Never Run Out Again

Intuitive manufacturer controlled inventory software. 2X production, 90% less time ordering, 80% less inventory held

How Arda works, in three steps. The walkthrough plays and repeats automatically unless you prefer reduced motion. Pause it or use the timer bars below the captions to jump to any step. Step 1, scan any code: a phone held in one hand moves along a shop shelf and scans four items, each with a different kind of code. It reads the Arda Kanban card on a two-bin shelf of M8 hex bolts from McMaster-Carr, the Data Matrix on a bottle of tapping fluid from Grainger, the UPC on a box of nitrile gloves from Amazon, and the QR code on an M12 connector bag from Grainger. Each scan adds the item to the cart. Step 2, review: a tap on Cart sends all four scanned items to Arda's shopping cart, grouped by vendor. McMaster-Carr takes orders by email, Grainger by purchase order and Amazon online. Step 3, order: purchasing reviews each vendor’s items and chooses Order All. Arda writes the email to McMaster-Carr, fills in purchase order 4471 for Grainger with its payment and shipping terms, and fills the Amazon cart, ready to check out. Each vendor's group then shows Ordered and leaves the cart.

1 of 3 · ScanScan the card.Running low? Scan the card at the shelf.

2 of 3 · ReviewCheck the list.Purchasing checks the requests, grouped by supplier.

3 of 3 · OrderPlace the order.Email order: Check the items and send the email.

3 of 3 · OrderPlace the order.Purchase order: Check the quantities and prepare the purchase order.

3 of 3 · OrderPlace the order.Supplier’s cart: Open the supplier’s cart and check out.

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Missing Parts Lead to Stoppages That Have Real Cost Implications

Illustrative downtime costs

Missing parts delay production lines.
Stockouts halt work and upset schedules.
Excess inventory wastes valuable cash.
Last-minute scrambling disrupts workflows.
Ordering relies on human memory.
An unreliable process slows down productivity.
Juggling requests creates chaos in purchasing.
Errors can lead to unhappy customers.

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Order parts before work stops.

Your team scans cards. Purchasing checks the list.

Know what needs ordering.
Keep your suppliers.
Let the team flag low stock.
Start with a few parts.

A printed Kanban card pulled from a parts bin on a working shop floor.

How Arda fits

Where Arda fits next to MRP, ERP, and spreadsheets

Compare how teams flag low stock and place orders.

ArdaWhiteboardsSpreadsheetsClassic MRPERP

Low-stock signal at point of usePartly

Works with physical cardsPartly

Easy for floor teams to useYesPartly

Vendor info stored for reusePartlyYesYes

Fits alongside existing systemsYesYesPartly

Fast to roll out incrementallyYesYes

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See how other shops use Arda.

Start with the parts that keep stopping work.

of stockouts eliminated

Rossmonster reported eliminating 95% of stockouts.

less time spent ordering

Rossmonster reported spending 50% less time ordering.

Before Arda, we held inventory levels at 25+ for most of our critical components. Now, we hold inventory levels at 5 and make 5x as many vehicles.

Luke FarnyRossmönster

Kanban cards on a parts rack at Rossmönster

Case study · Rossmönster

Rossmönster builds five times the vans on a fifth of the stock.

They started with the parts that hurt most, then added categories from there.

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A finished Assembly Industrial truck body on a completed chassis outside the shop.

Case study · Assembly Industrial

Assembly Industrial doubled throughput without new space or a bigger team.

Four trucks at a time became eight, in six months.

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Case study · Fat Fender Garage

Fat Fender Garage cut its order backlog 95%.

The bottleneck moved off the floor and the high-value builds kept coming.

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See how other shops use Arda.

Rossmönster

95% of stockouts eliminated

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Austere Manufacturing

3× throughput

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Get Started Today

Order parts before work stops.

Your team scans cards. Purchasing checks the list.

Know what needs ordering.
Keep your suppliers.
Let the team flag low stock.
Start with a few parts.

Get Started Today

Start with the parts that stop you.

Get the routine working. Then add more parts.

Pick a part.
Add the part, supplier and order quantity.
Place the card.
Put the card in front of reserve stock. Scan it when stock runs low.
Make it a routine.
Purchasing checks requests and places orders. Receive the parts and return the cards.