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Ch. 2 — The Factory FloorCustom Software

Shop-floor ERP that replaced 27 spreadsheets

A precision components manufacturer ran production on spreadsheets and WhatsApp. We built one system for job cards, inventory and dispatch.

ClientKalpataru Industries
IndustryManufacturing
Year2025

Client Feedback

“For the first time in 22 years I can see the whole plant on one screen. From anywhere.”

Mahesh Patel

Managing Director, Kalpataru Industries

Impact

Measurable business results

-87%

Late dispatches

₹42L

Annual savings

4 days → 0

MIS reporting time

312

Daily active shop-floor users

Chapter One

The Problem

Production planning lived in 27 spreadsheets. Stock counts were three days stale, and 11% of orders shipped late because nobody knew a machine was free.

Before our intervention:

  • 27 spreadsheets, 3-day-old stock data
  • 11% late dispatch rate
  • Manual monthly MIS taking 4 days
Chapter Two

The Outcome

Line-by-line rollout with floor champions trained first, then a hard spreadsheet cutoff.

After launch:

  • Single live system
  • 1.4% late dispatch rate
  • MIS generated instantly
Deep Dive

How we designed and engineered it

01. Research

Discovery & Insights

Six weeks of process mapping across three shifts. We timed every handoff and found 40% of supervisor time went to chasing information, not decisions.

02. Design

UX & System Design

A dense, keyboard-first operations console designed for gloved hands and shop-floor tablets — high contrast, large targets, no hidden menus.

03. Build

Engineering & Quality

Event-sourced job tracking, offline-tolerant tablet clients, barcode scanning and a reporting layer finance could trust.

Services Delivered

ERP SystemsInventory ManagementBusiness Process Optimization

Technology Stack

ReactTypeScriptNode.jsPostgreSQLDockerAWS