Unit performance, specs, and catalog alternatives

What this is

Every unit in your fleet has a detail record, and three tabs on that record answer three different questions: what has this unit actually been doing (Performance), what does the manufacturer say it can do (Specs), and what else is on the market that could do the job instead (Alternatives). Verinode does not track deployments with a scanner or a check-in log. It reads the jobs, purchase records, and catalog data already flowing into your account and reasons from there, so the numbers on these tabs are inferred and cohort-based, not a literal usage ledger. Verinode surfaces the pattern; you decide whether to keep, service, retire, or swap the unit.

Where to find it

Open Equipment from the sidebar at /equipment. That page lists every unit in your fleet. Click any unit's row to open its detail view. The detail view is organized into tabs: Overview, Specs, Performance, Maintenance, Alternatives, Findings, and, when applicable, Related SOPs and Community. This article covers Specs, Performance, and Alternatives, plus the peer-comparison numbers that sit above the tabs.

At the top of every unit's detail view, before the tabs, sits a hero band: the unit's name, a stance pill (Keep, Service, Retire, Replace, or Watching), and four stat tiles: Age, Calibration, Same-class units, and Purchase. The Same-class units tile counts this unit plus every other active unit in the same equipment class in your fleet, and when a peer average is available it shows a delta line like "peers: 3.2 avg" next to it. That count is the same number the Performance tab's Same-Class Units list is built from, so if the hero tile jumps, the list below will reflect it.

How You Compare: peer metrics on this unit

Above the tabs, a How You Compare panel shows up to three rows, each comparing this unit (or its fleet) against a reference point. A row only appears when there is an operator value to show:

• Units in class. Your unit count in this equipment class next to the peer average unit count for operators in your state. This row only appears once enough peer operators in your state have reported equipment in this class for an average to be meaningful; until then it is simply absent from the list rather than shown with a placeholder.
• Age vs lifespan. This unit's age expressed as a percentage of its class's expected lifespan, compared against a 100% reference line (industry-standard full-life). This appears whenever the unit has a purchase date logged, independent of peer data, since it is measuring your unit against an engineering standard rather than against other operators.
• Inventory calibration. Your fleet-wide calibration compliance percentage (the share of instrument-grade units in your fleet that are inside their calibration window), compared against a 100% IICRC target. This is a fleet-level number, not specific to the one unit you are viewing, so it reads the same no matter which unit's detail view you open.

The header reads "vs State Operators" with a count of how many operators are in that peer group, when one is available. Today the scope switcher only offers State, because the underlying benchmark is always resolved at the state level. If none of the visible rows has a peer value to plot (which happens whenever the "Units in class" cohort hasn't formed yet), the panel adds a note: "Not enough peers in this scope yet. Switch scopes above or check back as more operators contribute. Industry research values are shown as a fallback." Your own numbers and the industry reference lines still show, only the peer-average line is missing.

Specs tab

What it is. The Specs tab is the manufacturer spec sheet for this unit, pulled from Verinode's product catalog rather than typed in by hand. It only populates once the unit is linked to a catalog product (via product_id), which happens automatically for most units ingested from an invoice or PO, and can also be set manually.

What you see, once linked. A Manufacturer Specs table, two columns wide, one row per spec: capacity, draw, footprint, and whatever else Verinode's research agent has captured for that product. Spec labels are shown in plain language (underscores are replaced with spaces and the text isn't run through the raw database key), and values show their unit of measure next to the number when one is recorded (for example, a capacity spec shows as "145 pints" rather than a bare number).

Empty states.

• If the unit has no catalog product linked at all: "No catalog match yet. Once this unit is linked to a catalog product, the full spec sheet (capacity, draw, footprint, etc.) will appear here."
• If it's linked but the catalog entry itself has no specs recorded yet: "Specs haven't been populated for this catalog entry yet. The Verinode research agent fills specs progressively as sources come online."

The Overview tab carries a smaller companion panel, Catalog Match, showing the linked product's name, manufacturer, base price, and Verinode Score at a glance. That panel only appears when a catalog product is linked, and the Score field shows a dash when Verinode hasn't yet computed a research score for that manufacturer.

Performance tab

The Performance tab answers "what has this unit been doing" with two lists.

Recent Deployments (Last 90 Days)

What it is. Verinode does not keep a per-job equipment check-out log today. Instead, it infers likely deployment by matching this unit's equipment class to the job categories that class typically supports, then pulling jobs in that category from the last 90 days. A dehumidifier's class maps to water and storm jobs, a HEPA air scrubber's class maps to mold, fire, and biohazard jobs, and so on. This is a proxy, not a hard assignment record, so treat the list as "jobs this unit was probably on," not a certified usage log.

What you see. Up to eight jobs, most recent activity first, each row showing:

• The claim number if one is on file, or the client name if there isn't one
• A subtitle line with the job category (in plain language, e.g. "Water Mitigation" not "water"), the job status (e.g. "In Progress," "Completed"), and the insured name when known
• The job's estimated dollar amount, right-aligned

Clicking a row closes the equipment detail view and takes you straight to that job's record under /jobs.

Empty state. "No recent deployments inferred for this service line. Logging job categories and assigned equipment will sharpen this view." This shows either because nothing in the class-to-service-line mapping matched a job in the last 90 days, or because the unit's class doesn't map to a known service line yet.

Same-Class Units

What it is. Every other active (non-retired) unit in your own fleet that shares this unit's equipment class. This is your internal redundancy picture: if this unit goes down, are there siblings that can cover for it?

What you see. One row per sibling unit: its name, model number (when known), ownership type ("Owned," "Rented," "Leased," or "Financed"), condition ("New," "Good," "Fair," "Poor," "Needs repair," or "Retired"), and its age in years on the right.

Empty state. "This is the only unit in its class. Any capacity-gap signal fires against this single point of failure, consider redundancy." When you see this, it means a breakdown on this specific unit takes your entire capacity in that class offline until it's repaired, rented, or replaced.

Alternatives tab

What it is. A catalog-driven view of what else exists in this unit's equipment class, ranked to help with a keep-vs-swap decision. It draws on two separate signals: a successor model, a specific newer product from the same manufacturer, and a ranked list of peer alternatives across the whole class.

Guard state. If the unit isn't linked to an equipment class at all, the tab shows: "Link this unit to an equipment class to see catalog alternatives." Classify the unit (via the Overview tab or ingestion) to unlock this view.

Loading state. While the catalog fetch is in flight, the tab briefly shows "Loading alternatives…"

Empty state. When the unit's class has no other catalog products indexed and no successor model is known: "No catalog siblings indexed yet for this class. The research agent broadens coverage weekly."

Successor Model

This block only appears when Verinode's catalog has a newer product from the same manufacturer in the same equipment class, released after this unit's linked product. It shows:

• A label: "Newer model available from same manufacturer"
• The successor's product name and model number
• Its base price, and its release date when known
• A note about what happens if you replace: forwarding two months of P&L lets Verinode pre-qualify financing on a replacement once that financing layer is live, so your own performance data drives the approval rather than your credit file alone.

Peer Alternatives

This is the ranked list: up to eight catalog products in the same equipment class as this unit, excluding the unit's own linked product and anything discontinued. Each row shows:

• Product name and model number
• A "Newer" badge when the product was released after this unit's current model
• The manufacturer name, its Verinode Score when Verinode has computed one, and a peer adoption phrase
• Base price, right-aligned

Ranking order: products released after your current unit come first, then products sort by Verinode Score (manufacturer research score, highest first), then by how many peers have adopted them (highest first). The list is capped at eight so the tab stays scannable, it isn't the full catalog for the class.

Reading the peer adoption phrase. Adoption is resolved from operators in your state who currently run each product (retired units excluded from the count):

• If Verinode was able to resolve your operating state and has adoption data for that product, you'll see something like "6/38 peers," meaning 6 of the 38 other operators in your state run that specific product.
• If adoption is known but the total peer count in your state isn't meaningfully comparable, you may just see a count of peers, without the denominator.
• If Verinode couldn't resolve your state at all, you'll see "cohort forming," meaning the comparison isn't available yet rather than zero.

Best-practice example

Say a truck-mount extractor's hero stats show 7.1 years against an 8-year expected life, with the stance pill reading Service. Open Specs first to confirm the linked catalog product and check its rated capacity against the job sizes you've been running lately. Then check Performance: eleven water jobs in the last 90 days is a heavy load for a unit this close to end of life, and the Same-Class Units list shows only one other truck mount in the fleet, so this is a single point of failure, not a redundant one. Open Alternatives: no successor model from the same manufacturer, but the Peer Alternatives list shows a competing product with a higher Verinode Score and meaningful adoption in your state. That's the concrete case for budgeting a replacement now rather than waiting for a breakdown mid-job.

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