Production tracking at furniture manufacturers relies on manual status collection from multiple shop floor stations, creating delays and transcription errors.
Automated production tracking captures job status updates in real time and validates them against the production schedule. The system flags delays immediately, alerts planners to bottlenecks, and maintains a single source of truth for all work in progress.
The full workflow, from trigger to completion.
A station lead submits a job status update via SMS, a mobile form, or a shop floor kiosk. The trigger captures the job number, station, work phase, and timestamp.
The automation checks that the job number exists in the production schedule and the station is valid. If validation fails, the update is flagged for manual review.
The validated status is automatically written production log, updating the job's current station, phase, and timestamp.
The automation compares the job's actual progress against the planned schedule. If the job is behind by more than a threshold (e.g., 2 hours), it flags the job as at-risk.
If a job is flagged as at-risk, a message is sent to the production planner with the job details, current station, and recommended action.
Updated job priorities and next-station assignments are sent via SMS to the relevant station leads, keeping the floor synchronized with the plan.
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