Metals Manager
Stop guessing what you have in the yard
Metals inventory management for fabricators and stockholders providing near-real-time stock, cert-linked to stock with immutable audit trail for international standards.
50% off your first month · Starter tier · No credit card required
What It Actually Does
Real-Time Stock Visibility
Know exactly what's in every rack, bay, and corner of your yard. No more walking the floor to count bars. Use, split, edit and reserve stock easily.
Mill Cert-linked Stock
Your cert data flows straight into inventory records. Every item has its digital records.
Supplier Management
Track deliveries, manage suppliers, and draw down stock as it's used. One place for all of it.
ERP-Friendly
Use it standalone or connect to your existing system via file import/export or our API. No dedicated connectors required.
No traceability foundation means no compliance foundation
Compliance doesn’t start at audit time. It starts the moment material arrives. If your inventory isn’t tracking every order, cert, and movement in one place, you have gaps — and gaps become findings.
Your spreadsheet is probably already wrong. Someone drew down material for Job 47 and didn’t update it. A cert arrived and never got linked to the stock item. Now nobody trusts the numbers. And when the auditor asks for traceability evidence, you’re scrambling.
GoSmarter Metals Manager is the traceability foundation. Every order, cert, and movement tracked. Your data, your control, your compliance — starts here, not after the fact. No ERP price tag, no 12-month implementation.
How it works
GoSmarter Metals Manager is metals inventory management software built for steel stockholders and fabricators. It gives your team a single, live view of what’s in the yard. No ERP price tag, no 12-month implementation.
Manage stock movements in real time. Track material by grade, size, and heat number. Draw down stock as it’s consumed. Every item stays linked to its certificate, so you always have the traceability chain intact.
Use it standalone or connect it to your existing systems. Either way, your team starts getting accurate stock data from day one.
To trial today: upload an existing inventory spreadsheet, or add a few items by hand. Your team can start managing stock movements immediately.
Why metals inventory is different
Metals inventory is not a simple count of items in a location. A steel stockholder or fabricator holds material by grade, size, heat number, and certificate reference. A coil of 3mm mild steel is not interchangeable with a coil of 3mm S355, even if they look identical on the rack. A length of copper-nickel (Cu-Ni) pipe is not the same as a bronze fitting even if they weigh the same.
Material committed to a live order is not available for another job, even if it is physically present. Offcuts below a minimum usable length need tracking separately from prime stock. Without this level of detail, your “inventory” figure is a guess, not a fact.
GoSmarter tracks material by the attributes that matter: grade, size, condition, and certificate reference, across a built-in starter list of 83 grades and 18 product forms, from flat bar and coil to pipe, fitting, flange, fastener, angle, channel, and I-beam. Use the starter list as-is, or create your own grades and forms to match your business exactly, including ID codes that map to your ERP. Your stock view reflects what is actually available to commit to orders, not a generic count that mixes prime stock with scrap.
When committed stock is properly separated from free stock, planners stop over-promising on delivery. On-Time In Full (OTIF) performance improves because the information that used to delay decisions (“have we actually got the right grade in stock?”) is always accurate and always visible.
Inventory and compliance are inseparable
In metals manufacturing, stock records and compliance records are the same record. Material in stock needs a traceable link to the certificates that prove its grade and properties. When that material ships, the certificate needs to follow it. EN 10204, EN 1090, and other standards require it.
GoSmarter connects inventory to certificates automatically. GoSmarter maintains the traceability chain from goods-in to delivery without manual effort. When a customer asks for the certificate for a specific heat number, you find it in seconds. When an auditor wants to verify material used in a safety-critical application, your records are complete and reliable.
Every inventory change gets logged. Audit Ready instantly.
When something goes wrong, you need to know what changed and when. Not spend an afternoon guessing. Short stock count, disputed delivery, spec changed mid-production: it is all logged. Every adjustment to a stock record in Metals Manager is captured in a permanent record that nobody can edit or delete.
Before and after values are recorded for every change, along with who made it and a server-side timestamp. That covers the full range of inventory activity: stock receipts, drawdowns, transfers, corrections, and allocations. Deleted items are tracked and recoverable.
That is your evidence base for ISO 9001 Clause 8.5.2, International Automotive Task Force (IATF) 16949, and AS9100. No scrambling at audit time. Not ISO certified? The audit trail is just as useful day-to-day: if stock is short and nobody knows why, you will know in seconds who made the last change and what it said before they touched it.
Ditch the stale spreadsheet. Build the traceability foundation today.
You don’t need a multi-month ERP project to get every order, cert, and movement tracked. Most teams are live with Metals Manager within a day.
New customers get 50% off their first month. No credit card required.
Step 1: Sign up and log in. Browser-based, nothing to install. Full access from day one.
Step 2: Import your existing stock. Got your stock in Excel? Save it as CSV (File → Save As → CSV) and upload it directly. Metals Manager handles the common formats. If you need help mapping columns, our onboarding guide walks you through it.
Step 3: Start tracking movements. Record deliveries, drawdowns, and transfers as they happen. Your team is working from live data — not a stale spreadsheet — by end of day one.
Step 4: Connect your certificates (optional). If you use MillCert Reader, certificate data links to stock automatically. If not, upload certificates manually and associate them with stock items.
Step 5: Sync with your ERP or WMS (optional). Use the REST API or CSV export to connect with your ERP, WMS, or production systems. See the integration strategy: from standalone use to full bidirectional sync.
No IT project. No consultant fees. Compliance starts here — not after the fact. Returns from day 1.
£150/month rolling. £100/month paid annually.
Inventory management, order management, and mill certificate management are all in the Starter tier at £150/month (or £100/month billed annually). AI features unlock at Workshop and above. New customers get 50% off their first month.
GoSmarter Metals Manager is priced per site. Your entire team uses one subscription: unlimited users, no per-seat fees, no surprise add-ons.
What you get on the Starter tier:
- Every order, cert, and movement tracked in one place
- Your data your control — no vendor lock-in
- Compliance starts here — not after the fact
- Import your existing stock via spreadsheet on day one
- AI features (cert extraction, quality rules) unlock at Workshop and above
After your first month:
- £150/month, billed monthly (cancel any time)
- £100/month, billed annually (save £600 a year)
- See the full pricing page for plan options and bundle pricing
A 12-month ERP implementation costs tens of thousands of pounds and takes a year to go live. You’ll be using GoSmarter Metals Manager the same day you sign up, for £150/month — or £100/month if you commit annually.
What our customers say
"Spreadsheets break. ERPs take months to implement and cost a fortune. GoSmarter's inventory tool was running in a day."
— Stock Controller, Metals Distributor
Give your team a complete picture
Material history, cert data, and live stock. All in one place. Your team stops chasing records and starts making better decisions with the right information.
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Common Questions
What is steel inventory management software?
Steel inventory management software tracks material by the attributes that matter in a metals business: grade, size, heat number, and certificate reference. It shows what's in stock, what's committed to orders, and what's available, in real time. GoSmarter Metals Manager ships with a built-in starter list of 83 grades across 18 product forms, including copper alloys, copper-nickel, stainless 304L/316L, bronze, and non-ferrous materials alongside carbon and structural steels. Use the starter list as-is with zero configuration, or create your own grades and forms, including ID codes that map to your ERP, to make GoSmarter bespoke to your business. Unlike generic stock-control tools, it understands that two items of the same nominal grade and size can be different materials if their heat numbers differ.
How does GoSmarter give real-time visibility of stock in a metals plant?
GoSmarter Metals Manager updates your stock picture as material moves: goods in, allocation to an order, draw-down at the saw, despatch. Every movement is recorded as it happens, not reconciled at month-end. Your team sees the current state of every rack, bay, and job at any time, from any browser, without walking the floor.
What level of detail does the stock view show?
Stock is tracked at the attribute level that matters in metals: grade, size, condition, heat number, and certificate status. A coil of S355 3mm and a coil of S275 3mm are separate items, even if they sit on the same rack. Material committed to a live order is shown as allocated, not available. You are never promising the same bar to two jobs.
How do I get my existing stock into the system?
Upload a spreadsheet and it's imported instantly. Or add items by hand. Either way, your team can start using it the same day.
Does it link to mill certificates?
Yes. If you use our MillCert Reader, certificate data links automatically. If not, you can upload certificates manually and associate them with stock items.
Can I use it with my existing ERP?
Yes. It works standalone or can feed data to your existing systems via file export or our API. We can also help you scope custom integrations via the API.
What happens when stock is used?
Stock is drawn down as it's consumed in production, so your records stay accurate in real time.
Does Metals Manager keep an audit trail of inventory changes?
Yes. GoSmarter logs every change to a stock record automatically: receipt, drawdown, transfer, correction, or deletion. Each entry records the original value, the new value, who made the change, and a server-side timestamp. Deleted items are tracked and recoverable. GoSmarter keeps a permanent record that nobody can edit or delete — not your team, not us. That covers the change-history requirements of ISO 9001 Clause 8.5.2, IATF 16949, and AS9100. [See the full announcement →](https://change.gosmarter.ai/announcements/audit-trails-everywhere)
Is Metals Manager priced per user or per site?
Metals Manager is priced per site, not per user. One subscription at £150/month rolling (or £100/month paid annually) covers your whole team: unlimited users, no per-seat fees, no surprise add-ons when your team grows. AI features unlock at the Workshop tier and above. New customers get 50% off their first month. See the [pricing page](/pricing) for full details.
What is Steel Inventory Management Software?
Steel inventory management software tracks material by the attributes that matter in metals manufacturing: grade, size, heat number, certificate reference, and allocation status. Unlike generic stock-control systems that count items in a location, steel inventory management software understands that a coil of S355 3mm and a coil of S275 3mm are different items, even if they sit on the same rack.
This distinction matters operationally. Material committed to a live order is not available for another job, even if it is physically present. Offcuts below a minimum usable length need tracking separately from prime stock. GoSmarter Metals Manager is purpose-built for steel stockholders, distributors, and fabricators. GoSmarter ships with a built-in starter list of 83 grades across 18 product forms. That includes non-ferrous materials: copper-nickel (Cu-Ni), bronze, aluminium-bronze (Al-Bronze), stainless grades 304L and 316L, and more alongside the full range of carbon and structural steels. Use the starter list as-is, or create your own grades and forms to match your business exactly, including ID codes from your ERP, or a stripped-back list if you only stock a handful of materials. Product forms now include pipe, fitting, flange, fastener, angle, channel, and I-beam in addition to the standard flat and long products. It tracks what is actually available to commit, not a generic count that mixes allocated material with free stock.
Go deeper
- Audit Trails: Why They Matter in Metals Manufacturing — how GoSmarter’s immutable audit trail satisfies ISO 9001 Clause 8.5.2, IATF 16949, and AS9100, with a full breakdown of every data type logged
- Steel Distributor Software Hub: how GoSmarter supports steel stockholders, service centres, and distributors end to end
- Inventory Management Solutions: how GoSmarter Metals Manager fits into your broader operations and compliance workflow
- Mill Certificate Automation: The Complete Guide: how certificate data links automatically to every inventory item
- Midland Steel Manufacturing Case Study: how a leading rebar supplier replaced spreadsheet-based tracking with live inventory visibility
- Metals Manufacturing Glossary: heat numbers, grades, traceability, and why inventory in metals is different
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