Every CMMS we evaluated before we started building was designed for a European factory floor or an American refinery. SAP PM assumes always-on connectivity, single-currency operations, and an implementation army from Frankfurt. UpKeep assumes suburban infrastructure and USD pricing. Limble assumes reliable power and a parts supplier forty minutes away. None of them start from the constraints African industrial operators face daily.
We needed a system that treats variable power, intermittent connectivity, multi-currency procurement, mobile-first technicians, and unfamiliar regulatory regimes as first-class design inputs. Not edge cases. Not feature requests on a backlog that never ships. Design inputs that shape the schema, the sync engine, the asset model, and the pricing.
Comiine starts from the constraint. The mobile app works on 2G because our technicians work underground. The database stores parts in their purchase-order currency because our suppliers invoice in seven. The asset hierarchy supports seven levels because a mine is not a factory. The audit trail produces signed PDFs because MHSA and SAHPRA require them.
We are not building a CMMS and then selling it to Africa. We are building the CMMS that African industrial reality demands and letting the architecture speak for itself.
If your operation runs on intermittent power, mobile-first technicians, and multi-currency procurement, Comiine was built for you. If it does not, one of the incumbents will serve you fine. We are not trying to be everything to everyone. We are trying to be exactly right for the operators the industry forgot.