Tool management with Centix
Do you want to know where your tools are, whether they have been inspected, and also want to be able to inspect and move tools easily? With Centix tool management software, you have the ideal solution at your fingertips. With Centix Online, you can effortlessly register, locate, and inspect tools — both visual and with the PAT tester — according to the Dutch NEN 3140 standard and using standard checklists. Say goodbye to paper inspections, fixed workplaces, and administrative hassle at the end of the day! By using the Centix OnSite App in combination with QR codes, you can easily and quickly manage your tools from anywhere.
Centix offers a complete software solution with best practice templates for your tool management.
Benefits of Centix
- Efficient use of tools: Avoid overflowing vans and ensure that every employee has exactly what they need.
- Reduced tool loss: Tools are identified, making it easier to track their locations. Mechanics are less likely to take tools home. Additionally, registering tools with photos allows for easy identification.
- Cost savings: By registering tools, you can monitor quantities and locations, preventing unnecessary purchases of new tools.
- Timely inspections: Centix indicates when tools require inspection. Additionally, Object Alerts promptly notify you of impending expirations of validity dates, ensuring timely inspections.
- Quick access to inspection certificates: By scanning QR code stickers, you can easily present the inspection certificate with just one click whenever it's requested during an audit.
- Insight into tool quality: Over time, Centix accumulates data, revealing patterns such as frequent breakdowns of certain brands or types of tools compared to others.
Organisations already using Centix
Get to know Centix tool management software
Get to know Centix tool management software
Interested in exploring Centix to discover our tool management solution? Request a free demo account now.
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- Request a free demo account via the button below.
- During working hours, you will receive your login details within one hour.
- Explore Centix Online and try it out.
The demo account is entirely without obligation. You are not committed to anything, and we do not require any payment details. The demo account includes functionalities that are part of Centix Online Basis.
Managing tools
Lending out tools as a tool manager
As a tool manager or warehouse employee, you can easily register tools, personal protective equipment (PPE), and other supplies for mechanics, projects, warehouses, or vehicles in Centix. This system provides everyone in your organisation with an overview of tool ownership. For projects, it is possible to create project locations, and for the central warehouse with stock, you can create warehouse locations. Utilising the intuitive Centix OnSite App, tools can easily be moved between locations. To streamline the process further, consider affixing Centix QR code stickers to the tools. This allows everyone to immediately request manuals and certificates and facilitates faster movement.
Tool on-lending
A common problem in tool management is that tools are inadvertently lost or misplaced due to on-lending between mechanics. With the Centix OnSite App, the mechanic who owns the tool, and is therefore listed in the app, can relocate the tool to a colleague via a move basket. The colleague in question can then digitally sign the transfer, which assigns the tool directly to them. Don’t want to utilise this option or others? In Centix, it is possible to create different security roles that can be configured in detail. This allows you to determine who can or cannot move tools.
Tool management brochure
Discover how our tool management solution can help your business. Simplify management, increase productivity, and minimise losses. Download the brochure now and take the first step towards optimised tool management!
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Centix OnSite App
The Centix OnSite App is included as standard in our basic package, making it our most frequently used app. With this app, you can manage everything related to your equipment, tools, machines, and installations — from maintenance and inspections to moving assets. You can also easily access the history of any asset. It’s the ideal solution for both your organisation and your customers!
- Manage tools effortlessly via your mobile or tablet
- Location management: easily locate tools and move them between mechanics
- Ability to conduct inspections using standard checklists
- Quick access to inspection certificates and historical data
- Designed for efficiency: minimal input required, perfect for workers in the field
- Convenient for on-the-go use, accessible both online and offline
Inspection of tools
Visual inspection
Centix offers a wide range of standard checklists for visual inspections. With these standard Centix maintenance and inspection plans, you can conduct almost all visual inspections. You perform these inspections using the Centix OnSite App. Scan or search for the tool, select the relevant inspection plan, and follow the standard checklists. Easily and quickly tick off the questions. If there is a discrepancy, you can select it from a standard list to minimise typing. It is also possible to add a note and a photo. Simply mark the deviation on the photo and complete the inspection. The status and validity date of the tool are updated in Centix, and an inspection certificate is automatically generated.
PAT testing
Electrical power tools are subject to an inspection requirement according to the Dutch standard NEN 3140. For the tool manager, as the person responsible for inspections, this is a labour-intensive task. Centix enables automated measurements to be read directly from the PAT tester. After importing the measurement file, the status and validity date of the tool are updated in Centix. A certificate is then generated for each tool, displaying all measurement values.
Inspection of cordless power tools
Did you believe that cordless power tools are exempt from inspection because they lack a power cord and plug? Nothing could be further from the truth. The Working Conditions Act mandates periodic inspections for all work equipment susceptible to deterioration and hazardous situations, including cordless tools. Fortunately, Centix simplifies this process. We provide standard inspection checklists in Centix for various types of cordless power tools, such as angle grinders, crosscut saws, and many more!
Certificates
One of the significant advantages of using Centix for inspections is the rapid generation of certificates. Centix offers a wide range of standard checklists and corresponding reports for both visual and electrical inspections. Additionally, you have the flexibility to create custom inspection checklists and tailor reports as needed within Centix. With the import function, externally conducted inspections can be seamlessly imported individually or in batches. This eliminates manual work, ensuring administrative tasks are completed swiftly.
On the left is an example of a certificate generated through a standard Centix inspection of a ladder.
"Centix Online has delivered significant speed gains when inspecting tools. This is because we can immediately see whether everything is in order: what is inspected and what is not. If something is out of order, we can easily take a picture and add it to the system."
"We have to deal with laws and regulations. That means mechanics are not allowed to walk around with unapproved work equipment. Using Centix, we can keep an eye on that."
