Custom software for scrap intake weighbridge tickets
Appfront builds software for scrapyards and metal recyclers that take in scrap from businesses and private individuals: the vehicle on the weighbridge, the supplier identified, the scrap sorted by type with the weight taken from the weighbridge or platform scale, the day's price per type, and a weighbridge slip with the settlement and the details that must be recorded at intake. So the slip matches the weighbridge, every intake can be traced, and the administration is not built up from scribbled notes.
What is weighbridge slip software for scrap intake?
A scrapyard buys in metal. A business or private individual arrives at the weighbridge with a trailer or lorry, the scrap is sorted into types such as iron, copper, brass, aluminium and stainless steel, each type is weighed and settled at that day's price. A weighbridge slip is made for every intake. Weighbridge slip software for scrap intake turns that flow into a single record, from weighbridge to payout.
In many businesses the weighbridge has its own software, the price is on a board, and settlement is done by hand. Weights are copied across, types are filled in afterwards, and whether the supplier's details are complete depends on who was at the counter. When there is an audit, or a question about a batch of stolen copper, someone has to work out who brought what.
We build custom because intake has to fit your site and way of working: which weighbridges and scales you have, which types of material you buy, how prices are set, how you pay out, and what data you record at intake. What the rules require of you when purchasing metals is something you determine with your adviser or trade association; the software makes sure it is recorded.
Weight from the weighbridge
Gross, tare and net taken directly from the weighbridge and scales, without overwriting, linked to the intake.
Type and price
Weight and the day's price per scrap type, so settlement follows from the sorting rather than a calculation on paper.
Traceable per intake
Supplier, vehicle, types and weights per weighbridge slip, so every intake can be found again later.
How we build your weighbridge slip software for scrap intake
We start at the counter: how a supplier comes in, how the load is weighed and sorted, and how settlement is currently done.
Your weighbridges and scales, types, prices, the way you pay out, and the details you record at intake.
Integration with weighbridges and scales, suppliers with identification, and vehicle and registration number per intake.
Weight per type, daily prices, weighbridge slip and settlement, and payout to bank account.
Stock per type, sales to buyers, reports, and ongoing management afterwards.
What weighbridge slip software for scrap intake actually does
The components below come up at almost every scrapyard. Which you need depends on your site and suppliers.
Weighbridge
Weights taken directly from the weighbridge and platform scale, with gross, tare and net.
Suppliers
Businesses and private individuals, with the details recorded at intake.
Sorting
Per intake, the types of scrap with their weight, including when a load is split.
Daily prices
Prices per type and per day, with different rates for regular suppliers.
Weighbridge slip
A weighing slip listing types, weights, prices and the total, printed or emailed.
Stock
Stock per type from intakes, and sales to buyers.
Who we build weighing slip software for at scrap intake
The software is designed for businesses that take in scrap and currently settle payments with separate systems.
Scrap dealers
High volumes of intake from businesses and private individuals. The counter and the weighing slip are central.
Metal recyclers
Large flows with many types. Sorting and stock matter most.
Demolition companies
Metal from your own projects and from third parties. The origin of each intake is what you need.
Container companies
Containers of metal from customers. Weighing per container is central.
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This page is about scrap intake. For waste collection and recycling in general, see our page on waste collection apps; for containers, our page on a container scheduling app; and for the metal industry, our page on metalworking software. You can read about our approach at building software.
Why choose Appfront for your weighing slip software at scrap intake?
A weighing slip is proof of a purchase. We build on that: weights from the weighbridge, a price per type, and every intake traceable.
No transcription errors
Weights come from the weighbridge. What appears on the slip is what was weighed.
Complete at the counter
The software asks for the details needed before payment is made.
Easy to retrieve
You can see by supplier, type or date who brought what.
Security and privacy for weighing slip software at scrap intake
The software holds data on suppliers, including private individuals, and payments. Access is set by role: the counter registers, administration pays, and management views the figures. Data is kept only as long as the rules and your accounts require, and no longer.
The software runs in a European data centre or on your own server, with encrypted storage and daily back-ups. At the counter it keeps working even if the connection briefly drops.
Frequently asked questions about weighing slip software at scrap intake
Questions scrap dealers ask before getting started.
It records the supplier and vehicle for each intake, takes the weights from the weighbridge and scales, divides the scrap into types with daily prices, produces a weighing slip with settlement, and keeps track of stock by type.
Many weighbridges and weight indicators pass the weight on through an integration. Which one you have and how it shares that data is something we look at in the first step.
Purchasing metals is subject to rules about what you record from the supplier and the batch. What applies to your business should be confirmed with your adviser or trade association; the software asks for and stores that data.
The software supports payment by bank transfer. Whether and when cash payment is permitted when purchasing metals is subject to rules; discuss this with your adviser.
Yes. A load is weighed and then split by type, with the weight per type taken from the platform scale or calculated as the difference.
Yes. Alongside the daily price per type, agreements can apply per supplier.
Ask that first. Scrap-yard weighbridge software records weights, and sometimes a simple weighing slip. Custom development makes sense when sorting, daily prices, supplier details and payouts need to run in one flow, with stock behind it.
A weighing slip that matches the weighbridge, and every intake traceable?
Tell us how your intake works, which weighbridges you have and how you pay out now. We'll show you how the weighing, the sorting and the weighing slip will look.