Concept build
Pre-start checklist app
Forklift and machine pre-starts on a phone. A failed item needs a photo, and raises a maintenance job before the shift starts.
Custom apps
Built from scratch, for the way your business actually works.
No spreadsheet to start from? That’s fine. Tell us the job — the bookings kept in someone’s head, the handover that lives on a whiteboard, the tool log nobody trusts — and we’ll design and build the app around it.
What we build
Nine places most shops start.
Not on the list? Ask. If your team does it every day, it can probably be an app.
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Maintenance and assets
Registers, service schedules, breakdowns and downtime you can actually rank.
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Pre-starts and inspections
Checklists on a phone, photos attached, and a failed check raises a job on its own.
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Shift handovers
What ran, what broke, what’s waiting — handed over in two minutes instead of scribbled on a whiteboard.
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Tooling and die life
Hits, regrinds and replacement points tracked per tool, so nothing runs past its limit.
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Spares and consumables
What’s on the shelf, what’s on order, and what’s about to run out.
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Quality and defects
Log a defect at the line, then see where, when and on which machine they cluster.
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Job cards and scheduling
Work assigned, tracked and signed off from the floor, not chased around the office.
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Production dashboards
The numbers you chase every morning, on one screen that updates itself.
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Training and sign-offs
Who’s signed off on which machine, and when each one is due again.
How a from-scratch build works
You see it before we build it.
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Talk us through the job
45 minutes to an hour, on Zoom or Teams
Show us how the task is done now — the form, the spreadsheet, the photo of the whiteboard — who touches it, and where it breaks.
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A clickable mock-up
Before any building starts
Before any real building, you get screens you can tap through on your phone. Change your mind here, where it costs nothing to change.
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Build it in stages
Timeline fixed in your proposal
The core goes to your team first. Real use shapes the rest, so the finished app fits the job rather than the brief.
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Handover, then three months of changes
From handover
Training, a short manual, and adjustments while it settles in — the same as every build.
From paper to phone
Built for the job,not the other way round.
Joined up
One app or several — they talk to each other.
A failed pre-start can raise a maintenance job on its own. A defect can be traced back to the tool that made it. Start with one app and add the next when you’re ready — they all sit on the same foundation.
Exporting to Excel is standard. Linking to your accounting software or an ERP is possible where that system allows it — we check with your IT team first and quote it as its own piece of work.
Concept builds
What from-scratch looks like.
Concept build
Shift handover app
Outgoing shift logs what ran, what broke and what’s waiting. Incoming shift reads it before they walk onto the floor.
Concept build
Tooling life tracker
Every tool’s hits and regrinds in one place, with a warning before anything runs past its replacement point.
These are concept builds, not client work — sample systems showing what's possible in each setting. Real client work goes here as soon as we have clients happy to be named.
Custom apps
Questions about building from scratch.
Do we need a spreadsheet to start?
No. Paper forms, a whiteboard, or a clear description of the problem is plenty. If there is a spreadsheet somewhere, we’ll bring its history across too.
Will it work on phones and tablets?
Yes. Everything is built to be used on the floor, on whatever device your team already carries — in the browser, and pinned to the home screen so it opens like any other app.
Can it work without internet on the floor?
It needs mobile data or Wi-Fi to save and sync, so everyone sees the same thing at the same time. If parts of your site have patchy signal, tell us on the call and we’ll work out the best approach before quoting.
Can it connect to our other systems?
Often, yes. Exporting to Excel is standard. Connecting to accounting software, an ERP such as SAP, or anything else depends on what that system allows — we check it with your IT team before we quote, and price it as its own piece of work so there are no surprises.
Is it priced differently?
It’s quoted the same way: on scope, before any work starts. See pricing.
Start here
Tell us the job that’s driving you mad.
Walk us through it on a call and we’ll tell you honestly what an app for it would take.
or email hello@oupla.com.au