Job Shops
We're the only solution focused on you — high-mix, low-volume job shops with +10 operators ready to take control of their shop floor operations. Whether you're a fabricator, machine shop, or metal shop, we've worked tirelessly to solve your most pressing problems: the need for clarity into operations and visibility into your genuine cost to produce.
Made By Job Shops,
For Job Shops
When leading Australian job shops couldn’t find scheduling software that understood their complexity, they collaborated with us to build one from scratch. After four years of testing and development, Smart Shop Floor is the only production scheduling system made by job shops, for job shops.
Industry Challenges
Real Solutions to Your Real Problems
Solution
Boost Output 45 Mins Per Operator
Smart Shop Floor boosts labour productivity by eliminating the usual time-wasters: operators are matched to the right tasks based on their skills, all job information is ready at their fingertips, and communication flows directly to supervisors and back office from the workbay.
Automatic labour scheduling keeps your team consistently utilised, reducing downtime and boosting output by 45 minutes per operator per shift.
Problem 1
Stuck Labour Productivity
Your profitability depends on labour and machine utilisation — wasted time is opportunity cost and often results in increased labour wage bills.
Solution
Keep Work Flowing
It's not the lack of consistency that's the problem — it's the lack of a system powerful enough to handle all the variability intelligently. Smart Shop Floor maps out every step for each job, so nothing gets missed or delayed. When client materials arrive piece by piece, the system instantly re-organises work to use what's available, keeping your team productive instead of waiting. Visual work dashboards tell operators what to work on and their priorities for the day.
Problem 2
Stop-Start Production
Every job may have similar processes whether it is machining, pressing, rolling, bending, welding, painting — but not everything is consistent or repeatable. When you're waiting on client-supplied materials to start work, jobs get delayed, you're stuck with inefficient partial setups, and lead times blow out while materials trickle in.
Solution
An Eagle-Eye View
Everything your operators do gets captured digitally and instantly updates your job status. The job tracking dashboard shows you exactly where every job sits on the floor, its current status, and an estimate when it'll finish — so when a client calls, you've got immediate answers, not guesses. Back office gets real-time visibility into bottlenecks and constraints, giving management accurate information to make quick decisions to keep production moving and head off performance problems.
Problem 3
Lacking Visibility From the Floor
Let's be honest — work in progress all looks the same. When a client calls looking for a status update, you’re left looking high and low with your eyes closed to locate it and get a completion estimate from your operator. Production visibility is a fundamental problem because you can't visualise updates or track what's actually happening with your shop floor.
Solution
Take The Initiative
A stable schedule that flags problems as they arise changes your customer service game from reactive to proactive. Now you can communicate with confidence, giving firm delivery dates instead of estimates and initiating solutions to emerging issues before they become full-blown problems. The customer portal lets clients track their own orders, eliminating most status calls, while digital approvals keep projects moving instead of waiting in email limbo.
Problem 4
Reactive Customer Service
When there's a customer issue, your team belatedly rushes in with the fire extinguisher to put out the blaze, but by then, the damage is already done. Without clear visibility and a reliable schedule, you get a cascade of customer service problems. You’re stuck giving vague due dates, lead times drag out, and communication is a game of broken telephone.
The shop floor scheduling solution that gets the job done.
We bring together everything you need to schedule and manage your shop floor. Save time, reduce downtime, and boost productivity.