OwndUp is the register for every certificate, inspection and obligation with an expiry date. Each date gets an owner, reminders keep chasing until someone acts, and at the audit you show it happened, even when the colleague who always handled it leaves.
The dates are usually there. But a cell warns no one, names no one and proves nothing. So an expired VCA only shows up once the worker is already turned away at the gate.
A matrix never says who this certificate belongs to. So no one handles it, until it's too late.
Marjan knows which inspections are due when. Marjan goes on holiday, gets ill or leaves, and the knowledge leaves with her.
At the audit, "we had it in Excel" is not an answer. You have to show that action was taken in time, and by whom.
Five steps, automatic, per date. This is exactly what a spreadsheet with a reminder column can't do.
Every expiry date in the register is watched, with the lead times you choose, say 90, 60, 30 and 7 days ahead.
In time, a reminder goes to everyone who shares the list. Want it narrower? Point it at an email column and the reminder follows the row.
If nothing happens, a new nudge follows every week until someone handles the date. One missed email is no longer a missed deadline.
If it still sits open, the alert automatically moves on to the backup admin and the admins. The date never falls through the cracks.
Every reminder sent and every action taken is recorded, per recipient, and stays put. That log is your answer at the audit.
Certificates and inspections lead, but the same list just as easily carries your contracts, insurance and permits.
VCA, first aid, Code 95, ADR, NEN 3140, ISO 9001. With holder, number and validity date.
Fire extinguishers, evacuation drills, NEN 3140 inspections, risk assessments: anything inspected or repeated on a cycle.
MOT, insurance, lease, forklift and machine inspections. Per vehicle or unit.
Supplier, maintenance, lease. With the notice period included, so your warning lands while you can still cancel.
Policies with renewal and notice dates, tied to whoever is responsible.
Environmental, planning and operating permits, each with its own expiry date and owner.
Each does a piece. None of the three does the whole loop.
Knows the dates, but warns no one, names no one and keeps no proof. And it rots quietly the moment no one maintains it.
The reminder sits in one mailbox and dies with that person. No owner, no escalation, no shared overview.
They can do everything, but they're built and priced for 500+ staff. For a team of 10 to 100 that's a sledgehammer for a nut.
The difference between "we had a reminder" and "here it says it was sent on 3 September, who handled it and when". The second one survives an audit.
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