Inventory Management for ERP For UAE — Atlantis NDT ERP

Consumables and calibrated-asset inventory control across multi-site NDT operations

Overview

Odoo Inventory configured for NDT firms manages two very different inventory realities under one system: high-turnover consumables (RT film, developer/fixer chemicals, dye penetrant and developer aerosols, couplant gel, MPI magnetic particles, UT reference blocks) and serialized high-value calibrated assets (flaw detectors, phased array units, crawlers, radiography cameras) that must never be treated as fungible stock. Consumables use standard reorder-point/min-max replenishment per warehouse or regional office, with lot tracking on chemical batches for expiry management, since film and penetrant chemicals degrade and shelf life affects indication sensitivity. Serialized equipment uses unique serial tracking integrated with the CMMS calibration record, so a specific probe or crawler's location, custody, and calibration status are always known — critical when equipment is dispatched across job sites or between country offices. Multi-warehouse/multi-location structure supports a home base plus site-container/field-office stock, with transfer orders tracking equipment and consumables moving to a turnaround or shutdown job and back. Barcode/QR scanning speeds field check-in/check-out of both consumables and serialized gear via mobile.

Why inspection and testing businesses run it differently

RT film and chemical shelf life directly affects radiographic sensitivity and re-shoot rates — lot/batch expiry tracking here isn't generic warehouse hygiene, it prevents a crew discovering expired film mid-shutdown with no backup. Serialized tracking of calibrated instruments tied to the CMMS means a project manager mobilizing a PAUT crew to a remote site can see, in real time, which specific unit (by serial number, with current cal status) is available, not just a generic count of PAUT units. Source container inventory for RT crews also tracks radiation source custody chain, a regulatory requirement independent of stock value.

Capabilities

How the workflow runs

Consumables and equipment are received into the home-base warehouse with lot numbers (chemicals) or serial numbers (instruments) captured at receipt. When a project mobilizes, Field Service generates a transfer/pick list pulling required consumables and specific serialized instruments (auto-filtered to in-calibration units by the CMMS integration) into a job-site stock location. Technicians scan equipment out via mobile at mobilization and back in at demobilization, updating custody and location in real time. Consumable usage is logged against the work order (for job costing in Accounting) and depletes stock, triggering reorder when it crosses the min threshold. Expiring film/chemical lots are flagged 30-60 days out so procurement can rotate stock on a first-expired-first-out basis before a job discovers unusable material on site.

Standards and compliance covered

Integrations

Measured impact

Lot-expiry tracking has eliminated on-site discovery of expired RT film/chemicals as a cause of shutdown delays — one firm cut chemical-related re-shoot incidents to near zero after implementation. Real-time serialized equipment visibility across sites reduced could-not-locate-the-unit mobilization delays by an estimated 2-3 hours per job on average. Multi-location transfer tracking cut equipment loss/write-off rates by roughly 30% by making custody accountability visible end-to-end.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can we track which specific probe serial number was used on a given weld scan for traceability?

Yes. The serial number is captured against the work order and ties directly into the inspection report and calibration certificate reference, giving a full traceability chain from probe to reported result.

How does it prevent using expired penetrant chemicals in the field?

Lot-level expiry dates are enforced at pick time; expired lots are blocked from selection in the mobile pick list, and expiry alerts are sent well ahead of due-out dates so procurement can rotate stock.

Does it handle equipment stored temporarily at a client site during a long turnaround?

Yes. The client site is modeled as a temporary stock location, with full transfer history and custody maintained throughout the job until the demobilization transfer back to home base.

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Built for any business that runs on operations

Most companies do not fail at their craft. They lose time, margin and goodwill in the gaps between the tools they use to run the place — a quoting spreadsheet that does not talk to the job sheet, a job sheet that does not reach accounts, and a compliance folder nobody can search when a client asks. Atlantis closes those gaps by putting the whole operation on one platform, so information is entered once and everything downstream stays in step.

What you can run on it

  • Sales and CRM — leads, quotes, follow-ups and the pipeline that tells you what next month looks like.
  • Projects and job costing — plan the work, track the hours and materials against it, and see the margin while the job is still live rather than at final account.
  • Field and service teams — dispatch, schedules, mobile capture that works with no signal, and sign-off from site.
  • Inventory and purchasing — stock, suppliers, reorder points and goods receipt, joined to the jobs that consume them.
  • People — records, qualifications and licences with renewal reminders, timesheets, leave and payroll.
  • Quality and documents — procedures and forms under revision control, with the audit trail an inspection or accreditation body actually asks for.
  • Accounts — invoicing, expenses, multi-currency and the reporting your accountant stops chasing you for.

Affordable, accessible, fully customizable — and we mean each word

Affordable because the whole suite is included rather than sold to you a module at a time, and because implementation is done by people who have run operations rather than by a chain of subcontractors. Accessible because it runs in a browser and on a phone, works for a small team on day one, and does not need a specialist on staff to keep it alive. Fully customizable because your process is the thing that makes you competitive — the software should bend to it, not the other way round.

Industries we configure for

Service businesses and contractors, manufacturing and fabrication, trading and distribution, laboratories and testing houses, engineering consultancies, construction and facilities, and asset owners across energy, marine, aerospace and infrastructure. Inspection and testing is where we started, and it remains the sector we go deepest in — but the platform underneath is general-purpose, and most of what it does has nothing to do with inspection at all.

What happens when you get in touch

A short conversation, not a sales sequence. We ask how the business runs today and where it hurts, show you the platform doing that work, and send a written quote shaped to your region, your team size and the scope you actually need. No obligation, nothing to install first, and no pressure to decide on the call. Reach out and tell us what you are trying to fix.

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