A drilling plant management system includes a database having information of equipment items on a drilling rig and in a well, a controller having a processor, and a tracker module. The information includes an identification and a location of each of the equipment items on the drilling rig or in the well. The controller receives update messages with the identification of an equipment item and information related to the equipment item, and updates the database with the information in the update message. Via the processor, the controller tracks a location of each of the equipment items and, once handled by a handling equipment, transmits an update message to the database with the identification of the equipment item and the location of the equipment item.