Scrap yard software for every kind of yard

What changes between one recycling vertical and another

Every yard weighs, grades, processes, dispatches and invoices. What differs is the unit of account, the compliance record and the point at which value is created. Scraplytics models those three differences per vertical rather than shipping one generic workflow.

The unit of account

A ferrous yard trades in tonnes of a graded commodity. An auto salvage yard trades in a vehicle that becomes hundreds of parts plus a hulk. An e-waste processor trades in a device that becomes a recoverable-metal fraction and a hazardous fraction. Inventory has to follow the unit the operator actually buys and sells, which is why Scraplytics tracks by material, grade and location rather than a single flat SKU.

The compliance record

Scrap yards buying from the public need a seller identity record and often a statutory hold period. Battery and e-waste operators need chain of custody and a hazardous-waste trail. Construction and demolition operators need diversion reporting for the project, not the load. Scraplytics captures the record the vertical is actually inspected against, and stores it against the ticket rather than in a separate register that can drift.

Where value is created

In a ferrous yard, margin comes from buying well and shipping full loads. In non-ferrous, it comes from grading accurately, because the spread between a correct and a lazy grade is the whole profit. In auto salvage, it comes from parts revenue before the hulk is sold. Scraplytics reports margin at the level the vertical earns it: per material and grade, per lot, or per vehicle.

What stays the same

The ticket is the record in all of them. Gross weight, tare weight, net weight, any deduction and the reason for it, the seller identity, and the amount paid. Get that one document right and inventory, payables, tax and the audit trail all follow from it. Get it wrong and no amount of reporting downstream recovers it.