Torek FAQ

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Common questions about Torek

These are the questions companies that maintain their own equipment ask most often: where to start, where the data lives, what can be tracked, what works on a phone and how the price is set. In short: Torek is a CMMS — defects, work orders, preventive maintenance, parts and service history — running in the browser, in an Android app and on a workshop kiosk.

Below are five short sections covering the essentials, followed by the full list of questions in one place. If the answer is not here, write to info@torek.eu.

Getting started

There is no rollout project: the system runs in a browser and the Android app covers mechanics and drivers. In practice a start looks like this:

  1. The asset list. Machines with plates or inventory numbers, plus their current mileage and engine-hour readings.
  2. People and roles. Who logs defects, who assigns work, who reads the reports.
  3. One habit. Every fault gets logged in the system — not in a message, not in passing.
  4. Only then the maintenance rules. Once defects and jobs land in one place, adding preventive maintenance, parts or fuel is straightforward.

Data and security

Data is stored in the European Union, each company’s records are isolated at the database level, role-based permissions and an audit trail are in place, and backups are taken regularly. Personal data is processed under the GDPR, and every customer signs a data processing agreement (DPA). Your own data exports to CSV, XLSX or PDF whenever you want it.

Equipment and modules

The asset list is grouped, so a mixed fleet does not collapse into one long table:

GroupWhat belongs thereService clock
CarsCompany cars and vansKilometres and dates
TrucksTractor units, tippers, special vehiclesKilometres, statutory deadlines
TrailersSemi-trailers and trailersDates and inspections
Road machineryExcavators, loaders, rollers, graders, milling machines, spreadersEngine hours
Tools and attachmentsCompressors, generators, other equipmentEngine hours or dates
FacilitiesBuildings, machines, warehouses, infrastructureDates

The full module overview, with a link to each one, is on the features page.

Workshop and mobile

Work next to the machine happens on the phone: a defect with photos, your own job list, time logged, checklists and fuel fills. The app works offline. Where mechanics do not use phones, a shared screen goes on the shop floor — a kiosk with PIN sign-in, where each person sees their own job queue.

Pricing and trial

Pricing depends on the number of users and machines, so there is no single figure for everyone. You can start with a free trial or a walkthrough using your own equipment.

Worth having before the call: the number of machines, the number of mechanics and a couple of recent faults. With those, half an hour is enough to tell whether the system fits how you work — contact and demo.

All questions

What do we need before we can start?

An asset list, a list of users with their roles, and an agreement about who logs a defect and when. There are no technical prerequisites beyond a browser, plus an Android phone for the mechanics.

The longest part is never the data entry — it is that agreement about the process, and that is a company question rather than a software one.

Does it have to be installed on a server?

No. The system runs in the browser, and mechanics and drivers get a separate Android app. There is no server to buy, no licence to install and no IT project to run.

How long does it take to get going?

Technically, as long as it takes to enter the asset list and the users. In practice the first weeks go into the habit: a fault ends up in the system rather than in a message or a conversation in the yard.

Can we bring across what is already in a spreadsheet?

Start with the asset list, which can be entered in the system. Fuel-card statements are uploaded as CSV or Excel (.xlsx) files, and before anything is saved you can see exactly what will be created.

If you have a larger historical file, write to us — we would rather look at its actual structure than promise a result in advance.

Who inside the company sees what?

Access follows the role. A driver sees their own records and their own fuel entries, a mechanic their own jobs, a manager the whole fleet and the reports.

Every action stays in the audit trail, so it is always clear who changed a record and when.

Can we use only part of the system?

Yes. Modules are enabled per company, and a module that is off is closed to everyone in that company — the system refuses its requests. Most fleets start with defects and work orders and add fuel, trip logs or parts later.

Where is the data stored?

All data is stored in the European Union.

Can other companies see our data?

No. Each company's data is isolated at the database level, and every action is recorded in an audit log.

Are backups taken?

Yes, regularly. That is one of the reasons a workshop's history is safer in the system than in a notebook or a spreadsheet on one person's laptop.

Can we take our data out at any time?

Yes. Reports and lists export to CSV, XLSX or PDF and can be used outside the system — in accounting, in a spreadsheet or in another application.

How does Torek protect data and handle GDPR?

We process personal data under the GDPR: every customer signs a data processing agreement (DPA) in which Torek acts as the processor. Data is stored in the European Union, each company's data is isolated at the database level, every action is recorded in an audit log, and role-based permissions and regular backups are in place. Details are in the privacy policy.

What kind of equipment can be tracked?

Cars, trucks, trailers, road and construction machinery, tools and attachments. Stationary objects can sit alongside them: buildings, machines, warehouses and infrastructure.

For a mixed fleet that means one job queue and one history, whatever the brand or the manufacturer portal.

Is Torek a GPS tracking system?

No. Torek manages repairs and maintenance: defects, work orders, parts, fuel, trip logs and history. Location and route tracking is telematics — in most fleets the two systems are used side by side.

Will it replace our accounting software?

No, and it is not meant to. Torek prepares no VAT returns and keeps no general ledger. What goes to accounting are documents and exports: fuel write-offs, parts write-offs and supplier invoices export to Rivilė (GAMA and ERP formats) or as a universal XLSX or CSV file for other software.

Does it replace the manufacturer portals?

No. A manufacturer portal handles its own brand well, but a mixed fleet has six or eight of them and none holds the shared repair history. Torek is that shared layer.

How does preventive maintenance work?

Each maintenance rule has one interval — kilometres, engine hours, days or months: an oil change every 10,000 km, a roadworthiness test once a year. When two limits matter, the unit gets two rules, each tracking its own due date.

Every day the system builds preventive-maintenance schedules from readings and rules and notifies the people responsible about what is coming up or overdue; a scheduled item becomes a work order in one step, so the service no longer depends on somebody remembering.

What is a service template?

A named parts kit for a specific service: the parts that job will need, with quantities. Applied to a work order, the parts are planned and reserved in advance, and the job cannot be closed while any of them is unresolved. A mandatory checklist is kept separately and can block completion too.

Are fuel tracking and trip logs included?

Yes, as separate modules. Fuel covers versioned norms, actual against norm, card statement imports and a monthly write-off report; trip logs cover filling in, numbering, submission and approval. Drivers keep trip logs on the phone (works offline); managers approve them in the browser.

Fuel consumption is calculated from fill-ups only: between two full tanks, using the odometer or engine-hour reading entered with each fill-up. Mileage from approved trip logs and the readings entered with fill-ups and services build one meter history per vehicle, and preventive-maintenance due dates are forecast from it.

What reports does a manager get?

Cost per asset, maintenance punctuality, work-order cycle time, the ageing of open defects, the most frequent failure causes, and upcoming statutory deadlines such as inspections, insurance and tachograph checks.

Any of them exports to CSV, XLSX or PDF.

Does the app work without a connection?

Yes. The Android app is built to work offline: entries and photos are stored on the phone and synced when the connection returns. On a site or in a quarry that is often the feature that matters most.

How does a driver report a fault?

On the phone: a description, severity, the machine and up to eight photos. The record is visible to the manager immediately, and it becomes a work order in one step.

Can a defect logged by mistake be deleted?

It can be removed, but not erased without a trace. Only the company administrator can do it, and only with a reason; the entry leaves lists and reports, but stays in the removal log and can be restored. A defect that already has a work order cannot be removed.

What if our mechanics do not use phones?

That is what the workshop kiosk is for — a shared screen on the shop floor with a short PIN to sign in. A mechanic sees their own job queue, marks work started and finished, and can log a defect.

How is labour time recorded?

On the phone, time can be run on a timer or entered by hand and linked to a job, and the home screen shows how much has been worked today; in the browser, hours can be entered against the work order. Hours are what make repair costs real — parts alone show half the figure.

Which languages does the interface support?

Lithuanian and English, both in the browser and in the app, with the same workshop vocabulary in each: defect, work order, engine hours, trip log.

What does Torek cost?

Pricing depends on the number of users and the number of machines, so there is no single figure that fits everyone. Start with a free trial or a walkthrough, and settle the price once the size of the fleet is clear.

Can we try it without a sales call?

Yes. The free trial can be started straight away. A walkthrough is more useful when the fleet is mixed or when a process has to be moved off spreadsheets.

What do you show in a demo?

Not a generic presentation but your own process: how one of your machines would look in the system, and how one real fault would travel from the report to the finished job. Thirty minutes is enough.

Not finding your answer?

Write to us, or see the system with your own equipment — no commitment.

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