Multi-shift by design
Handles your full rota — continuous or batch, any number of shifts and crews. The system knows which shift is on from the time of day.
Record what happens in your plant — and the work each shift completes
In one auditable place: structured shift handover, event and incident log, and an append-only audit trail. For any shift-based operation — offline and on your own servers, too.
Production Excellence (operations)
Shift · 06:00–14:00Plant: Phosgene production unitShift supervisor: B. Kovács
- 06:14
Reactor feed stable, pressure 2.4 bar within the normal band.
- 09:02
Pump P-204 vibration near the upper limit — heightened monitoring.
- 11:37
Gasket leak at the heat exchanger, dripping into the drip tray.
- 13:50
Handover: keep monitoring P-204 for the next shift.
The module
Built for the daily rhythm of a multi-shift plant
OPEREX runs the operating rhythm of a multi-shift operation: the right people record the right things, every shift's log opens and closes on schedule, and nothing — an instruction, a recurring task, an event — slips between shifts.
Roles you assign
Operator, shift supervisor, plant manager, data steward… — you decide who records, sees and finalises what (role-based access).
Logs open and close on their own
Each shift's log is generated and closed automatically, on schedule — nobody has to remember to open or finalise it.
Standing orders & shift instructions
Push standing orders to the floor; every shift acknowledges what's active — with a trace of who saw what.
Recurring & carried-over tasks
Assign one-off and recurring tasks; unfinished ones carry over to the next shift, recurring ones reappear on schedule.
Events, incidents & audit trail
Capture events and near-misses, escalate to incidents, and keep an append-only audit trail — who recorded what, and when.
Everything the shift log takes care of
One auditable system for the daily rhythm of a shift-based plant — from role to report, in one place.
- Role assignmentOperator, supervisor, plant manager, data steward — you decide who records, sees and finalises what, with custom roles too.
- Multiple plantsSeveral plants in one organisation, with quick switching, per-plant log setup and access.
- Multiple sitesGeographically separate sites under one account — each with its own plants, logs and roster.
- Automatic log lifecycleThe system opens and closes logs on their own, from your rota and timezone — no manual start.
- Shift attendanceRecord who worked the shift — from a managed roster, with name and position.
- Customisable logA drag-and-drop builder and ready templates: text, numbers, lists, tables, images — your log.
- Instructions and tasksStanding orders and one-off or recurring tasks; unfinished ones carry over to the next shift.
- Events and incidentsCapture with HSE severity, tied to the log; in the Events report each event is tracked with an ID and a status (new → acknowledged → in progress → investigating → closed).
- PDF reportA tamper-proof PDF for every closed shift — saved to the server, downloadable and previewable.
- Automatic deliveryThe end-of-shift report emailed to your contacts on schedule — no login required.
- Archive and searchFilterable, searchable past logs — by status, date, who finalised, and plant.
- Data exportAny datapoint into a CSV/Excel report with a point-and-click builder; saved definitions re-run anytime.
- Audit trailEvery change is recorded (append-only, ISO 45001 §7.5) — nothing can be rewritten silently.
- EU data residencyYour data is stored in the EU (GDPR); self-hosted or on-premise on request. Transactional email is delivered by a US provider (Resend) under the EU–U.S. Data Privacy Framework.
- Multilingual interfaceInterface language is configurable per organisation — Hungarian and English today, extendable to more; dates and formats follow the locale.
Add-ins
Extend the log when you need to
Separately orderable paid add-ins — the base log is complete without them. The interface grows as you switch them on.
Data series that roll across shifts
Continuous recording whose lifetime belongs to the process, not the shift: lab results, in-process sampling, batch tracking. The next shift keeps writing into the same series and sees the history.
Details & pricingMultilingual reading & reports
Your shift records in its own language; your foreign colleague reads the log in theirs, with a toggle, right in the app — and the finalized log's report can reach each recipient in their own language too, attached alongside the original PDF. The original document stays unchanged and authoritative — the translation is a marked, non-authoritative layer on top: it renders the intent (not word-for-word), keeps equipment identifiers and names untouched, and flags anything uncertain. English for now; more languages on request.
Details & pricingReporter — reporting without an account
Employees, contractors and visitors can report an event without signing in, from a posted QR code or a link — to a plant, a site or the whole company. The report lands in the plant’s shift log or the Events inbox and goes through the usual event handling; the reporter’s details are kept separately, with a configurable retention period. The add-in also has a public (resident) tier: a public reporting page per site (odour, noise, smoke, flare, dust), switched on separately for each organisation, with a “not an emergency line — 112” band, bot protection (ALTCHA, no third-party service) and quarantine: a resident’s report arrives as a “New” event tagged “Public” in the inbox, never in the shift log. The reporter can follow the report’s status on a secret link from the receipt (Received, Under review, Closed), ask for e-mail notifications (after confirmation, only when the status changes) and see the handler’s public reply; the internal reason and notes are never shown. On the page the reporter picks a zone, the page can also be embedded in the organisation’s own website (the organisation decides where — even on any site), handlers get a single alert when several reports arrive from one zone within a short time (the system counts reports), and duplicates can be merged. The organisation admin switches the public tier on themselves and tailors the privacy notice text too (pre-filled with the OPEREX suggestion).
Details & pricingDownloadable materials
All materialsSolution briefs, the guide, datasheet and security brief — as PDF, always generated from the latest product information.
Excel isn't auditable. Paper gets lost.
Same shift, two worlds. Toggle and see the difference.
- Scattered Excel tabs — everyone on a different version.
- Handwritten log: “who changed it, and when?”
- The near-miss gets lost between shifts.
- At audit time you hunt for evidence for days.
- One structured entry — with timestamp and user.
- Append-only audit trail: can't be rewritten afterwards.
- The near-miss is escalated and tracked end to end.
- At audit time, the full trail is one click away.
Who it's for
Built for any operation that runs in shifts
Continuous or batch, hazardous or not, from a single production unit to large multi-site organisations. Common settings:
- Chemical & process plants
- Food production
- Energy & utilities
- Pharmaceuticals
- Manufacturing
- Oil & gas
Works for a single production unit too — a few shifts, no IT department.
Where the asset team pulls in one direction
Operations, process technology, maintenance and HSE all see the same log. When goals are aligned the team's rope pulls together (1+1+1+1=4); when they aren't, the effort cancels out (1+1+1−1=2). The shift log is where that daily alignment lives.
One auditable workflow
Shift log
The shift's events and handover in one place.
Event
An entry becomes an incident or near-miss record.
CMMS trigger
A maintenance-relevant event raises a task.
Report
An auditable, finalized shift report.
Try it: the audit trail can't be rewritten after the fact.
The audit log is append-only: you can add a new row, but you can't rewrite or delete an existing one. Click the lock on a row and see.
- 06:14B. KovácsShift start, systems in normal operation.
- 09:02K. NagyPump P-204 vibration near the upper limit.
- 11:37K. NagyGasket leak at the heat exchanger — near-miss, escalated.
The audit trail is the immutable, timestamped history of the shift log and its events: who recorded what, and when. You can only append — never rewrite or delete an existing entry. That's what gives an ISO 45001 §10.2 investigation trustworthy, tamper-evident evidence.
This demo illustrates the idea: in production it's enforced server-side by an append-only database policy (FORCE RLS — inserts only); even the app can't rewrite an existing row.
How much time can you free up in a year?
Set your own numbers — the calculator gives a conservative estimate. Illustration, not an offer.
—Documentation hours saved / year
—Audit hours saved / year
—Total hours freed up / year
This freed-up time can go to autonomous maintenance, preventive work, or other value-creating activity — not lost hours, but recovered capacity.
Assumptions (tunable): 40% of documentation time and 50% of audit prep can be saved; documentation time is counted per person per shift. This is an illustration, not a contractual promise.
Frequently asked questions
What is a digital shift log?
A shift log is the official handover document for shift changes at any operation that runs in shifts (continuous or batch): what happened during the shift, and what the next team needs to know. OPEREX digitizes it — with immutable, timestamped entries.
How does OPEREX support the ISO 45001 §10.2 audit?
Every entry and status change gets an append-only audit trail (who, what, when) that cannot be altered afterwards. The shift log and incident handling thus provide auditable evidence.
Which operations is it for?
Any operation that runs in shifts — continuous or batch, hazardous or not, from a single production unit to large multi-site organisations. Common settings include chemical and process plants, food production, energy, utilities and manufacturing — oil & gas among them.
Where is the data stored?
In the EU, under GDPR. On request, a dedicated or on-premise (air-gapped) deployment (Enterprise).
How long does it take to roll out the shift log?
The shift log is the lowest-risk entry point: structured shift handover can go live for one unit within days to weeks via a pilot. We fit the rollout to the team's pace.
Who can access it, and with what role?
Role-based access (RBAC): operator, shift supervisor, plant manager, data steward, etc. — who sees, records and finalises what. Every change leaves an audit trail.
How does the shift log relate to operational excellence?
The shift log is the daily execution layer of operational excellence — its 'last meter'. The top-down OE framework (process safety, reliability, efficiency) becomes a concrete, auditable datapoint here: the KPI fact, the gap to target and the triggered action are recorded shift by shift.
Can it replace the paper shift log book?
Yes — that is usually the first step. What the printed shift log or event log book holds (handover, events, instructions, tasks) becomes structured, searchable entries with an immutable audit trail; the log structure is shaped to the book you use today. Where a printed copy is still needed, the log can be exported to PDF.
Help
How to use it — step by step
Help describes the product: a concrete task, numbered steps, and what to do when you get stuck. Public, searchable, in Hungarian and English.
A taste of one article: “Log an event in the diary”
From the built-in types (HSE, technical fault, quality deviation, maintenance-requiring, process, material release, other) or your own; plus a subcategory, if there is one.
Near miss, incident or accident. For other types the field does not even appear.
The date comes from the diary — you only enter hours and minutes, and only within the shift window.
Knowledge base
Related reading from the knowledge base
Go deeper into the methodology behind this module.
- Production reliability program
- Autonomous maintenance
- Housekeeping (plant order)
- Winterizing in the process industry
The platform
Part of the OPEREX system
One module among several — all built around operational excellence, sharing data with each other.
The shift log is the daily execution layer of operational excellence — where the KPI fact, the gap to target and the triggered action are recorded shift by shift, auditably.
The systemOperational excellence — the full platform.LiveOperations AnalyticsA metric from any collected data point — with a target, a trend and a scheduled report.Coming soonIncident investigationNear-miss and incident investigation, RCA and action tracking.LivePermit to WorkPermit lifecycle with an append-only signature trail, tied to the log and the work order.In developmentMaintenance (CMMS)Work orders and maintenance triggers straight from the log.LiveShift SchedulerRostering generator with labour-law compliance checks.LiveTrainingQualifications, courses and auto-graded exams for your own employees.
Compliance & security
The platform's security and NIS2 gateway
A trust surface for the whole OPEREX platform — not a module-level claim. The details are each on one page, with the limits stated.
SecurityTenant isolation, an append-only audit trail, EU data residency and encryption — and what we are still working on, stated.Security pageNIS2 supplier gatewayA mapping of the ten Article 21(2) measures and 24-hour incident notification — with the limits. Not a certification.NIS2 supplier compliance
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