Custom inspection planning software for inspection companies
Appfront builds software for inspection companies that periodically inspect installations, work equipment, lifts, cranes and buildings: per object, the date of the last inspection and the deadline for the next one; per inspector, their qualifications and availability; a schedule that books re-inspections on time and intelligently combines routes; and appointments that clients confirm themselves. So that no inspection overruns its deadline because nobody scheduled it, and no inspector is assigned to an object they are not qualified to inspect.
What is inspection planning software for an inspection company?
An inspection company lives on repetition. An installation is inspected every few years, a crane every year, a lift according to its own schedule. Every inspection has a deadline, and a client counts on you arriving on time. Inspection planning software keeps track, per asset, of when the next inspection is due, schedules it with an inspector who is authorised to carry it out, and combines inspections into routes that make sense.
Without such software, the due dates sit in a spreadsheet that is checked every month, the planning team phones clients to arrange appointments, and a planner chooses the inspector from memory. An inspection that falls between two months gets forgotten. An inspector drives to the same region twice because appointments were not combined. And a new planner does not know which inspector may inspect which scope.
We build custom software because the planning has to fit your inspections and your people: which types of inspection you carry out and at what intervals, which qualifications your inspectors hold, how you arrange appointments with clients, which inspection app and reporting system you use, and how you invoice. A general planning tool knows appointments; it does not know an asset with an inspection interval or an inspector with a defined scope.
Intervals per asset
For each asset the type of inspection, the date of the last inspection and the interval until the next. What falls due in the coming months appears at the top of the list.
The right inspector
For each inspector the scopes and qualifications, the region and availability. An inspection goes only to someone who is authorised to carry it out.
Routes and appointments
Inspections in the same region combined into one day, and an appointment proposal that the client confirms or changes.
How we build inspection planning software for an inspection company
We start with the intervals: how many assets you manage, how many inspections there are per year, and how often one went past its deadline.
Your types of inspection and intervals, the assets per client, the qualifications of your inspectors, and the systems for inspection and invoicing.
The asset register with last inspection and interval in the software, and the inspectors with scope, region and availability.
The proposal for re-inspections within the interval, the grouping into routes, and appointments that the client confirms.
The handover to the inspection app, the feedback after the inspection, reporting on timeliness, and ongoing management afterwards.
What inspection planning software for an inspection company concretely does
The components below come up at almost every inspection company. Which of them you need depends on your inspections and on how you plan today.
Asset register
Per client, the assets with type of inspection, location, last inspection, outcome and the interval until the next.
Deadline monitoring
Inspections falling due in the coming months, and inspections already past their deadline, by region and by client.
Qualifications
For each inspector the scopes and types of inspection they may carry out, so the planning only proposes suitable inspectors.
Planning proposal
A proposal that schedules inspections within the interval, combines them by region and takes inspector availability into account.
Appointments with clients
A proposal by email or portal that the client confirms or changes, with the contact person on site.
Timeliness and workload
Inspections on time versus late, workload per inspector, travel time, and the inspections that still need to be planned.
Who we build inspection planning software for
The software is intended for inspection companies whose planning currently comes from a spreadsheet of due dates.
Inspection companies for installations
Electrical installations and buildings with inspections on a schedule per scope. The intervals and qualifications are central.
Inspectors of work equipment
Many small assets across many clients, often annually. Combining into routes and arranging appointments matter most.
Lift and crane inspection companies
Statutory inspections with fixed cycles and serious consequences if they're late. Deadline tracking is essential.
Multidisciplinary inspection companies
Several types of inspection for the same client. Combining them into one visit and managing the competencies are the core of the job.
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This page is about planning inspections. For certification bodies with audits per certificate, see our page on inspection software. For the inspection itself under SCIOS, see our page on SCIOS inspection reporting, and for installations under NEN 3140, see our page on a NEN 3140 inspection app. You can read about our approach at software development.
If you inspect electrical equipment at client sites and want reports ready straight away, take a look at our inspection registration software for electrical equipment.
For sprinkler and other fixed fire suppression systems, there's our software for fixed fire suppression inspection records.
If you provide inspections for a rental fleet, take a look at our software for inspection certificates for a rental fleet.
For installers who test and log emergency lighting and escape route signage, there's our inspection registration for emergency lighting.
Why choose Appfront for inspection scheduling software at an inspection company?
An inspection that runs past its deadline affects your client and your reputation. That's what we build around: deadlines planned well ahead, the right inspector, and routes that make sense.
No inspections past deadline
What falls due is visible months in advance and scheduled. Anything at risk of being late stands out.
Qualified at every site
The schedule knows each inspector's scope. An inspector is never assigned to an asset they aren't authorised to inspect.
Less driving
Inspections in the same region are grouped on the same day. Inspectors do more inspections and drive less.
Security and privacy in inspection scheduling software at an inspection company
The software holds client details, asset data, inspection outcomes and inspector information. Access is set by role: planners see everything, inspectors see their own schedule, and clients see their own assets. Every change to a schedule or deadline is logged with name and time.
The software runs in a European data centre, with encrypted storage and daily backups. Integrations with the inspection app and invoicing use their own keys, which can be revoked.
Frequently asked questions about inspection scheduling software at an inspection company
Questions inspection companies ask before getting started.
It tracks the last inspection and the deadline for each asset, proposes a schedule that places re-inspections within the deadline with a qualified inspector, groups inspections into routes, lets clients confirm appointments, and reports on timeliness and utilisation.
For each inspector, the software records the scopes and types of inspection they are permitted to carry out. The schedule only proposes inspectors who are authorised. To keep track of those authorisations, the software can integrate with a qualification management system.
Yes. Inspections in the same region that fall within their deadlines are grouped into a day for one inspector, taking into account the duration of each inspection and the travel time.
They receive a proposal by email or in a portal, with the date and inspector, and confirm or reschedule within the window you set. The schedule reflects the confirmation immediately.
Yes. The scheduled inspection passes the object and the data from the previous inspection to the inspection app, and once the inspection is done the outcome flows back, so the next deadline is calculated automatically.
It sits at the top of the list along with the reason, such as no appointment being possible or no qualified inspector being available, so planning can step in and the client can be kept informed.
Check that first. Some inspection packages include a planning module, and that is enough if you have only a few inspection types and inspectors. Custom development makes sense when qualifications per scope drive the planning, when routes need to be combined, or when clients must confirm appointments themselves.
No more inspections overdue?
Tell us which inspections you carry out, how many objects and inspectors you have, and how you plan today. We'll show you what deadline monitoring, qualifications and planning look like.