Kits

Kits let you group equipment with its accessories so everything stays together—cameras with lenses, tools with components, and devices with chargers.

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Why Kits Matter

Accessories are the most commonly lost items in any equipment operation:

• Missing accessories: Chargers, cables, batteries, and adapters disappear without anyone noticing.
• Mismatched sets: Components end up with the wrong parent items, creating confusion.
• Confusion during check-in: Staff can't tell what's missing when items return incomplete.
• Manual checking slows operations: Verifying every component by hand creates bottlenecks.

Kits solve these problems by defining what belongs together—and automatically tracking completeness.

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How Kits Work in Shelf

Parent + Child Items

A kit consists of a parent item (like a camera) and its child items (lenses, batteries, cables, cases). Shelf knows what belongs together and tracks each component.

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Kit-Aware Bookings

When users book a kit, all its accessories come along. No need to reserve each item separately—the entire bundle is scheduled as one unit.

See: Bookings

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Missing Item Detection

During check-in, Shelf compares what's returned against what should be in the kit. If something is missing, the system flags it immediately—no manual counting required.

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Custody & Location Sync

Kit items inherit updates from the parent. When custody or location changes for the kit, all child items update automatically.

See: Custody

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Benefits

• Reduces accessory loss by tracking every component
• Faster check-in/out with automatic completeness verification
• Eliminates accessory chaos with clear parent-child relationships
• Perfect for media and education where kits are standard practice
• Scales across departments with kit definitions that can be reused

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Related Features

• Bookings
• Custody
• Location Tracking