Operations

The right part in the right bin, before the machine stops waiting for it.

A spare parts warehouse with every part in its location and bin, minimum levels, supplier prices and a costed ledger.

Overview

Ehkam Spare Parts Warehouse runs your parts stores end to end. Every part has its location and bin, receipts and issues are posted as they happen, stock moves between stores, counts are reviewed before they change the books, and you are alerted when a part falls to its minimum, with supplier prices and a costed ledger of every movement. It works in Arabic and English, on the web and on the mobile app.

Because Ehkam is a configurable platform, you can shape it to your own procedures: the information each record holds, the forms, the steps a record moves through, who may do what, and what you see on your dashboards. You can do all of this without changing any code.

At a glance

How it works

  1. Receive

    Receive parts from suppliers into their location and bin.

  2. Issue

    Issue parts to where they are used, and move them between stores.

  3. Count

    Count a location, review the result, then post it or recount.

  4. Watch

    Get alerted when a part falls to its minimum.

Features

Warehouses, locations and bins

Every part in its place, in one storage tree.

  • Build your storage tree, from each warehouse down to aisles, shelves and bins.
  • Every movement is posted to a costed stock ledger, so you always know what you hold and what it is worth.

Receiving

Parts received from suppliers into their bins.

  • Post receipts from suppliers, by batch where an item is tracked that way.
  • Keep the delivery note and order reference with each receipt, and its supplier.

Issues and transfers

Parts issued to where they are used.

  • Issue parts to the workshop, the line or the site, so every part is accounted for.
  • Transfer stock between stores, tracked while it is in transit, and take returns back in.

Stock counts

Counts that are reviewed before they change the ledger.

  • Count a location, review the result, then post it or send it back for a recount.
  • Count a few bins or locations at a time, as often as you need, without closing the warehouse.

Stock levels and alerts

Know before you run out.

  • Set low and critical levels for each part, so a breakdown never waits for a part you should have held.
  • Storekeepers and warehouse managers are alerted when an item falls to its low or critical level.

Parts catalogue

A catalogue of your parts and consumables, with their batches.

  • Keep your parts by category and unit, with their shelf life where it matters.
  • Track batches with their supplier and dates where a part needs it.

Suppliers

Your suppliers, what each supplies and at what price.

  • Keep your suppliers, with the parts each provides and at what price.
  • Keep a register of the services you buy beside your suppliers.

Sites

Where your warehouses sit, as one tree, on the map.

  • Keep sites and buildings nested under each other, so every warehouse has its place.
  • Print a QR code for any location, so a phone scan opens it on the spot.

In the store

Storekeepers working on the floor, on their phones.

  • Use the mobile app on the floor, and scan a QR code to open a record straight away.
  • Geo-fencing makes sure work is done at the right place.

Included

  • Geo-fencing
  • Scannable Code

Workflows and approvals

Controlled steps and approvals for every stock action.

  • Every stock action follows a controlled lifecycle, so nothing is posted until it is ready.
  • Add approvals wherever your procedures need them, such as reviewing a count before it is posted.
  • Chain steps into multi-step processes, such as a review followed by an approval, and track every run.

Dashboards

Live views of your stock.

  • Ready-made dashboards show stock on hand, movements and parts at their minimum.
  • Build your own charts and views on any of your data.

Included

  • Dashboards
  • Embedded Views

Roles and permissions

Ready-made store roles, and exact control over who sees and does what.

  • Ready-made roles for the storekeeper and the warehouse manager, with exactly the access each needs.
  • Add roles for technicians who draw parts, and decide exactly who sees and does what.

Starter roles

Ready on install, so your team can start straight away. Change what each role may do, or add your own roles, at any time.

  • Storekeeper

    Runs the store day to day: receives, issues, moves, returns and counts stock, and maintains locations and the vendor catalog.

  • Warehouse Manager

    Owns the storage tree, the vendor register, and every threshold in it.

Across the system

  • Arabic and English throughout

    Every screen and every record works in both languages.

  • Full audit trail

    Every change to every record, with who made it and when.

  • Linked records

    Connect any record to any other and follow the thread between them.

  • Attachments

    Photos and documents on any record.

  • Configurable without code

    Shape the records, forms, lifecycles, roles and dashboards to your own procedures.

Make it yours

Fields, statuses, roles and forms can all be changed after installing, so the system follows the way your team already works.

Not quite it?

Tell us what you need and we will set it up with you.