Stockpile Inventory Management by Laser Scan

SERVICE · Volume measurement bulk · Terrestrial laser scanning

Survey-grade pile inventory. Fixed price. Two days.

Our bulk-inventory service brings a survey-grade Riegl VZ-1000 terrestrial laser scanner to your site. Within a few hours we capture the entire stockyard — every pile, every angle. Survey-grade volume measurement stockpile, no production downtime — every pile, every corner, captured in hours.

You receive a 3D point cloud, contour plan, per-pile volumes (m³ and tonnes) and a signed measurement protocol within two business days. Audit-grade, ready for ERP and accounting. As a year-end stocktake, the survey is recognised by financial auditors; banks and commodity-trade financiers use the signed protocol for inventory verification and collateral monitoring of pledged stock. We operate across the entire DACH region — in Switzerland also through our partner Pontax. Need inventory figures more often than quarterly? Continuous real-time stockpile monitoring with stationary LiDAR is usually the more economical route. For continuous inventory data feeding straight into SCADA / MES, see our joint webcast with Axians IAS. Weighing a year-end stocktake against a perpetual inventory? Our comparison of both approaches shows when each one pays off.

„Other survey bureaus take a week. We deliver in two days — at fixed price, from a single phone call."

Used by trading companies, port operators and audit firms across central Europe.

Service capabilities

Three properties that make us the partner of choice.

Survey-grade hardware

Riegl VZ-1000 scanner — 1200 m range, 8 mm precision. The benchmark for stockpile inventory.

Two-day turnaround

On-site scan day 1, processing day 2, deliverables in your inbox by end of day 2.

Audit-grade reports

Signed measurement protocol with traceability — accepted by auditors and trading partners.

Terrestrial laser scanning · How it works

Scan today. Inventory in two days.

We bring the Riegl scanner to your site. Day 1: on-site scanning of every pile and storage zone. Day 2: registration, georeferencing, volume calculation and reporting. Delivered to your inbox.

Applications

Any pile — any inventory.

Year-end and cut-off-date stocktaking, audit support, M&A due diligence, trade verification.

Year-end stocktaking Audit verification M&A due diligence Trade dispute resolution Insurance claims Material balance reconciliation Customs / tax inventories Export documentation

Why choose us

Engineering practice — not a measurement bureau.

Our bulk-inventory service grew out of running OWL EYE® inside an active mining operation. Same hardware, same calibration, same processing chain.

Two-day turnaround, fixed price

On-site day 1, deliverables day 2. No surprise invoicing, no week-long wait.

Survey-grade Riegl VZ-1000

1200 m range, 8 mm precision. The same hardware land surveyors use, with our processing chain.

Hardened in real operations

We use the same workflow daily inside the Sachtleben Minerals Group. No lab-only references.

Central Europe coverage

Day-trip range from our Schleswig-Holstein base into DE, AT, CH, NL, BE, DK, PL, CZ — no travel surcharges.

Bulk inventory in production

Riegl VZ-1000 + the Sachtleben workflow.

Survey-grade terrestrial laser scans inside salt warehouses, on lift platforms above the piles. Same hardware land surveyors use, with our end-to-end processing.

FAQ

Bulk inventory — answered.

Cut-off date, auditor recognition, process — the questions before commissioning a stockpile inventory.

Bulk Inventory & Stocktaking

How does a cut-off-date stocktake for bulk materials work with laser scanning? ＋

 In a cut-off-date stocktake — such as the year-end inventory on 31 December — the complete stock is captured on one fixed date. With terrestrial laser scanning, our team brings a Riegl VZ-1000 (1,200 m range, 8 mm precision) to your site; the whole yard is scanned within a few hours — no production stop. From the point cloud we derive per-pile volumes (m³, and tonnes via bulk density), a contour plan and a signed measurement protocol — a stock survey at >99 % accuracy, delivered in two working days.

We operate across the entire DACH region — Germany and Austria directly, in Switzerland also through our partner Pontax. Details: bulk inventory service; if you need stock figures continuously rather than on a survey date: stationary stockpile monitoring.

Is laser-scan stocktaking recognised by financial auditors? ＋

 Yes. The signed measurement protocol documents the instrument, calibration, scan positions and processing chain in a traceable way — which is why laser-scan bulk stocktaking is recognised by financial auditors as evidence of stock and is used by trading houses, port operators and audit firms across central Europe. Compared with estimating or pacing out, the survey delivers >99 % accuracy and is archived audit-proof.

Typical occasions: year-end inventory, audit verification, M&A due diligence, customs and tax inventories, insurance claims. Details: stockpile survey & bulk inventory.

Can a laser-scan stocktake be used for inventory verification and collateral monitoring? ＋

 Yes — that is one of its main uses. When banks or trade financiers lend against bulk material stock (pledged goods), they need independent, repeatable evidence of what is actually in the yard. A terrestrial laser-scan stocktake delivers exactly that: inventory verification with 99 %+ volume accuracy, a signed measurement protocol with instrument, calibration and scan positions documented, and a 3D point cloud as evidence — auditor-recognised and independent of the borrower's own figures.

For recurring collateral monitoring, the survey can be repeated at fixed intervals — or replaced by stationary LiDAR monitoring that reports stock levels continuously. Details: bulk inventory service.

Stockpile inventory
in two business days.