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For QHSE, HR and planning in construction, engineering, transport and industry

Every certificate valid.
Every inspection planned.
Proof for the audit.

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.

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Where it goes wrong

An Excel matrix knows when things expire.
It just does nothing about it.

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.

No one owns it

A matrix never says who this certificate belongs to. So no one handles it, until it's too late.

Owner per row

It hangs on one person

Marjan knows which inspections are due when. Marjan goes on holiday, gets ill or leaves, and the knowledge leaves with her.

Backup who takes over

You can't prove anything

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.

Proof per recipient
How the tracking works

Outlook warns you and stops.
OwndUp keeps chasing the date.

Five steps, automatic, per date. This is exactly what a spreadsheet with a reminder column can't do.

1

Watches

Every expiry date in the register is watched, with the lead times you choose, say 90, 60, 30 and 7 days ahead.

2

Reminds

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.

3

Keeps chasing

If nothing happens, a new nudge follows every week until someone handles the date. One missed email is no longer a missed deadline.

4

Escalates

If it still sits open, the alert automatically moves on to the backup admin and the admins. The date never falls through the cracks.

5

Proves

Every reminder sent and every action taken is recorded, per recipient, and stays put. That log is your answer at the audit.

What you put in it

One register for everything that expires and repeats

Certificates and inspections lead, but the same list just as easily carries your contracts, insurance and permits.

Certificates

VCA, first aid, Code 95, ADR, NEN 3140, ISO 9001. With holder, number and validity date.

Inspections

Fire extinguishers, evacuation drills, NEN 3140 inspections, risk assessments: anything inspected or repeated on a cycle.

Fleet & equipment

MOT, insurance, lease, forklift and machine inspections. Per vehicle or unit.

Contracts

Supplier, maintenance, lease. With the notice period included, so your warning lands while you can still cancel.

Insurance

Policies with renewal and notice dates, tied to whoever is responsible.

Permits

Environmental, planning and operating permits, each with its own expiry date and owner.

Why not just…

You've already tried this in Excel and Outlook

Each does a piece. None of the three does the whole loop.

Excel matrix

Knows the dates, but warns no one, names no one and keeps no proof. And it rots quietly the moment no one maintains it.

Outlook / calendar

The reminder sits in one mailbox and dies with that person. No owner, no escalation, no shared overview.

Heavy QHSE suites

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.

Proof for the audit

Sent and handled: in black and white

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.

Recorded per recipient, "failed" included Handled by whom, and when Append-only: it's never overwritten
At the audit, the assessor asks: how do you ensure certificates get renewed on time? You open the log and show the chain. Watched, reminded, handled, with a name on it. That's the answer a matrix can't give.

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