Solar inventory tracking for Australian solar retailers
Knowwhereeverybatteryisbeforeinstallday.
HostMetric links battery stock to the customer job, tracks each important handover and flags missing movements before they become installation problems.
Your team can see where the battery is, who last handled it and what needs to happen next.
Works alongside OpenSolarStart with one handoverNo platform replacement required
The inventory gap
Visible in the system. Missing in the real world.
Your software may show that a battery exists or has been allocated. That does not confirm it arrived, left the warehouse, reached the installer or is ready for the customer’s install.
Signal in the workflow
Job linked · physical location unconfirmed
Allocated in software. Not physically located.
The unit is assigned to a customer job, but nobody can confidently confirm the warehouse, branch, 3PL or person holding it.
Operational consequenceThe install date is being planned around an assumption.
Physical locationLast handlerNext proof point
These gaps lead to urgent stock checks, uncertain install schedules and avoidable customer disruption.
How tracking works
Track the handovers your inventory records cannot prove.
HostMetric adds a physical movement and exception layer around your existing job and stock processes.
Choose a step
01
Link the battery to the customer job.
Connect the product or serial number to the customer, expected location and install date.
Job-linked battery
1Customer jobReady
2Allocated modelReady
3Expected locationReady
4Install dateReady
Operational alerts
See what needs attention—not another stock report.
HostMetric surfaces the inventory movements that do not match the expected workflow.
Choose an exception
Inventory exceptionMissing handover
No scan
!
Action neededBAT-10842 is assigned to tomorrow’s install, but no warehouse scan-out has been recorded.
Required actionConfirm the warehouse dispatch before installer pickup.
The operations team sees the exception before it reaches the customer’s install date.
Works alongside OpenSolar
Keep OpenSolar as the project workflow. Add visibility to the physical battery journey.
OpenSolar continues to manage the customer project, design and proposal. HostMetric uses the job context to track allocation, fulfilment, installer handover and final reconciliation.
01OpenSolar job accepted
→
02Battery linked
→
03Handoffs confirmed
→
04Install readiness visible
What better tracking protects
More confidence before the installer reaches site.
01
More reliable install scheduling
Know whether the correct battery has physically reached the right person before the customer appointment.
02
Fewer urgent stock chases
Reduce the calls, messages and spreadsheet checks required to locate missing units.
03
Cleaner returns and reconciliation
Record whether unused or damaged stock was returned, quarantined or made available again.
04
Safer operational growth
Move more battery volume without relying on memory and staff heroics to keep track of it.
Start with batteries
The same workflow can follow more than batteries.
The tracking model can extend to other high-value solar equipment. Batteries are usually the clearest place to begin because they combine unit value, serial evidence, installer handovers and install-day risk.
InvertersPanelsEV chargersInstallation stock
Common questions
Start with the process—not a platform replacement.
No. OpenSolar can remain your customer, design and proposal workflow. HostMetric focuses on the physical inventory movements around fulfilment and installation.
Not necessarily. The first step is to identify whether the visibility gap comes from the platform, its configuration or missing operational handovers.
No. The workflow should capture the handovers that materially affect stock accuracy and install readiness without adding unnecessary steps.
Yes. The workflow can record who collected the stock, which job it belongs to and whether it was installed or returned.
Yes. A retailer might begin with warehouse scan-out, installer collection, transfer receipts or returns before expanding the workflow.
Start with the workflow
Find where your battery visibility breaks down.
Tell us how batteries currently move through your warehouses, 3PLs, branches and installer crews. HostMetric will recommend the most practical first step.
✓No platform replacement required to begin
✓Start with one handover or exception
✓No data connection without separate approval
Know where the battery is before install day.Start with a stock workflow review.