Introducing Ventrix: know where every tool and every box is
Why we built Ventrix, what it does, and who it is for: a simple tool and stock tracker that keeps working when the signal drops.
Every store has the same Monday morning. Someone needs the angle grinder, nobody is sure who had it last, and the sign-out sheet has a name on it that might be “Tunde” or might be “Tobi”. Twenty minutes later the grinder turns up on a bench in the next building.
Ventrix exists to end that conversation.
What Ventrix is
Ventrix is a web app for tracking tools, equipment and stock. It runs in the browser on a phone, tablet or computer, so there is nothing to install and no scanner to buy. It does a small number of things, and tries to do them properly:
- Records who has what. Check items out to a person, a team, a department or a job site, with a due date, and check them back in with a note on their condition.
- Warns you before stock runs out. Consumables have a minimum and a reorder quantity. You see “near minimum” and “low” while there is still time to buy.
- Keeps counts honest. Count one shelf at a time, explain every difference, and let a supervisor approve adjustments.
- Works offline. A local copy of your items and people means search works without a connection. What you do while offline waits in a queue and syncs safely when you return.
- Gives you control. Four roles, an approval policy you set, optional photo proof, and quick PIN switching so a crew can share one tablet.
Who it is for
If something leaves a shelf and should come back, or gets used up and should be reordered, Ventrix fits. That includes tool rooms and stores, workshops, schools and labs and contractors and field crews.
It is not a warehouse management system. If you run a distribution centre with thousands of pallet movements a day, you need different software. Ventrix is for the counter, the bench and the van.
The principles behind it
Simple at the counter. The person using it is busy and often holding a tool. Every screen is built for that moment first, with large buttons, search that finds things from a few letters, and as few steps as possible between “I have it” and “it’s recorded”.
Honest records. A record is only useful if it says what really happened. Every action carries a name. Differences found in a count need a reason. The activity log can’t be edited by the people it describes.
Works where you work. Stockrooms, yards and basements lose signal. If software only works with a perfect connection, people go back to paper. Ventrix is built so that losing the connection doesn’t stop the work.
Control you can dial. A five-person workshop doesn’t need approval chains. A larger store might want a supervisor to approve every stock adjustment and a photo for every check-out. Both are fine, and you choose in settings.
How pricing works
One plan, ₦14,999 per month per organization, with everything included. No tiers to decode and no features held back. If you have several sites or a large team, talk to us.
What’s next
This is version 1.0. We will keep improving it based on how real stores use it, and we will write about what we learn on this blog. If you’d like to see it with examples from your own kind of business, ask for a walkthrough.