CMMS and asset finance for manufacturing
In manufacturing, uptime is everything. A line down is product not made and orders not shipped, and the assets that carry the line wear with use rather than the calendar. Cohiva Control is built for manufacturers running production machinery and plant across one or more sites, and it joins the maintenance side to the finance side so the asset you keep running is the asset you depreciate, on usage where that fits best.
Machinery on the register, with meters
A manufacturing site runs production machinery, conveyors, compressors, pumps, motors and the building services that support them. Each one wears at its own rate depending on how hard it works. Cohiva Control records every machine in a single asset register with a stable identity and an immutable code you can attach as a QR label. Each asset carries meters, condition and lifecycle state, and a technician scans it to see its history and open work. That code is never reused when a machine is moved or replaced, so the record stays reliable, and every asset event is written to an append only audit trail.
Maintenance that follows usage
Calendar-based servicing misses the point on equipment that wears with use. Cohiva Control schedules preventive maintenance on a meter interval as well as a time interval, so a machine can be serviced on run hours or units produced. Schedules generate work orders automatically, and because that generation is idempotent, a re-run will not flood the team with duplicate jobs. Preventive maintenance compliance is tracked against the schedule, so a maintenance planner can see what is on plan and what has slipped before it becomes a breakdown.
When a machine does fail, the work order moves through a server enforced state machine from open to assigned, in progress, pending parts, completed and verified, with cancellation handled cleanly. Illegal transitions are rejected, and every change is written to an append only history row, giving a defensible record of each repair. Parts consumed on the job are recorded against the work order, so the true cost of keeping a machine running is captured.
Inspections built into the workflow
Pre-start checks, safety inspections and quality walks are routine on a plant floor. Cohiva Control inspection templates capture pass or fail items, numeric readings, photos and signatures, and a failed item can raise a work order automatically, so a fault found on a pre-start becomes a tracked job rather than a note that gets lost between shifts. Submitted inspections are versioned and immutable.
Contractor compliance, enforced
Specialist plant work, electrical, mechanical and pressure equipment, often goes to contractors, and compliance can lapse when a line is down and the pressure is on. Cohiva Control will not let it. A contractor with expired, missing or unverified public liability insurance, a trade licence or a site induction cannot be assigned to a work order. The block is hard and there is no override, even for an administrator. You configure the documents you require, and the system enforces them on every assignment, which helps you comply with your own contractor and safety policies.
Depreciation that matches how machinery is used
Production machinery is significant capital, and on a plant floor depreciation can sensibly follow usage. Cohiva Control carries each asset through to native depreciation rather than exporting to a separate register. It runs six methods, straight line, diminishing value, double declining balance, units of production, sum of years digits and AASB 16 for leases. The units of production method is a natural fit here, charging depreciation in proportion to recorded output using the same meter that drives maintenance, so a busy month carries more depreciation than a quiet one. Money is held to the cent rather than as a floating point number, each monthly run writes to an append only depreciation ledger, and the journal can post to Xero, QuickBooks, NetSuite or Cohiva Crunch.
Australian built, multi-plant ready
Cohiva Control is Australian built and supports AASB 16 lease accounting for leased machinery and premises. It is database per tenant, so each operator runs in an isolated database, and a manufacturer with several plants can manage them all in the one platform.
Part of the Cohiva platform
Cohiva Control is part of the wider Cohiva platform. Operators connect it to Cohiva Crunch for the general ledger and finance, and to Cohiva Complex where they also run leisure or recreation facilities. See the whole platform at www.cohiva.app.