Shop operations systems
Get the shop off spreadsheets.
SOPs, production tracking, inventory, BOMs, pick lists and custom ERP builds that replace spreadsheets, QuickBooks and paper.
- Line
- OPS
- Built for
- Small fab and manufacturing shops
- Shop size
- Roughly 10–50 people
- Replaces
- Spreadsheets, QuickBooks, paper
- Delivery
- Remote, US-wide
1.0
Scope of supply
| Item | What it covers | What it replaces |
|---|---|---|
| SOPs | Written procedures, so the job doesn't change with who's on shift | Memory and word of mouth |
| Production tracking | Where every job stands, visible without walking the floor | Paper and whiteboards |
| Inventory | Stock logged as material moves | Manual counts and best guesses |
| BOMs and pick lists | One source for bills of materials, with pick lists pulled from them | Scattered Excel files |
| Custom ERP | One system for all of the above, built around how your shop runs | Spreadsheets, QuickBooks and paper |
2.0
Troubleshooting chart
| Symptom | Likely cause | Corrective action |
|---|---|---|
| Nobody can say where a job is without walking the floor | Job status lives on paper and in people's heads | Production tracking by job |
| Material runs out in the middle of a job | Stock isn't logged when it gets pulled | Inventory logging tied to pick lists |
| The BOM doesn't match what got built | Several copies of the file, and no one owns the current one | One controlled BOM source |
| The work changes depending on who's on shift | The process was never written down | SOPs written around the actual job |
| Too much material lost to drop | Cuts are planned by hand | Cut optimization |
| The same data gets entered in Excel, QuickBooks and on paper | Separate tools that don't connect | One system built around how the shop runs |
3.0
System specs
Every system is written for your shop, using the parts your shop needs.
| Stack | JavaScript + SQLite |
|---|---|
| Replaces | Excel, QuickBooks and paper |
| Modules | Production tracking, BOMs, pick lists, inventory logging, cut optimization |