Free Quality Tracking Software: Log Good vs Scrap and Feed OEE by Shift
A genuinely free, no-account quality tracker that turns each shift's good and scrap counts into a quality rate, feeds it into OEE, and ranks your losses so the biggest defect and downtime problems are obvious.
The short answer
- Open the free quality tracker at oee-tracker.html, no account and no time limit.
- Log each shift's good count and scrap and get your quality rate alongside OEE, availability, and performance in about 2 minutes.
- Every reject reason and stop you log builds a loss and downtime Pareto, ranked worst first, with a per-machine breakdown.
- When you need automatic capture, the true cause of a defect-driving micro-stop with video evidence, or a closed loop from a detected loss to an assigned work order, that is the point to book a Fabrico demo.
Most plants track quality on a tally sheet by the line: good units in one column, scrap and rework in another, and a scribbled reason when a batch goes bad. It holds up until someone asks what the quality rate actually was this shift, or wants the reject reasons ranked worst first. The free quality and OEE tracker at OEE Lab closes that gap. Log the good count and the scrap for a shift and it returns your quality rate next to OEE, availability, and performance in about 2 minutes, with no account and no time limit. If you also want the throughput side, the free production tracker is the same tool from the output angle, and the what is OEE guide explains where the Q fits in.
It is genuinely useful, not a stripped teaser. Each stop and reject reason you log is ranked into a loss and downtime Pareto, so the biggest quality and time losses stand out instead of hiding in a notes column, and a light CMMS sits alongside it: a work-order board to raise a fix, a preventive-maintenance schedule, and an asset register, all on one device with CSV and JSON export whenever you want your data out. If your first question is really where the hours go, the free downtime tracking view and the free shift report layout are two other ways into the same tracker, and the free OEE software angle ties the three OEE factors together.
Where it stops is honest. You type each shift in by hand (about 2 minutes), it lives in one browser on one device, and you are the one investigating why a defect happened and typing in the reason. That is exactly the ceiling a platform like Fabrico is built to lift once you are logging more than one line, as we lay out plainly further down. If you are still weighing whether a free tool is enough, is a free CMMS worth it and the wider free manufacturing software roundup put it in context.
What you get, free
Two-minute good-vs-scrap log
Enter planned time, total count, good count, and each stop for a shift. The tracker works out your quality rate and the OEE math for you, so there are no spreadsheet formulas to build or repair.
Quality rate inside OEE
Every shift shows your quality rate next to OEE and the other two components, availability and performance, so you can tell at a glance whether a bad number is a scrap problem, a stopping problem, or a speed problem.
Loss and downtime Pareto
Each reject reason and stop you log is ranked into a Pareto, so the biggest chunk of lost quality and time is obvious instead of buried in a notes column.
Per-machine breakdown
Log more than one line or machine and the tracker keeps each one separate, so you can compare quality rates across assets rather than averaging them into one fuzzy number.
Light CMMS to close the fix
A work-order board, a preventive-maintenance schedule, and an asset register sit beside the tracker, so when a defect points to a machine you can raise the fix without leaving the tool.
Benchmark, export, and PDF report
Your OEE plots against the 85% world-class benchmark, everything exports to CSV or JSON with backup and restore, and you can print a PDF report or scorecard to share with the team.
Log one shift and the free tracker shows your OEE, your loss Pareto and how you compare to world-class. Add work orders and preventive-maintenance reminders in the same place.
Where free stops, and Fabrico begins
The free tracker is built for getting started fast and for one plant on one device. When a site gets serious about its losses, the manual steps start to cost more than they save. This is exactly where Fabrico takes over.
| Capability | Free OEE Lab tracker | Fabrico |
|---|---|---|
| Data capture | You log each shift by hand in about 2 minutes, including good count, scrap, and a reason, and the data stays in your browser. | Fabrico reads counts and quality signals straight off your PLCs, so there is no manual entry. |
| Quality rate math | The tracker computes your quality rate from good and total counts the moment you log a shift and feeds it straight into OEE. | The same quality rate is read from live PLC counts and rolls into a plant-wide OEE figure without anyone entering it. |
| Loss-to-fix loop | You spot the loss on the Pareto, then raise the work order yourself on the board. | A detected loss becomes an auto-routed work order through a closed PLC-to-work-order loop, assigned without anyone retyping it. |
| Micro-stop cause | You investigate short sub-five-minute stops yourself and type in the reason. | Computer vision identifies the true cause of each defect-driving micro-stop and backs it with video evidence. |
| Scope and multi-site | One plant on one device and browser, best for a single line, cell, or shift. | Plant-wide and multi-site quality and OEE from one central view. |
| Integrations | Standalone by design; you export to CSV or JSON when you need the data elsewhere. | Connects to PLCs so a detected loss flows straight into an assigned work order through one closed loop. |
| Access and roles | A local sign-in adds people and roles, but only on that one device. | Org-wide roles and access backed by ISO 27001, 20000-1, and 9001 certifications that support audit-readiness. |
| Data residency | Your logs never leave the browser, so nothing is uploaded anywhere. | EU-built with EU data residency, so quality data stays in the region. |
| Reporting | Instant quality rate, OEE, A/P/Q, a loss Pareto, a printable PDF, and CSV/JSON exports you run yourself. | Live plant-wide dashboards plus scheduled reports delivered automatically. |
Frequently asked questions
Is this quality tracking software actually free?
Yes. The tracker is free with no signup and no time limit, no credit card and no seat cap. Your good, scrap, and reject data stays in your browser on the device you use.
Do I need to install anything or create an account?
No. Open oee-tracker.html and start logging a shift straight away. You can set up a local sign-in for people and roles on that one device, but it is optional.
What quality data can I track per shift?
For each shift you log planned time, total count, good count, scrap, and a reject reason, and the tracker returns your quality rate, OEE, availability, performance, and a loss Pareto. Log more than one line or machine and each is tracked separately, so you can compare quality rates side by side.
How is this different from a spreadsheet?
A spreadsheet is flexible, but you build the quality-rate math, the Pareto, and the benchmark yourself and fix them when they break. The tracker calculates your quality rate and OEE instantly, ranks your reject reasons into a Pareto, and plots you against the 85% world-class benchmark, so you skip the formula-building. The free CMMS vs spreadsheets comparison walks through the trade-off.
When do I need more than the free quality tracker?
When manual entry starts eating an operator's time every shift, when you are running more than one line or site, or when you need counts read automatically off PLCs and someone to find the true cause of a defect-driving micro-stop. That is the point to book a Fabrico demo.
Can I get my data out later?
Yes. The tracker exports to CSV and JSON any time, with backup and restore, so your quality logs and loss history are yours to take into a spreadsheet, another tool, or a Fabrico rollout.
When free is not enough, Fabrico is the upgrade
Once your quality numbers stop fitting on one device, the free tracker has done its job: it proved scrap is worth logging and got the team reading the same loss Pareto. The next bottleneck is different. It is manual entry costing an operator time every shift, defect-driving micro-stops nobody has hours to investigate one by one, and quality data that now spans more than one line or site. Fabrico reads quality and OEE straight off your PLCs, uses computer vision to name the true cause of a micro-stop with video evidence, and turns a detected loss into an auto-routed, assigned work order through one closed loop, all from an EU-built platform with EU data residency and ISO 27001, 20000-1, and 9001 certifications that support audit-readiness. If that is where your plant is heading, book a Fabrico demo.
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