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Hovermarks

Logistics & warehousing

Racking, MHE, and dock-door checks. Done before the first pick.

Warehouse inspection software for pallet racking, forklifts, dock levelers and fire systems across every distribution center you run. Hovermarks turns those checks into a 60-second scan at the asset and rolls every site up to head office on a single dashboard, with damage flagged against the bay or the truck it was found on.

The challenges we hear most often

  • Racking damage going unreported until the auditor finds it
  • MHE pre-use checks bypassed under shift pressure
  • Multi-site DC operators with no single source of truth
  • Daily walkaround and pre-use checks that exist on paper but never reach the people planning maintenance

What a US distribution center has to evidence

The cycles below come from OSHA, FMCSA and the standards bodies. Hovermarks changes where the record lives and whether it is tied to the bay, the truck or the door that was checked.

  • Powered industrial trucks

    OSHA 1910.178(q)(7). Pre-shift examination each day or shift.

    Check record per truck.

  • Pallet racking

    ANSI MH16.1, RMI guidance. Periodic inspection by a qualified person, load plaques posted.

    Damage record per bay with repair or offload.

  • Dock levelers and vehicle restraints

    ANSI MH30.1, manufacturer schedule. Planned maintenance on the manufacturer's interval.

    Maintenance record per dock position.

  • Overhead and dock doors

    Manufacturer schedule, OSHA general duty. Regular service with safety device checks.

    Service record per door.

  • Sprinklers in high-piled storage

    NFPA 25 (NFPA 13 commodity class). Weekly or monthly, quarterly, annual and 5-year tasks.

    Record per component.

  • Fire alarm

    NFPA 72. Per Table 14.3.1.

    Record per device.

  • Portable extinguishers

    OSHA 1910.157, NFPA 10. Monthly visual, annual maintenance.

    Record per unit.

  • Emergency and exit lighting

    NFPA 101. 30-day and annual 90-minute tests.

    Result per luminaire.

  • Commercial motor vehicles

    FMCSA 49 CFR 396.11 and 396.17. Driver vehicle inspection report each day; annual inspection.

    DVIR kept 3 months, annual report 14 months.

  • Battery charging areas and eyewash

    OSHA 1910.178(g), ANSI/ISEA Z358.1. Weekly eyewash activation, annual inspection.

    Log per station.

What Hovermarks gives you

  • Racking inspection templates with traffic-light damage classification (Green / Amber / Red)
  • Forklift pre-use check with operator sign-on, aligned to OSHA 1910.178
  • Fall protection PPE inspection to ANSI Z359 for mezzanine, dock and order-picking work at height
  • Dock-door and shutter preventive maintenance
  • Multi-site rollups with site-level dashboards

Use case

How a 3PL would use it

A multi-site 3PL can standardise racking, MHE, and dock-door checks on Hovermarks. Each shift starts with a scan-and-confirm rather than a clipboard, damage flags are captured against the asset with a photo, and central operations gets a centralised view of compliance per DC. When the annual racking inspector arrives, the bay's history shows what was found and fixed since the last visit, and when a customer audit asks for pre-use checks on a given truck, the answer is its record, not a search through a shift's paperwork.

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Frequently asked questions

What does warehouse inspection software do?
It puts a QR tag on each bay, truck, door and fire device, opens the right checklist on scan, and turns a failed item into a defect with a photo, a severity and an owner. Pre-use checks, racking inspections and fire log entries land on the asset they belong to, and every site rolls up to one dashboard.
How does racking damage get recorded?
A scan at the bay opens the racking checklist, the damage is classed green, amber or red with a photo, and a red classification raises a defect with an owner and the offload noted. The bay's history stays on the bay, so the annual inspector sees what was found and fixed since the last visit.
How much does it cost?
From $19 per user per month on Starter and $49 on Professional, with a 30-day free trial and no card required. Operators who only complete checks on a shared device do not each need a seat.
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FORM HVK-CTA-01 · v05  ·  signed: hovermarks · us