Maintenance Storeroom (Crib)
The physical and logical location that holds spare parts, consumables, and tools used by the maintenance team.
Definition
A maintenance storeroom (sometimes called a tool crib or parts crib) is the controlled location that holds spare parts, consumables, and tools required for maintenance work. It is both a physical space and a logical entity in the CMMS.
What good storerooms do
- Hold the right parts at the right stock levels (min/max or ROP)
- Track every issue to a work order for accurate cost roll-up
- Expose shortages via reorder alerts before they stop work
- Keep tools tracked and checked out to named technicians
- Support cycle counts so book inventory matches physical reality
Multi-location storerooms
Large sites run several storerooms — a central warehouse plus satellite cribs near production lines or on each floor. The CMMS must route requests to the right location and allow transfers with audit trail.
Storerooms in FacilityLane
FacilityLane supports unlimited storerooms, per-location min/max, barcode and QR scanning, transfer workflows, and controlled issue tied to a work order. Reorder alerts fire automatically when stock crosses the threshold at any location.
FAQ
Common questions about Maintenance Storeroom (Crib).
No. In FacilityLane, parts are issued directly from the work order on the same mobile app technicians already use. Separate storeroom-only systems create duplicate data.
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