Toolstore
Taking the counter to the job. A staffed store brought under control without new steel on the floor and without changing where anything sits.
The record is written as your person issues.
Terminal, scanner and label printer at the counter. The storeperson does what they already do — the difference is that the transaction now carries a name, a work order and a condition status, and it carries them at the moment of issue rather than on a sheet transcribed later.
One unit, wherever it appears. The terminal on this counter is the same one that makes up acuitystore® ONE and the same one that goes out to a campaign store. One build, one buffer, one spares holding — which is a large part of why the standard lead time is a published number rather than an estimate.
| Control capability | Full, via the operator |
| Standard lead time | 20 working days |
| Finished-goods buffer | Held |
| Options | OPT-RDR credential reader · OPT-PRN second printer |
The storeperson has been here eleven years and knows what every crew takes. When she is on leave, the store runs on guesswork. The terminal does not replace what she knows — it writes it down, so the site still has it on the fortnight she is not there.
An attended terminal is the fastest route from no record to a complete one, because it changes the paperwork rather than the workflow. It is a common first installation.
It controls issue only as well as the person at the counter does. If the store is unstaffed at the times that matter — night shift, weekends, remote crib rooms — an attended format will not close the gap, and a gated one is the honest answer.
Start where a person already stands.
Often the fastest control you can put in, and the least disruptive.