For years the time a part takes was an estimate. This app replaces the estimate with the truth – measured by the people who run the parts, booked with four taps, analysed for the office. From the tablet at the machine to the wall monitor, work orders, costs and the weekly report.
Planning, quoting and delivery dates all rest on how long a part really takes. Without measured data a 40-minute job gets planned at 20, the bottleneck stays invisible, the paper job ticket gets lost and nobody knows what a piece really costs.
Operators start and stop a clock on a tablet at the machine. The app adds the time across machines and people, divides it by the reported quantity and shows the real time per piece – then turns it into part analyses, costs, a live monitor and a weekly report. Optional work orders replace the paper ticket.
The tablet at the machine. Name, machine, part, operation, START and STOP – the only screen operators need.
A display-only screen for the wall: what runs where, five key figures, open orders, break and closing reminders.
The production manager's board that replaces the paper job ticket: write, track and confirm work orders.
Master data, time corrections, completion reports and every analysis – behind a short code that expires by itself.
A separate phone page where travellers book working time on trips – with a printable report, kept apart from production.
Big touch targets for fast shifts and shop-floor hands; the last selection is remembered after a restart.
Operators tap their name. Devices are activated once with a factory code and stay signed in for a set time.
Run two or three machines in parallel – leaving a screen never stops a clock, only STOP does.
Machine locks, maintenance status and operation checks are enforced by the server, not just hidden buttons.
Every part has its own steps (Op 1, Op 2 …) and a defined last step; time is booked per operation.
At the last step, operators report the finished quantity with a touch keypad; the account is settled.
Maintenance, handling, repairs, shipments and prototypes are booked as time positions – at a workplace or on a machine.
Open jobs are stopped automatically at a set time, with warnings on the tablet and the monitor – works even with every tablet off.
Open and settled time per part, average per piece against target, split by operation, Excel export.
Best, typical and slowest run per part show what the average hides and where a process changed.
Hourly rate, an overhead surcharge calculated from real indirect hours, and material – total cost per piece.
Optional order board with accept, close and confirm, rush flags, chains of operations and change history.
Print work-order slips; scanning a slip at the terminal starts the right job by itself.
Pull planned demand from your planning tool as order suggestions the production manager takes over.
Impossible quantities, future times or half-finished chains are refused before they distort a figure.
Terminal and handouts in several languages, selectable per user.
Name, machine, part and operation, START. The run screen shows the live clock and five numbers for the day. Switching parts is STOP, then pick again. Handing the tablet to a colleague does not stop anybody's jobs – “Your running jobs” lists every open job with its live time.
A part is turned, then milled, by two people on two machines. The app adds the booked time, divides it by the finished quantity and records the honest time per piece. The part analysis then compares it to your target: green beats the target, red misses it.
An average of 25 minutes does not say whether every run took 25 or whether they ranged from 18 to 41. The spread view shows best run, typical run, slowest run and the distance between them – one dot per completion report. A wide spread means something differs between batches.
The costs tab turns time into money: one hourly rate, an overhead surcharge calculated from the shop's own indirect hours of the last 28 days, and optional material per piece. Parts with missing material prices are marked, so nobody mistakes a labor-only total for the full cost.
The production manager writes orders: part, operation, operator, quantity, note, optional rush flag. The operator accepts it at the terminal, works, closes it. The manager confirms after counting – a deliberate statement, not a formality. Chains of operations release step by step, and a paper slip can be printed and scanned back in.
One screen, no scrolling, no settings: which machine runs which job, who works on it, five key figures compared with last week, open work orders in the lower third and a running text for announcements. It counts down to break and to the automatic stop and turns red if the connection is lost.
Week in review as a PDF you can send, a daily overview to catch forgotten reports, operator hours and a full booking history – plus tools to repair mistakes without breaking the audit trail: time corrections with banners for jobs never stopped, and completion reports that can be reviewed and undone.
Closing the browser, signing out or a dead battery never ends a job.
One active job per machine, the maintenance block and operation checks cannot be bypassed.
No time collects overnight or over a weekend; the entry is marked and flagged for correction.
No quantities over the limit, no times in the future, no restarting a stopped clock.
Admin access closes itself after inactivity, with separate codes for admin and production manager.
No attendance tracking and no employee ranking – a long run is information, not a verdict.
The app you see here is the starting point. We adjust it to your process before it goes live.
No. It measures time on parts and operations, not employee presence.
The shift-end safety net stops open jobs and flags them in red until the time is corrected.
No. Work orders are a switch; the app works fully without them.
Any tablet or browser at the machine; the monitor runs on any screen with a browser.
Yes. Set an hourly rate and the overhead is calculated from real indirect hours; add material per part for the total.
Yes, parts and routings can be imported from CSV or Excel during setup.
Tell us which app fits and what you do differently. We will show you what it looks like with your terminology, roles and branding. Guided demos of all apps start in 2027 – request yours now and we will keep you posted.