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The Best School Inventory Management System.
Your teachers and administrators should be focusing on educating—not searching for school supplies or looking for missing laptops. With Sortly’s inventory software, you can:
Visualize exactly what’s in each classroom, closet, or storage room.
Never run out of essential school supplies again.
Track everything from software licenses to first aid kids, even as they change hands.
See all your school supplies and equipment on your Sortly dashboard.
Sortly’s robust, visual school inventory management software makes it easy to know what supplies and equipment you have on hand and their exact location.
Use Sortly on your phone, tablet, or computer—from anywhere, anytime.
Upload high-resolution photos for everything from protractors to prom decorations.
Create custom fields to track details such as quantity, location, and condition.
Get notified the second you’re running on printer ink or poster board.
You’ve got lessons to plan and papers to grade—and no time to spare. With Sortly, it’s easy to keep tabs on everything from graphing paper to gameday banners, so you’ll never run out of anything again.
Set inventory minimums for every item in your inventory.
Get low stock alerts and reminders long before it’s too late.
Reduce human error by phasing out eye-dizzying spreadsheets and handwritten lists.
Keep an eye on pricy equipment and supplies as they move from classroom to classroom.
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Philip
"Its great......"
Connor
"Sortly has been a great boon to our little business. Now I can keep track of what my employees use and I'm not over or under ordering new stock."
Jad
"Been looking for a platform like this. Very awesome and easy to use Thank you"
KLMPR
"It helps us to organise our inventory to be more systemic and easily accessible when and as required. We dont have to go through the hassle of checking it manually on a spreadsheet or physically that could save time and human resource."
Kyle
"Very easy to use"
Customer
"Brilliant inventory app. Easy to use. Reasonably priced and customer service response time is tip top 👍would highly recommend."
Derrick
"Sortly is so user friendly and intuitive that I was able to streamline our entire warehouse operation in just a few short weeks."
Chad
"Works how advertised and does what i need it to do. Software is easy to navigate and easier to use."
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Give more time to your students—and less time to your inventory.
Your colleagues have more important things to do than hunt for missing calculators, open boxes, or spend days learning to use an inventory system. Sortly’s education inventory management system’s time-saving features can do the hard work for you.
Use the in-app barcode and QR code scanner to check items in and out.
Generate custom barcodes and QR codes for unlabeled items.
Instantly create reports perfect for audits and budget meetings.
Give the right levels of access to different employees on your staff.
School inventory software you’ll get the hang of in minutes.
Sortly was designed with users like you in mind. No day-long orientations, no 200-page manuals. The software is intuitive, customizable, and engineered to get your school or university organized today.
Simple to use—just like using a smartphone.
Seamlessly manage inventory across devices.
Friendly, super-helpful customer service if you ever need it.
Sortly school inventory management software features.
Easy Inventory Import
Easy inventory import transfers your existing inventory into Sortly with the touch of a button.
Items
Enter your items and track key details about them, such as quantity, location, and cost.
Item Photos
Add item photos to your entries to create a visual inventory and track appearance and condition details.
Custom Folders
Custom folders so you can organize your stuff exactly how you want it.
Custom Fields
Custom fields so you can track the unique details that matter to you and custom-segment your items.
Inventory Lists
Inventory lists perfect for audits, budgeting, or forecasting.
User Licenses
User licenses so you can collaborate with your team and even your clients.
Customizable User Access
Customizable user access ensures you share the right info with the right people.
Activity History
Activity history provides visibility into user updates so you know who did what, and when.
Barcode & QR Code Scanning
Barcode & QR code scanning so you can scan items right from your smartphone.
Label Generation
Label generation so you can add barcode labels to physical inventory.
Check-in/Check-out
Check-in/check-out so you can use the in-app scanner to scan assets in/out as they change hands and locations.
Quantity-based alerts
Quantity-based alerts to notify you when an item falls below a set threshold (so you know when and how much to re-order).
Date-based Alerts
Date-based alerts so you can schedule maintenance and repairs for valuable equipment and assets.
In-app Alerts
In-app alerts to notify you of your alerts while you’re using the Sortly app.
Email Alerts
Email alerts to notify you via email of your alerts.
Activity Report
Activity reports allow you to keep tabs on all users' changes to items, folders, tags, and more.
Inventory Summary Report
Inventory summary reports allow you to quickly see the total quantity and value of your inventory based on selected filters.
Move Summary Report
Move summary reports gives you a record of all inventory location changes during a specified time period.
Low Stock Report
Low stock reports allow you to see all items that are below set minimums so you can re-order the right amount at the right time.
Quantity Change by Item Report
Quantity change by item reports give you a full picture of all quantity changes for your items during a specified time period.
Transaction Report
Transaction reports provide a full picture of all inventory transactions, including quantity changes, additions, and deletions.
Easy-to-use Mobile App
Easy-to-use mobile app for iOS or Android.
Cloud-based Automatic Sync
Cloud-based automatic sync ensures your team can seamlessly update inventory in real time from any device.
Offline Mobile Access
Offline mobile access so you can use Sortly in the field (and sync later).
API
API access so you can connect your existing tools and data to Sortly.
SSO (Single Sign-On)
SSO (Single sign-on) for maximum security.
Read more about working in Sortly:
Blog post
Barcodes vs Qr Codes for Inventory Management
Blog post
A Guide to Visual Inventory Control
Ready to change how your team manages school inventory?
Give Sortly a try—totally free.
