Thirty days at a time.
Three stages, each with something you can see at the end of it. If on day thirty you cannot see your shop better than today, we stop.
See the shop
- Departments and people set up
- The Floor view on a TV
- The Monday meeting run from Needs attention
- One department clocks in at a tablet; its supervisor on the Manager Station
- The owner's first scheduled report
The shop can be seen without walking. One department's hours are real.
Know the cost
- Rate card reviewed and loaded
- New quotes priced in the Cost Sheet Studio and issued from Quotes
- Receipts booked on the day; the buy list used for one job
- NCRs raised in the app for the month
Cost to company is known before the sell. Book stock starts to equal shelf stock.
Prove the plan
- Planning published for one department for a week, compared to what the floor did
- The machines that matter on maintenance plans
- A backup taken, restored on a scratch copy and logged
- Every role's people on their course
The plan matches the floor. The system is recoverable. Somebody owns every screen.
Agree the measures on day one.
Write down today's number for each, then read the day-90 number from ShopFloor itself.
Three things, and a date.
That is the whole ask for the pilot.
A named owner
The operations manager, or whoever will run it. Two hours a week, in the diary.
A place to run it, and a tablet
A server or a hosting decision, one tablet for the pilot department, one TV for the Floor view.
Your lists
The employee list and the current rate card. We set up the rest with you.
Questions owners ask.
Short, exact answers. If you don't see yours, ask it in the demo.
Do we have to switch everything over at once?
No. Start with one department or one team, and bring the rest in when they are ready, not before.
How long before we see something?
Setting up departments and people and putting the Floor view on a screen is a matter of days. The 90-day pilot is the honest shape of a full start.
What do the floor tablets need?
A web browser. The Employee Station has its own sign-in by employee number and PIN, separate from the office.
Who sets it up?
Setup is a session with us. After that, one person in your shop owns it, with a course and a guide for every screen they look after.
How is it kept up to date?
Updates replace the application and leave your data alone. Database changes are applied automatically at start-up.
What about leave and public holidays?
Captured in HR and turned into blocks on the plan. The scheduler will not book someone who is away.
Can two people work on the same job?
Yes. You can also see who is on which page, and chat about a job on the job.
Can the AI change things by itself?
No. Assistants read and draft. Every change waits for a person to approve it.
Thirty days, one department, two hours a week from one person. Shall we pick a date?