Overview
This guide outlines the full process for setting up an equipment inspection workflow within the system. It covers everything from creating a company and locations, through to configuring equipment, inspections, and completing inspections via mobile using NFC.
The purpose of this setup is to:
- Ensure equipment is correctly structured and tracked
- Enable consistent and repeatable inspection processes
- Improve compliance and audit readiness
- Allow inspections to be completed efficiently via mobile devices
- Support real-time data capture, including comments and NFC verification
By following this guide, users will be able to:
- Create and organise equipment by group and category
- Build customised inspection checklists
- Assign inspections to physical equipment
- Schedule and activate recurring inspections
- Complete inspections in the field using NFC-enabled devices
Key Concepts
Before starting, it is important to understand the structure of the system:
- Group – A high-level grouping of equipment (e.g. Eye Wash Stations)
- Category – A type of equipment within a group (e.g. Shower Station)
- Equipment (Asset) – The actual physical unit (e.g. EW-01 Clean Room 1)
- Inspection – The checklist/template applied to equipment
- Schedule – The link between an inspection and a piece of equipment
Inspections will not function unless they are scheduled against an equipment asset.
Creating a New Company
Steps:
- Click the Home icon
- Navigate to:
User Manager → Current - Click the + (Add) button
- You will be brought to the New Company screen
- Enter the required details:
- Category
- Name
- Address
- (Optional) Fill in additional fields such as:
- Contact details
- Notes
- Extra settings
- Click Save
Creating a Sub Area
Steps:
- Navigate to User Manager
- Select Customer Profile
- Select Customer Locations from the left-hand menu
- Click the + (Add) button
Enter a name for the location
- Example: EW-02 Clean Room 2
Creating an Equipment Group
Steps:
- Navigate to Equipment Manager
- Select Equipment Register
- Click on Groups
- Click the + (Add) button
- Enter a name for the group
- Example: Eye Wash Stations
Assigning a Category to a Group
Steps:
- Navigate to Equipment Manager
- Select Equipment Register
- Click Category: Setup
- Click on the Category dropdown bar
- Scroll through the list
- Select the required group
- Example: Eye Wash Stations
- Click the + (Add) button
- You will be brought to the New Category screen
- Enter a name for the category
- Example: Diphoterine Station
Press Save
Creating an Equipment Inspection
Steps:
- Navigate to Equipment Manager
- Select Equipment Inspections
- Click Setup
- Click on Category
- Scroll through the list
- Select the required category
- Example: Shower Station
- You will be brought to the Inspection list screen
- Click the + (Add) button
- Enter a Title for the inspection
Example: Shower - Under Schedule: Type, select:
Strict: Schedule - Type B - Under Frequency, select:
Monthly - Press Save
Configuring Inspection Settings
Steps:
- Set Failures: Inspection to None
- Set the Schedule Start Date
- Set Failures Require Comments to True
- Set Verify With NFC to True
- Set Not Applicable: Include to True
- Review any additional settings as required
- Press Save
Setting Explanations
- Failures: Inspection (None)
No automatic action when a failure occurs - Schedule Start Date
Defines when the inspection cycle begins - Failures Require Comments (True)
Forces a comment when a question fails - Verify With NFC (True)
Requires NFC tag scan to complete inspection - Not Applicable: Include (True)
Allows users to mark questions as N/A - Additional Settings
Optional settings depending on site requirements
Adding Inspection Questions
Steps:
- Click the + (Add) button under Inspection: Questions
- Select the Type (e.g. Yes/No)
- Set the Expected Answer
- Enter the Question
- (Optional) Add a Description if required
- Click Save
- Repeat the steps above to add additional questions
- Once all questions have been added, click the Save icon at the top of the page
Configuring the Monthly Scheduler
Once the inspection has been created, configure the scheduler settings.
Steps:
- Confirm the Frequency is set to:
Monthly Set the Notification Days value
Example: 7 DaysThis allows the inspection to become available 7 days before the due date.
- Click on the Scheduler tab
- Tick the months the inspection should run
Select the required day for each month
Example: 28In this example:
- The inspection is due on the 28th of every month
- Users will receive notification on the 21st
- This provides 7 days to complete the inspection
- Press Save to confirm the scheduler settings
Creating an Equipment Record
Steps:
- Ensure you are in Admin Mode
- Click the Home icon (top right)
- Navigate to:
Equipment Manager → Equipment Register → Summary - Click the + (Add) button
- You will be brought to the New Equipment screen
- Enter the required details:
- Name – Equipment name
- Category – Select the category created earlier
- Company – Select the relevant company
- Location – Select the correct location
- Employee – Linked owner of the equipment
- Assigned To – Person responsible for day-to-day use
- (Optional) Fill in additional fields for better tracking (e.g. serial number, notes, financial info)
- Click Save
Field Explanation:
- Employee
The owner or primary person linked to the equipment - Assigned To
The person currently responsible for using or managing the equipment on a daily basis
Verifying and Activating the Inspection
Steps:
- Navigate to:
Equipment Manager → Equipment Register → Summary - Locate the equipment you just created in the list
- Click on the equipment to open it
- Scroll down and click on Schedule
- Check the Status:
- If it shows Active, no further action is required
- If it is not active, continue below
- Under Actions, click the Edit (pencil) icon
- In the pop-up window:
- Update the Next Due Date if required
- Set the Status to Active
- Click Submit
Writing an Asset to an NFC Tag (Mobile / Tablet)
Steps:
- Open the application on your phone or tablet
- Navigate to:
Equipment Register → Asset List - Tap on Project and select your Company
- You will now see a list of all assets assigned to that company
- Locate and select the asset you created
- Tap View
- Tap the menu icon (three lines) in the top right corner
- Select Write to NFC
- Tap Write NFC Tag
- Hold the device against the NFC tag to complete the write
Common Issues
- Inspection not appearing on mobile
- Ensure the inspection is scheduled and active
- Ensure the device has synced
- Equipment not visible
- Confirm the correct company/location is selected
- Check category assignment
- Unable to submit inspection
- Ensure comments are added when a failure is selected
- NFC not working
- Ensure “Verify With NFC” is enabled
- Confirm the tag has been written correctly
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