Tool inventory and tracking system

A system for managing inventory, the system comprising:

• an item repository comprising a first computing device, the item repository configured to store a plurality of items;
• one or more smart retainers comprising a first plurality of receptacles and a second computing device, the second computing device configured to lock and unlock the first plurality of receptacles, the first plurality of receptacles configured to house one or more items of the plurality of items, wherein the second computing device is configured to detect where the one or more items are located within the first plurality of receptacles, the second computing device further configured to allow one or more users to check out the one or more items;
• one or more toolboxes comprising a second plurality of receptacles and a third computing device, the second plurality of receptacles configured to house at least one item of the plurality of items, wherein the third computing device is configured to detect where the at least one item is located within the second plurality of receptacles, the third computing device further configured to allow the one or more users to check out the at least one item;
• a smart device comprising a camera and configured to receive an identification of the one or more items and their location within the first plurality of receptacles and an identification of the at least one item and their location within the second plurality of receptacles, the smart device configured to be manipulated by the one or more users to capture an image of any of the first plurality of receptacles or the second plurality of receptacles and to determine if the one or more items and the at least one item is located in their respective locations;
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• one or more servers configured to receive a task identification from the one or more users and to identify one or more necessary items of the plurality of items that are predicted to be used for the identified task and to allow one or more users associated with the task to check out the one or more necessary items, the one or more servers further configured to use a machine learning model to improve predictions of the one or more necessary items.