For Manufacturing
Machine's down. The fix is in a text no one can find.
Most of your floor is deskless. Breakdowns, maintenance and shift changes get shouted, radioed or texted. Convoe turns "machine 4 is down" into a tracked work order — owner, parts, photos and downtime — and keeps shift handovers as a record instead of a memory.
The app is free, forever · iOS app live · Built with site teams in Melbourne
The problem
The job runs in chat. So does everything you lose.
Downtime waits on a phone tag.
A breakdown bounces between operator, maintenance and procurement with no tracked owner — the line sits idle.
Maintenance has no history.
Recurring faults repeat because there's no record of what broke, what fixed it, or when.
Shift handovers reset every change.
What the last shift knew doesn't reach the next one reliably.
What Kai hears
Keep the chat. Kai turns it into tracked work.
“Machine 4 down — bearing's gone, photo attached, need a fitter now.”
Kai creates
- Work order created
- Assigned to maintenance
- Downtime clock started
- Parts chase to procurement
- Photo logged
“Out of stock on the M8 bolts at station 3, holding up assembly.”
Kai creates
- Parts/procurement task raised
- Owner assigned
- Line-impact flagged
- Due today
“Day shift: line 2 running slow on the sealer, watch it — flagged for nights.”
Kai creates
- Shift-handover note
- Watch task for next shift
- Equipment status flagged
See it in the app
The record, built from the chat.
Tracked from the manufacturing chat
The message your crew already sends — now owned and dated.
Photo & audit trail
Evidence attached to the work, timestamped for handover.
Mobile on site, works offline
On the phone the crew already carries; syncs on return.
Built for the work
Built for manufacturing teams.
Why not just use…
The honest comparison.
| Radio / SMS | Enterprise CMMS/MES | Convoe | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner on every work order | ||||
| Breakdown to tracked work order | Shouted | No structure | Yes — enterprise | Yes — from chat |
| Maintenance history per machine | Lost in the feed | |||
| Downtime tracked | ||||
| Shift handovers kept | Verbal | Scrolls away | Manual | Yes — from chat |
| Built for a deskless floor | Voice only | Chat only | Desk-first | Mobile-first |
| Cost | Free (no record) | Free (no accountability) | A$10,000–250,000+/yr | Free app · A$12/AI user |
Built by people who get the work.
We're early and bootstrapped — no paid testimonials, no inflated numbers. Just the product, the math, and the teams we build for. Built in Melbourne with site teams.
Turn "machine 4 is down" into a tracked work order.
Open a channel for the floor, and let Kai capture every breakdown, part and handover automatically.
The app is free for the whole crew. Pay only for the AI the managers use.