CMMS and asset management

Maintain everything you keep running.

One record per asset, with every job, part and cost attached to it. Plants, hotels, complexes and fleets.

solmex.app/dashboard
The Solmex operations dashboard: fleet availability, maintenance overview, open breakdowns, preventive-maintenance status, today's priorities and low stock

The problem

Maintenance still runs on chaos.

Paper forms

"greased, check next wk??"

Excel trackers

14EX-014 srvce#REF!
15oil chnge 5000done?
16WL-007#VALUE!
17final_v3_FINAL

WhatsApp threads

Missed inspections

Lift inspection 18 d late Fire extinguishers 32 d late Lifting gear cert expired

Critical assets, expensive downtime, and the system of record is a group chat.

In one sentence

What is Solmex?

Solmex is a CMMS and an EAM platform in one. One record per asset, with every job, part, reading and cost attached to it. The office plans in a browser; the field works from a phone.

Where Solmex runs

Four kinds of asset. One way of working.

EX-014 · 5,265 h 500 h service · logged
Fleet
The yard at sixServiced on hours, never on dates

Equipment fleets and construction

Machines that move between sites, burn fuel and are serviced on hour meters, not the calendar.

ExcavatorsTrucksCranesGenerators
How Solmex runs a fleet
MTR-014 · 4,102 h Service due in 98 h
Production
Line two, still runningDowntime here has an hourly price

Factories and production plants

Motors, compressors, conveyors and presses, each with its own service programme and cost of stopping.

MotorsCompressorsConveyorsUtilities
AHU-03 · high pressure Work order raised
Hospitality
The roof, before check-inA guest should never meet the plant room

Hotels and resorts

Chillers, boilers, lifts, pool plant and three hundred rooms of small faults a guest must never notice.

HVACLiftsPool plantRooms
GEN-02 weekly test · pass
Residential
Block C, generator testOne technical chief, four hundred residents

Residential and commercial complexes

Generators, pumps, lifts and fire systems, kept running by a small team that answers to a board.

GeneratorsLiftsPumpsFire systems

Maintenance doesn't happen in the office

It happens next to the asset.

Scan the plate, read the job, record the work, attach the photo. The office sees it before the technician has packed up.

Field footage
Hydraulic repair · EX-014 Job card recorded at the machine: parts, photos, sign-off
Breakdown reported · BD-0187 EX-014 · hydraulic leak · 07:31 Machine down
Work order WO-2026-0341 assigned · J. Mwinyi · hydraulics
repair 72% · parts issued
SMR synced · 5,265 h scanned from QR plate · 07:12 PM recalculated

The actual product

This is the software. Not a mock-up.

Real screens from a live 420-asset workspace. Same system whether the row is an excavator, a chiller or a conveyor motor.

Solmex equipment register listing 420 machines with group, type, brand, model, plate, project, ownership, meter reading and status 420 machines · live status counts Filter by group, project, zone, ownership Status on every machine
Solmex breakdown register showing active breakdowns with equipment, fault category, status age, days down, last update and reporting user What is down, and for how long The fault in plain words Who reported it, and when
Solmex warehouse module listing spare parts with category, unit, quantity in stock, minimum stock, unit cost and stock status Stock value, counted live Below minimum, flagged Print a QR bin label
Solmex fleet fuel management: total fuel spend, litres consumed, cost per operating hour, burn rate, consumption and spend charts, top cost drivers Eleven ways to cut the same data Cost per operating hour Where the fuel actually went

Timeline-driven maintenance

Progress that writes itself.

Nobody updates a status field. The lifecycle is derived from what actually happens on site.

ReportedOperator scans the QR plate, attaches photos07:31 · operator
DiagnosedTechnician assigned, fault confirmed on site08:15 · workshop
Parts issuedSeal kit picked from warehouse, stock synced10:42 · warehouse
Repair in progressJob card open, labor hours accruing10:55 · technician
VerifiedSupervisor sign-off with digital signature16:18 · supervisor
ClosedMachine returns to active, history sealedpending

The mobile app

The system your technicians will actually use.

Three screens for somebody in gloves: scan it, do it, sign it. Everything management needs is a by-product.

A maintenance technician kneeling at a machine, recording the job on a phone held in gloved hands.
07:12▮▮▮
point at the QR plate
EX-014Excavator · CAT 320D
5,265 h · Active
10:44▮▮▮
Job card · WO-2026-0341EX-014 · Hydraulic leak repair
Replace boom cylinder seal kit320-4133 · issued 10:42
Evidence photos
+
Comment"Seal replaced, pressure test OK. J.M."
Complete & sign
16:18▮▮▮
Sign-off · WO-2026-0341supervisor verification
All tasks completed ✓4 of 4 · photos & parts attached
Supervisor signature S. Kombo · Workshop supervisor
Confirm sign-off
QR scanning Photo capture Offline support Push notifications Job completion Comments

One scan, the whole asset

Every asset carries its own history.

Point a phone at the plate and the asset answers for itself: what it is, what it needs, what is wrong with it.

EX-120 Komatsu PC220-8 5,265 h
EX-120 Komatsu PC220-8 · Crawler excavator · 20 t
Current statusBreakdown
Service meter5,265 h
Next service due500 h · 15 h over
Open work orders1
Last inspectionToday · 1 finding
Cost this year$42,630
01Print the plate once
02Anyone on site can scan it
03Your team gets the full record

For the people who sign for it

Four questions you should never have to chase.

What is down right now?

Availability you can defend in a meeting

Live asset statusAvailability trendDays down per asset

Who is working on it?

Accountability without a chase-up call

Assigned ownerBlocker reasonsFull audit trail

What is this asset costing us?

Cost per asset, not cost per invoice

Cost ledger per assetFuel per operating hourParts consumption

Are we actually maintaining it?

Compliance that isn't a promise

PM complianceCertificate expiryPermit & HSE records

The whole operation

Ten modules. One asset record.

Questions

Answers before you ask.

01How is Solmex different from a spreadsheet?

Solmex keeps one record for each asset. Every work order, service, inspection, part, meter reading and cost links to that record, so you see the true cost and the true availability of each one. A spreadsheet cannot do that: it fails when two people edit it at once, it holds no photographs or signatures, and nobody can update it from the roof of a building or the cab of a machine.

02Can technicians in the field use it without a laptop?

Yes. Solmex has a mobile app for the field. Technicians scan the QR code on an asset or a parts bin. They log the progress of a work order. They add photos and signatures. They read inspections and permits on site. Field input is a main feature, not an extra.

03How does preventive maintenance scheduling work?

You assign a service template to an asset. The template lists the intervals, in run hours (250, 500, 1000) or in kilometres, and each interval carries its own task list. Solmex reads the live meter and shows which service is due, due soon or overdue, against the manufacturer's grid rather than a countdown restarted by the last service. When you complete one, Solmex writes a signed report and updates the asset's history.

04Does it track costs, fuel and spare parts?

Yes. Warehouse issues and fuel records go into one cost ledger. Labor costs and manual costs go there too. You then see the total cost and the period cost for each asset. You do not enter the data two times. Spare parts have a full stock record. This record shows receipts, issues, returns and adjustments. It also shows low stock and prints bin labels.

05Can we control who sees and edits what?

Yes. Solmex uses a permission for each action, such as view, edit, approve and export. You group these permissions into roles. You make the roles. You can give control of one action to one role only. For example, you can let one role close a work order or approve leave. Solmex writes every change to a key record in an audit log.

06How long does it take to get started?

Most teams are working in Solmex on their main assets within a few days. We import your asset list from a spreadsheet. We set up your sites, locations and roles. You turn on each module when your team is ready: service, work orders, inspections, warehouse, workforce. The best way to plan it is a short walkthrough using your own assets. Book a demo.

07What is a CMMS, and how is it different from EAM?

A CMMS is a computerised maintenance management system: the software that plans maintenance, runs work orders and records what was done, with what parts, at what cost. EAM, enterprise asset management, is the wider job around it: the permanent register of what you own, where it is, what it has cost you over its life and when it is worth replacing. Most tools do one well and bolt on the other. Solmex is built as a single record that answers both, which is why the cost of an asset is a consequence of the work recorded against it rather than a separate spreadsheet. Read how it handles preventive maintenance and work orders.

08Which industries and assets is Solmex built for?

Four kinds of operation: production plants and factories (motors, compressors, conveyors, presses, utilities); hotels and resorts (chillers, boilers, lifts, pool plant, kitchens); residential and commercial complexes (generators, pumps, lifts, fire systems); and equipment fleets and construction (excavators, loaders, trucks, cranes, generators). Anything you keep in service can be an asset, including an attachment mounted on a host machine. Solmex has been proven hardest on the fourth: it has run a live 520-machine road project for a year. See asset management or how it runs a fleet.

09Can it run several buildings, plants or sites at once?

Yes. Every asset belongs to a site and to a zone or location inside it, and it can be moved between them without losing any of its history. Registers, dashboards and reports all filter by site, so a site manager sees their own building or project while the head of maintenance sees everything. Each company gets its own isolated tenant, enforced by the database itself, so two businesses never share a register.

10Where does our data live, and can we get it out?

Your data lives in a PostgreSQL database in your own tenant, isolated at the database level rather than by an application filter. You can export registers and reports to Excel from the pages you work in, and generated documents such as service reports and permits are PDFs you keep. Every change to a key record is written to an audit log with who changed it and when, so the history is yours and it is readable.

Do you have another question? Talk to our team.

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See it run on your assets.

Send us a handful of your own assets and we will walk you through Solmex using them: your numbers, your service intervals, your problems. Thirty minutes, no slideware.

Live in days, not quarters We import your asset list Same app on every plan