Recycling ERP guide
Battery Recycling ERP Software: Traceability, Mass Balance & Black Mass Inventory
Lithium-ion recyclers need more than generic inventory software. A recycling ERP should connect material intake, processing, recovery, inventory and dispatch while preserving the operational history behind every batch.
What should a battery recycling ERP manage?
The core requirement is continuity of material data. When a load enters the facility, its receipt information should remain connected as material moves through processing, quality checks, recovery, storage and sale. This reduces manual reconciliation and gives plant and management teams a shared operating record.
Battery recycling traceability software
Connect incoming feedstock, purchase orders, batches, processing, assay results, recovered materials, inventory and dispatch so teams can follow material history through the recycling operation.
Mass balance for lithium-ion recycling
Reconcile batch inputs against black mass, copper, aluminium and other recovered outputs. A connected material record helps operations investigate yield differences and maintain auditable recovery data.
Black mass inventory management
Track black mass as recovered inventory with quantity, source batch, assay context, warehouse status and downstream dispatch information instead of maintaining disconnected spreadsheets.
Weighbridge and feedstock intake
Capture vendor, PO, gate entry and weighbridge information at receipt, then carry that identity into the processing batch and subsequent material movements.
Assay, recovery and compliance reporting
Keep laboratory results, recovery performance and material movement records connected to operational data for management reporting, customer traceability and compliance workflows.
A practical recycling data flow
- Step 1
Receive feedstock against a vendor and purchase order, with gate and weighbridge records.
- Step 2
Create or associate the material with a processing batch while retaining its source identity.
- Step 3
Record processing quantities, assay results and recovered outputs against that batch.
- Step 4
Move recovered materials such as black mass, copper and aluminium into inventory.
- Step 5
Reconcile input and output quantities to review recovery yield and mass balance.
- Step 6
Carry batch and material references into sales, dispatch, reporting and audit records.
See these workflows in Ohreems Recycling ERP
Ohreems Recycling ERP connects procurement and feedstock, processing, quality and assay, recovered-material inventory, sales, dispatch and reporting in one web and mobile platform built around lithium-ion recycling operations.