Itefy

Shared gear tends to go missing, sit unmaintained or get bought twice, and Itefy is built to stop that. It is cloud-based equipment management software, and its maker says it has been tracking equipment since 2017.

Scanning gear with a phone camera

Checkouts work by scanning an item with any phone camera, so a team does not need to buy dedicated scanners. Itefy says customers can set the system up themselves rather than waiting on an implementation project. Each check-out and return builds a record of who has what and where it is.

Booking without clashes

Scheduling tools are meant to prevent two people reserving the same item for the same slot. Everything a team owns sits in one registry, and access can be split by team with different user roles, so people see and book only what is relevant to them.

Cutting loss and repeat purchases

Itefy argues that redundant purchases are avoidable when usage and locations are tracked. Real-time monitoring of assets is its answer to loss, and usage reports and performance analytics show which items are heavily used and which sit idle.

Preventive maintenance

Maintenance can be scheduled in advance, with inspections and servicing planned before a fault appears. When something does go wrong, issues are logged and handled in the same system. The aim, in the company's words, is longer equipment life and a quicker response when problems arise.