1. An apparatus, comprising; an allocation arrangement receiving equipment status data, the allocation arrangement including a manual input and an automatic input for receiving the equipment status data, wherein the equipment status data includes operation mode data; a card reader obtaining employee data from an employee identification; a part counter receiving sensor data; an interactive screen displaying messages; and a processing device receiving one of the employee data, the sensor data, the equipment status data and the operation mode data, wherein the processing device processes the one of the received data for transmission to an information collection device.