inostorage bulk unit with one door open and boxes of welding wire on its scale floor, render

Something else?

Welding supplies, batteries, connectors, drill bits… If it can be weighed, ask us.

Consumables

Items that are used up: gloves, screws, discs, towels. The weighing cells count what was taken, and the low-stock notification starts the refill.

Tools that come back

Items that are borrowed: cordless drivers, measuring tools. The platform records who borrowed each one and when it was returned.

Not sure your product fits?

Tell us what you want to store and how much of it. We suggest the cell sizes and the layout.

Ask about your products
Business impact

What clients estimate

up to 30%less overconsumption
up to 80%less manual inventory work
3–6 monthspayback
€20,000+saved per year by a manufacturer with 50 employees

Estimates from several Inostorage clients. Your results depend on what you store and how you managed your stock before.

Tell us how you would use it

For your own plant or for your customers: we show you the system and work out the setup together.

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