OB Truck & Flypack Equipment Management
An OB truck or flypack leaves with hundreds of items, and every one has to be booked, packed, scanned and brought back before the next job. Beam keeps each truck, rack and flypack case as a location, plans each job by product and bundle, flags units that are still out on another job, and checks everything out and back in by scan. Engineering, operations and the crew work from the same record, from the yard to the venue and back.
Use case in practice
- Trucks and Cases as Locations: Record each truck, bay, rack and flypack case, so every unit has a place to come back to.
- Plan Each Job by Product: Add cameras, lenses, comms kits and bundles to the reservation and see what is free for the dates.
- Conflicts Before Departure: Units booked twice or still checked out on another job are flagged while you pack.
- Scan Out and Back: Check items out and in with Beam Lens on a phone, with past due items flagged.
- Cables and Batteries by Count: Book bulk items by quantity and see how many came back.
Why it matters
- Fewer Missing Items on Site: The job leaves with what it needs, and you know what did not come back.
- Faster Turnarounds: The next job starts from a clear picture of what is free and what is in repair.
- Less Double Booking: Busy weeks with overlapping jobs stop depending on one person's spreadsheet.
- Accountability: Every hand-off is scanned against the job and the person who took it.
- Better Use of the Fleet: Each asset's bookings sit on its record, so you can see which kit is busy and which stays in the yard.
