Metal Fleet Software builds custom asset tracking systems for steel and aluminum operations — active RFID, passive RFID, and GPS hybrid solutions that show where every ladle, coil, roll, chock, and piece of equipment is, indoors and out. Each system is engineered after a call and a thorough analysis of your facility.
Metal Fleet's asset tracking systems are built for the realities of steel and aluminum plants — extreme heat, large footprints, dense metal structures, and outdoor yards that defeat standard Wi-Fi-based systems.
Battery-powered tags transmit continuously, giving real-time location of high-value assets such as ladles, coils, and mobile equipment — throughout the facility and across large outdoor yards.
No battery required. Passive tags are read as assets move through defined checkpoints such as furnace entries, processing line portals, and shipping and receiving gates. Low cost, high volume, and durable in extreme environments. It is also how we track rolls and chocks.
For assets that move between indoor and outdoor environments — coil transport vehicles, cranes, and yard inventory — hybrid systems hand off between GPS outdoors and RFID indoors for unbroken tracking coverage.
The right technology depends on the asset and where it travels. We match the approach to each one, rather than forcing everything onto a single technology.
Ladles move constantly through the hottest part of the plant. Know where each one is and how it moves through the melt shop, with a tracking approach designed around that environment.
Know exactly where each steel or aluminum coil and slab is, from processing through storage and shipping.
Passive RFID tracks each roll and chock through its rolling campaign and across its full life. Integrated with your roll grinders, the system records how much was ground from each roll.
Follow coil transport vehicles, cranes, and movable equipment as they travel between indoor bays and outdoor areas.
See what is stored where across the yard, without walking it or relying on handwritten lists.
Record assets automatically as they pass furnace entries, processing line portals, and shipping and receiving gates.
Your team's knowledge of your facility is irreplaceable. We bring the tracking technology and the software engineering. Together, we build something that fits how your plant really runs.
An honest technical conversation about your facility, the assets you need to track, and what you need to solve. No pitch — just listening.
We study how assets move through your plant and yard, the environment they pass through, and the systems that need the data. We document what exists before proposing what to build.
Pricing follows analysis — never before. You receive a clear, itemized proposal based on what we actually found, not a ballpark built on assumptions.
We build the tracking system in stages and review each stage with your team, validating it against how your operation really runs.
Deployment is planned to protect your operations, and we stay engaged afterward, adapting the system as your facility changes.
We work in steel and aluminum. We understand ladles, coils, rolls, furnaces, and yards, and how assets actually move between them, without needing it explained.
Hybrid GPS and active RFID keeps an asset visible as it travels from a plant bay to the yard, instead of losing it at the doorway.
Your engineers and operators know things no requirements document captures. We work alongside your team throughout, so the system reflects your knowledge as much as ours.
We never quote before we understand the work. Every proposal follows a thorough site and systems analysis, so the scope is accurate and the investment is justified.
Active RFID, passive RFID, and GPS, chosen asset by asset. The tracking follows the work, instead of the work being bent around a single technology.
One team designs the system, builds the software, and supports it after go-live.
Start the conversation →Tell us what you need to track and where it moves. We'll tell you honestly how we can help and what it takes to get there. Because every facility is different, pricing is set after a call and an analysis.