Equipment tracking for concrete contractors
Trowels, saws and screeds — where they are before the next pour
Concrete work runs on tight timing: the trowel machine has to be on the right job before the pour. FlowNext shows where every machine is and whether it's fit to use.
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FlowNextWhat a tech sees after scanning a tag with their phone camera
Where it goes wrong today
Pour-day scramble
Before a pour, check the equipment list by job. If the trowel is still at yesterday's site, you know before the truck is on the road.
Damage reported on the spot
A finisher scans a machine with a bent blade and reports it. It shows out of service before anyone loads it for the next pour.
Blades and repairs add up
Maintenance logged per machine, with costs, shows which units are worth keeping.
What concrete contractors tag first
- Ride-on and walk-behind power trowels
- Walk-behind and hand-held concrete saws
- Vibratory and laser screeds
- Concrete vibrators
- Core drills
- Generators and light towers
Locations are whatever matches how you work: “Yard”, “Crew 3 truck”, “Harbor Logistics - slab pour”. Every move is recorded with who made it and when.
New accounts can start from a ready-made Concrete category set: Power trowels, Concrete saws, Screeds, Vibrators, Core drills, and Light towers, each with a typical inspection or service interval you can change.
Inspections and due dates
Concrete equipment is maintained on hours and wear rather than certificates: trowel blades and pans, saw blades, screed engines. Light towers and generators are serviced by hours, logged from the tag.
The afternoon before a pour
Tomorrow's slab at Harbor Logistics needs the ride-on trowel, the laser screed, three vibrators and a light tower. The afternoon before, the superintendent opens the job in FlowNext and checks the list. The trowel is still showing at yesterday's site, so it goes on the truck tonight instead of being missed at 5 a.m.
Finishers report damage where it happens: a bent blade, a screed that won't hold level. The machine shows as out of service to the next person who scans it, and the office gets an email with what broke and who reported it.
Blades, pans and engine repairs go in each machine's maintenance log with their cost (Pro and Business), and trowels and light towers get hour readings from the tag. The cost of ownership report shows which machines have cost half their price in repairs.
How tags, phone updates and reports work in detail: features. Plans and limits: pricing.
Questions
Can I see everything at one job?+
Yes. Each job is a location, and its page lists everything there right now.
Can I log blade and pan replacements?+
Yes, on Pro and Business: each maintenance entry records the work, the date, the cost, the hour reading and who did it.
Tag your first ten items this afternoon
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