Auto parts inventory software for shops and parts rooms
StockZip is auto parts inventory software for the shelf, not the whole shop. Track fast-moving parts, cores, and shop supplies by bin, scan a count on your phone, and get a heads-up before the popular filter or brake pad runs out. It is the simple step up from the parts spreadsheet — without buying a full shop-management platform to get there.
Free forever for 100 items · no credit card · the parts layer, not a DMS
A day in the life with StockZip
Open the parts room. The counter person scans the fast-mover shelf and the morning view flags three SKUs below their minimum — an oil filter, a serpentine belt, a box of cabin filters — so the distributor order goes in before the first ticket.
Counter pull. A tech needs pads and rotors for a brake job. They come off Bin C-4 with a scan, the count drops, and the part is tied to the right shelf location instead of “somewhere in the back.”
Core tracking. A remanufactured alternator goes in and its core is logged as its own SKU, so the dirty core waiting to go back to the supplier is counted — not lost on a bench for three weeks.
Shop supplies. Brake clean, shop rags, and blue nitrile gloves drop below their minimum. Consumables surface in the low-stock view so the shop does not run dry mid-job on the stuff nobody thinks to reorder.
Receiving. The afternoon distributor delivery is scanned into the parts room against what was ordered, so the shelf count is right before close and a short shipment is caught the same day.
How the work flows
Each shelf, rack, and bin is a folder, and a multi-bay or multi-location shop nests them under each site. Print a QR label per bin so any part can be scanned to the shelf it actually lives on — no more hunting the back room.
Import your parts list by CSV or scan items in, and put a part number and shelf location on each record. Set a minimum on the fast movers — filters, pads, belts, fluids — so shortages surface before a tech is waiting on a part mid-job.
Parts come off the shelf with a scan as they go onto a job, and cores are tracked as their own SKU so the return to the supplier is counted. Check reusable shop tools — scan guns, torque wrenches, specialty pullers — out to a bay so a missing tool has an audit trail. Tool check-in / check-out is on the Starter plan and up.
Scan distributor deliveries into the parts room, catch short shipments the same day, and work from the low-stock and reorder view so the popular parts are on the shelf before the next appointment. The Low Stock report and reorder tasks are on the paid plans.
Frequently asked questions
Free inventory spreadsheet template
Not ready to set up an app yet? Start with the free inventory spreadsheet — a parts-room count sheet you can fill in today and import into StockZip later.
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