WIP Tracking System
WIPtracker combines WMS, MES, and traceability functionality in one real-time WIP tracking system.
WIPtracker is a robust in-plant WIP tracking system for manufacturers that need real-time visibility into production, inventory, materials, warehouse activity, labor, quality, traceability, and job progress. It brings production tracking software, warehouse management system workflows, materials tracking, and manufacturing execution system functionality together in one operational platform.
Built for organizations that need more control than spreadsheets, paper travelers, disconnected barcode systems, or basic inventory software can provide, WIPtracker helps teams track materials from receiving through production, quality, storage, picking, shipping, and customer delivery. WIPtracker starts at $900 per month, prepaid annually, with one user login and one device login included.
Real-Time WIP Visibility
Master every step of production with a WIP tracking system built for complex in-plant operations.
WIPtracker is designed for manufacturers and operational teams that need to know what is happening on the floor right now. In many plants, inventory data lives in one system, job status lives on paper, warehouse activity is managed in spreadsheets, quality records are separated from production, and supervisors still rely on calls, emails, or walk-throughs to find out what is delayed. WIPtracker replaces those disconnected processes with structured, real-time data capture.
As a real-time WIP tracking software platform, WIPtracker helps teams capture accurate data at the point of work. Workers can scan barcodes, record material movement, track job progress, issue materials, complete operations, validate inventory, support quality checks, update work centers, and create transaction records as work happens. That gives managers, supervisors, warehouse teams, production planners, and quality teams a stronger operational picture without waiting for someone to manually update a spreadsheet at the end of the shift.
WIPtracker is an in-plant solution that can be integrated with ERP systems, supply-chain systems, barcode label printing, weighing scale interfaces, RFID add-in boxes, and other operational tools when required. It gives companies a practical way to modernize manufacturing execution, warehouse management, production tracking, and materials traceability without forcing an expensive ERP replacement.
See where every job stands.
WIPtracker helps production teams track jobs through work centers, operations, steps, departments, and production stages. Supervisors can see what is active, what is waiting, what is complete, what is delayed, and where materials or labor may be holding up the workflow. This improves daily decision-making and reduces the need to manually chase updates from the floor.
Connect WMS activity to production needs.
Warehouse activity directly affects production. WIPtracker supports inventory tracking, purchase order receiving, customer order processing, picking, shipping dock activity, and inventory auditing. This allows teams to connect receiving, storage, movement, job issue, finished goods, and shipment activity to the same operational record.
Build a usable history of materials and activity.
WIPtracker supports materials traceability by helping teams capture where materials came from, where they moved, what jobs they were used on, who handled them, what operations were completed, and what finished goods or shipments they became part of. This is important for quality, recall readiness, customer requirements, and regulated operations.
Start focused and expand into deeper MES functionality.
WIPtracker can support focused production tracking and scheduling, warehouse management system workflows, or a broader manufacturing execution system configuration. As operational needs grow, customers can add modules for quality assurance, activity-based job costing, machine tracking, available inventory tracking, multi-facility control, and more.
Track production, inventory, and material movement from one operational system.
WIPtracker helps manufacturers connect the daily activity that usually gets split between paper travelers, spreadsheets, warehouse records, and production updates. Teams can capture work-in-process activity, inventory movement, receiving, picking, material usage, quality activity, and shipping updates in a structured system instead of relying on delayed manual entry.
Because WIPtracker is designed as an in-plant solution with software preloaded on a WIPtracker computer and an integral SQL Server database, it supports local operational control while still allowing integration with ERP or supply-chain systems when needed.
Pricing and Deployment
A robust WIP tracking system starting at $900 per month, prepaid annually.
WIPtracker is built for organizations that need a robust in-plant solution that can be integrated with an ERP system or supply-chain systems. The WIPtracker computer comes with the software preloaded and includes an integral SQL Server database. This gives manufacturers a controlled local system for capturing production, warehouse, materials, traceability, and inventory activity on the plant network.
WIPtracker starts at $900 per month, prepaid annually. System prices include one user login and one device login. Additional user and device logins are priced at $40 each. This structure helps manufacturers start with the access they need and add more logins as the system expands across workers, departments, devices, production areas, warehouses, or facilities.
WIPtracker add-in boxes are custom quoted. The starting system price does not include add-in boxes for barcode label printing, weighing scales, or RFID. Prices also do not include support services or other equipment, such as barcode scanners, mobile computers, label printers, or weighing scales, which are priced separately based on the customer’s workflow and operational requirements.
$900 per month, prepaid annually.
WIPtracker gives manufacturers a practical starting point for real-time WIP tracking software, production tracking, warehouse visibility, and traceability without forcing a full ERP replacement.
One user login and one device login.
System prices include one user login and one device login. Additional user and device logins are priced at $40 each as operational needs expand.
Add-in boxes are quoted separately.
WIPtracker add-in boxes for barcode label printing, weighing scales, and RFID are custom quoted and are not included in the starting monthly system price.
Devices and support are not included.
Support services, barcode scanners, mobile computers, label printers, weighing scales, and other equipment are priced separately based on the customer’s needs.
Industry Challenges
Manufacturers need more than inventory counts. They need real-time control over jobs, materials, quality, and production flow.
Manufacturing operations often become difficult to control when the business depends on paper forms, spreadsheets, handwritten job travelers, delayed inventory updates, manual data entry, and tribal knowledge. These methods may work for a small number of jobs, but they create errors and blind spots as order volume, product complexity, customer requirements, and compliance needs increase.
WIPtracker helps solve these challenges by capturing production and warehouse activity closer to the point of work. Barcode scanning, RFID options, weighing scale interfaces, structured job transactions, materials traceability, inventory auditing, and exception visibility help teams reduce delayed updates and improve operational confidence.
Paper forms and spreadsheets create delays and rework.
Manual tracking creates opportunities for skipped entries, duplicate records, incorrect quantities, outdated job status, and missing material history. WIPtracker helps automate data capture through barcode scanning, structured transactions, RFID options, and connected production workflows.
Skilled workers should not waste time on duplicate data entry.
When skilled labor is limited, the system should make work easier, not harder. WIPtracker supports scan-based capture, simplified work center updates, job activity records, and production visibility so employees spend less time reconstructing information later.
Production slows down when inventory records are wrong.
Inaccurate inventory creates shortages, overbuying, schedule changes, expedited purchasing, and missed shipments. WIPtracker connects inventory tracking with production usage, receiving, picking, auditing, and shipping so teams can trust material records.
Tools, equipment, fixtures, and reusable assets need visibility.
Assets can move between jobs, departments, storage areas, production cells, and facilities. WIPtracker can support asset tracking workflows that help teams understand where key resources are located and how they are being used.
Materials need traceable movement from receiving to shipment.
Manufacturers need to know what arrived, where it was stored, when it was issued, what job used it, what finished product it supported, and where it shipped. WIPtracker helps create that material movement history.
Regulated operations need records that are easier to review.
WIPtracker can support audit trails, materials traceability, quality assurance, serial and lot tracking, barcode labels, and Part 11 compliance modules when configured for regulated workflows. Compliance responsibility remains with the customer.
WIPtracker Packages and Modules
Choose production tracking, WMS functionality, or a broader MES configuration.
WIPtracker is modular, which means organizations can configure the system around the level of operational control they need. Some companies need production tracking and scheduling. Others need warehouse management system functionality. More complex manufacturers may need a manufacturing execution system configuration that combines production, inventory, quality, traceability, machine tracking, job costing, project tracking, and multi-facility control.
For organizations that need real-time production visibility.
The production tracking and scheduling configuration supports production tracking, work center scheduling, and MilramX Lite. This is a strong fit for companies that need better job visibility, production status, work center updates, scheduling control, and real-time work-in-process tracking.
- Production Tracking
- WCS - Work Center Scheduling Module
- MilramX Lite
For organizations that need warehouse and inventory control.
The WMS configuration supports inventory tracking, purchase order receiving, customer order processing, picking, shipping dock activity, inventory auditing, and MilramX Lite. It helps warehouse teams improve receiving accuracy, storage visibility, picking control, shipment validation, and inventory audit workflows.
- Inventory Tracking
- PO - Purchase Order Receiving Module
- SO - Customer Order Module
- PICK - Picking
- SDO - Shipping Dock Option
- IAM - Inventory Auditing Module
- MilramX Lite
For complex production, inventory, and traceability needs.
The MES configuration combines production and inventory tracking with warehouse, quality, traceability, job costing, machine tracking, project tracking, pull-based inventory, available inventory, multi-facility visibility, scheduling, and MilramX Lite. This is designed for organizations that need deeper operational control.
- Production and Inventory Tracking
- Purchase Order Receiving
- Customer Order Module
- Picking
- Inventory Auditing
- Quality Assurance
- Materials Traceability
- Machine Tracking Option
- Activity-Based Job Costing
- Project Tracking
- Available Inventory Tracking
- Pull-Based Inventory Management
- Shipping Dock Option
- Part 11 Compliance Module
- Inter-Plant Module
- Multi-Facility System
- Work Center Scheduling Module
- MilramX Lite
Materials Traceability and Compliance Support
Track materials, lots, serial numbers, jobs, locations, quality records, and finished goods genealogy.
Traceability is not only a compliance requirement. It is also an operational advantage. When a manufacturer can quickly answer where a material came from, where it moved, what job consumed it, which operator handled it, what quality checks were completed, and what finished goods it became part of, the organization can respond faster to customer questions, quality issues, audits, recalls, and process improvement opportunities.
WIPtracker supports materials traceability by connecting transaction records across receiving, inventory storage, job issue, production steps, quality activity, machine activity, work centers, finished goods, packing, shipping, and multi-facility movement. The system can help teams maintain a more complete record of material genealogy than disconnected spreadsheets or manual travelers.
For regulated manufacturers, WIPtracker can support quality assurance workflows, audit trails, GS1-standard barcode and RFID workflows, FDA-related traceability needs, DOD supplier visibility requirements, DSCSA-related materials movement where applicable, and Part 11 compliance modules. The exact compliance configuration depends on the customer’s process, validation requirements, procedures, and system setup.
Follow unique materials through production.
Track serial numbers, lot numbers, containers, parts, batches, rolls, reels, and other dimensioned or unique items as they move through inventory and production.
Connect material usage to production jobs.
Support bill of materials tracking by connecting components, materials, and usage activity to jobs, work orders, assemblies, or finished goods.
Keep quality activity connected to operations.
The QC module can support quality records, inspections, checks, holds, releases, and related activity that needs to stay connected to materials or jobs.
Make operational history easier to review.
Structured transaction records help teams review who did what, when activity occurred, what changed, and how materials moved through the process.
Configure WIPtracker around the level of control your operation needs.
WIPtracker can support production tracking and scheduling, warehouse management system workflows, or a broader manufacturing execution system configuration. This gives manufacturers a practical path to improve visibility without forcing every operation into the same software structure.
Available functionality can include production tracking, work center scheduling, inventory tracking, purchase order receiving, customer order processing, picking, shipping dock activity, inventory auditing, quality assurance, materials traceability, machine tracking, activity-based job costing, project tracking, available inventory tracking, pull-based inventory management, inter-plant movement, multi-facility visibility, and MilramX Lite.
Operational Workflow
Connect receiving, inventory, production, quality, shipping, and reporting in one real-time workflow.
WIPtracker helps companies create a connected operational workflow from the moment materials arrive through final shipment. Instead of treating warehouse activity, production activity, quality checks, and traceability records as separate processes, WIPtracker helps connect them into one real-time WIP tracking system.
Receive
Capture purchase order receiving, supplier information, quantities, containers, material IDs, and receiving locations.
Label
Create or scan barcode labels for materials, lots, serial numbers, containers, pallets, rolls, reels, and finished goods.
Store
Track inventory locations, bins, racks, staging areas, controlled storage, stockrooms, and warehouse movement.
Schedule
Use work center scheduling to help coordinate production activity, job priorities, capacity, and operational flow.
Produce
Capture work-in-process movement, labor, machine activity, material usage, completed steps, and production progress.
Inspect
Connect quality assurance checks, holds, releases, inspections, and compliance-related records to jobs and materials.
Ship
Support customer orders, picking, packing, shipping dock activity, shipment validation, and finished goods movement.
Report
Give managers real-time dashboards, transaction records, inventory visibility, traceability history, and operational reporting.
Who WIPtracker Supports
WIP tracking software for manufacturers, warehouses, regulated operations, and multi-site production teams.
KnarrTek is based in Millbury, Massachusetts, and supports organizations across Massachusetts, New England, the United States, and globally accessible operations that need stronger production, inventory, warehouse, and materials traceability control. WIPtracker is a strong fit for manufacturers that need an in-plant system that can integrate with ERP or supply-chain systems while giving floor teams practical scanning and tracking workflows.
Support device history, materials, quality, and traceability.
Medical device manufacturers can use WIPtracker to improve visibility into components, assemblies, quality activity, inventory movement, serial records, and production history.
Connect labels, lots, shipments, and traceability records.
Regulated product teams can use structured workflows to support material movement, label control, traceability, audit trails, and shipping records.
Track batches, ingredients, lots, and finished goods.
Food processors can improve batch visibility, recall readiness, production records, material usage, inventory accuracy, and shipment traceability.
Improve receiving, inventory, picking, and shipping control.
Industrial distributors can use WMS functionality to support warehouse activity, stock control, order picking, inventory auditing, and shipment validation.
Track project work, materials, labor, and job progress.
Engineer-to-order manufacturers can use project tracking, activity-based job costing, and WIP visibility to better understand complex job progress.
Support inter-plant movement and multi-site visibility.
Operations with more than one facility can use inter-plant and multi-facility modules to improve visibility across plants, warehouses, and production sites.
Key Benefits
WIPtracker helps teams reduce errors, improve visibility, and make faster decisions from accurate operational data.
WIPtracker provides manufacturers with complete visibility and control over production processes from raw materials to finished goods. With real-time work-in-process tracking, serial number traceability, warehouse management system functionality, and automated workflows, it helps support quality, compliance readiness, and operational efficiency on the shop floor.
Reduce manual labor and delayed data entry.
By replacing manual tracking with scan-based data capture and structured transactions, WIPtracker can help teams reduce administrative effort, prevent errors, and recover time that was previously spent searching for information.
Use real-time dashboards and operational records.
Managers can make decisions based on current production throughput, inventory movement, job status, quality activity, and material availability instead of relying on outdated reports.
Support one plant, multiple sites, or expanding workflows.
WIPtracker can support a focused deployment and grow into broader production, WMS, MES, traceability, and multi-facility needs as operations expand.
Connect plant-floor activity with business systems.
WIPtracker can be integrated with ERP systems and supply-chain systems so the business can connect planning, production, inventory, and shipment activity.
Support RFID, barcode labels, weighing scales, and dimensioned items.
WIPtracker can support more complex tracking needs, including high-volume assets, unique materials, rolls, reels, batches, weighed items, and serialized components. Related add-in boxes and equipment are custom quoted.
Tailor workflows around how your plant actually works.
KnarrTek consultants can help configure workflows, reports, labels, integrations, user access, data capture points, and support needs around each customer’s operation. Support services are priced separately.
Resources and Related Capabilities
Learn more about WIP tracking, inventory control, traceability, barcode tracking, RFID, and materials flow.
WIPtracker can be part of a broader manufacturing operations strategy. These resources help manufacturers, warehouses, regulated operations, and production teams explore how KnarrTek supports real-time WIP tracking, warehouse management, materials traceability, inventory visibility, RFID, barcode scanning, and job tracking.
KnarrTek White Papers
Explore technical white papers from Dr. Peter Green and KnarrTek covering inventory accuracy, barcode tracking, work-in-process visibility, ERP planning, materials tracking, manufacturing control, and operational improvement.
Related KnarrTek Capabilities
These related pages explain the operational capabilities that can support a WIPtracker deployment or help teams compare manufacturing visibility options.
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Frequently asked questions about WIPtracker, WIP tracking software, WMS functionality, and MES modules.
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Choosing WIPtracker
What is WIPtracker?
WIPtracker is a real-time WIP tracking system from KnarrTek that combines work-in-process tracking, warehouse management system functionality, production tracking, materials traceability, inventory control, barcode scanning, and manufacturing execution system modules. It is designed for in-plant operations that need stronger visibility than paper forms, spreadsheets, or disconnected inventory tools can provide.
Who is WIPtracker best for?
WIPtracker is best for manufacturers, warehouses, regulated product companies, engineer-to-order operations, industrial distributors, and multi-facility organizations that need real-time control over jobs, materials, inventory, production activity, traceability, quality records, and warehouse transactions.
How is WIPtracker different from BellHawk Online?
BellHawk Online is a simpler cloud based option for organizations that need stand-alone inventory tracking or production tracking. WIPtracker is a more robust in-plant solution for organizations that need WMS functionality, MES functionality, ERP integration, traceability, scheduling, quality assurance, machine tracking, job costing, and deeper operational control.
System setup and licensing
How much does WIPtracker cost?
WIPtracker starts at $900 per month, prepaid annually. System prices include one user login and one device login. Additional user and device logins are priced at $40 each. Support services, barcode scanners, mobile computers, label printers, weighing scales, RFID add-in boxes, barcode label printing add-in boxes, and weighing scale add-in boxes are priced separately or custom quoted.
What is included in the WIPtracker starting price?
The starting system price includes one user login and one device login. WIPtracker prices include the WIPtracker computer with the software preloaded. The starting price does not include support services, barcode scanners, mobile computers, label printers, weighing scales, or custom-quoted add-in boxes for barcode label printing, weighing scales, or RFID.
Are barcode label printing, weighing scales, and RFID included?
No. WIPtracker add-in boxes for barcode label printing, weighing scales, and RFID are custom quoted. Other equipment, including barcode scanners, mobile computers, label printers, and weighing scales, is also priced separately based on the customer’s operating environment and workflow needs.
WMS, MES, and traceability
Does WIPtracker include warehouse management system functionality?
Yes. WIPtracker can support WMS functionality including inventory tracking, purchase order receiving, customer order processing, picking, shipping dock activity, inventory auditing, and related warehouse workflows. This helps connect receiving, storage, movement, picking, and shipment activity to production and traceability records.
Does WIPtracker include manufacturing execution system functionality?
Yes. WIPtracker can be configured as a manufacturing execution system with production and inventory tracking, purchase order receiving, customer order modules, picking, inventory auditing, quality assurance, materials traceability, machine tracking, run groups, activity-based job costing, project tracking, available inventory tracking, pull-based inventory management, Part 11 compliance modules, inter-plant modules, multi-facility systems, work center scheduling, and MilramX Lite.
Can WIPtracker support materials traceability?
Yes. WIPtracker supports materials traceability by connecting receiving, inventory movement, production activity, work centers, jobs, quality records, labels, lots, serial numbers, finished goods, and shipping activity. This helps teams build a usable history of where materials came from, where they went, how they were used, and what they became part of.
Plant-floor workflows
Can WIPtracker integrate with ERP systems?
Yes. WIPtracker is designed for organizations that need an in-plant solution that can be integrated with ERP systems or supply-chain systems. Integration scope depends on the customer’s ERP, data requirements, workflow needs, and implementation plan.
Can multiple workers share one device login?
In many production and warehouse environments, multiple workers can use a shared data capture device depending on the configured workflow. WIPtracker includes one device login, and additional device logins can be added for $40 each as more stations, devices, departments, or workflows are brought online.
Where does KnarrTek support WIPtracker customers?
KnarrTek is based in Millbury, Massachusetts, and supports organizations across Massachusetts, New England, the United States, and globally accessible operations. WIPtracker is a strong fit for teams that need real-time WIP tracking software, manufacturing execution system functionality, warehouse management system workflows, and materials traceability.
Ready to take control of your workflows?
Gain control and confidence with WIPtracker real-time WIP tracking software.
Talk with KnarrTek about your production tracking, warehouse management, manufacturing execution, traceability, barcode scanning, RFID, work center scheduling, quality assurance, inventory control, and ERP integration needs. We can help you determine whether WIPtracker is the right in-plant WIP tracking system for your operation.
