AI Built on Manufacturing Logic
Artificial Intelligence
Acts as a second set of eyes, working across everything your team does. Gets smarter with every action your team takes. Flags what needs attention, recommends what to do about it, and handles handoffs automatically.
Manufacturing Rulesets
Logic and rulesets built by experienced manufacturers, grounded in proven manufacturing theory. During implementation, customised further to your specific workflow. This is the stable manufacturing knowledge layer that runs your operation.
Your Data
As your team works in the system, it builds up a library of sales and production results — how healthy the business is, how things work, what your customers need.
How AI Works for You
Reads
Flexible about how data comes in — emails, PDFs, drawings, connected systems. Interprets data from a variety of sources and digitises information without manual re-entry.
Shares
Automates the handoffs between your systems. Triggers the next step in the manufacturing process so work flows without stalling, and data moves accurately and instantly.
Flags
Potential issues are highlighted early and routed to the right person. Your team sees what needs attention right away so they can proactively resolve production or customer problems.
Recommends
Every job shop problem is different. AI gives you multiple options and outlines the impact of each — in time, margin, and resources — so you can decide the right course of action.
Learns
The AI doesn't stay static. Everything feeds back into the system so recommendations get sharper and forecasting becomes more accurate. The longer you use it, the better it understands your business.
The Difference It Makes
Protecting Margin at Every Stage
Pricing errors, overtime and delayed jobs, and miscommunication quietly bleed margin before anyone notices. AI checks the work at every stage, so the gaps get caught before they cost you.
Always Know Where Things Stand
In most shops, everyone's working off a different version of the truth, outdated and printed on paper. At its most basic, operators don't know where to focus. But this ripples all the way up to managers not being able to make critical business decisions. AI puts the right information in front of the right person, updated as it happens.
Less Firefighting
When problems get flagged early and the right people are alerted immediately, your team stops reacting and starts managing. Less time spent chasing issues, more fruitful time spent running the business.
Choose Your Setup
Cloud
Smart Shop Floor runs on Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure, hosted in Australia, with us managing updates, security, and uptime. It's the fastest way to get started and the standard deployment for the majority of fabricators and job shops. We manage the infrastructure so processing stays fast and performance stays high, without inflating your costs.
- No hardware to buy, no servers to manage — we handle the infrastructure
- You own your data — access, download, or take it with you at any time
- Not locked to a single AI model vendor — we use whatever performs best and upgrade as the technology improves
Coming SoonPrivate AI Box
A dedicated mini server with Smart Shop Floor's AI pre-installed, set up on your premises. AI runs entirely on your hardware — so your data, drawings, and IP never leave your network. For manufacturers in defence, mining, and aviation whose security clearances or contract requirements prohibit sensitive data from being processed on public cloud systems.
- We supply and pre-configure all hardware — no IT procurement on your end
- Our team installs and commissions it on-site as part of implementation
- Secure and flexible, and operational from day one
Things You'll Want to Know
