Do You Actually Know What's Happening on Your Shop Floor Right Now?
Most millwork owners can tell you what shipped last week. Far fewer can tell you which work centre is running behind today, which operator has the highest rework rate this month, or why Job #4471 is two days late. Seradex Shop Floor Data Collection gives you a live view of every job, every work centre, and every hour being worked - so you can manage your operation in real time, not in hindsight.
The Invisible Bottleneck Is Costing You More Than You Think
When your shop operates on paper travelers, whiteboard schedules, and end-of-day verbal updates, problems compound silently. A jammed edge bander slows three downstream operations before anyone escalates it. An operator rebuilds a component that another station already scrapped. A rush job skips the finishing queue because no one updated the board.
Seradex replaces your paper-based visibility with real-time digital tracking - at the panel saw, the CNC router, the edge bander, the assembly bench, and the spray booth. No expensive hardware overhaul required. A tablet, a barcode scanner, and a Seradex workstation licence is all it takes to transform your shop floor visibility.
What Seradex Captures on Your Shop Floor
Real-Time Job Progress by Work Centre
Operators clock into jobs at each work centre using a simple scan or tap. Seradex shows you live progress for every open work order - how many pieces are complete, how many are in queue, and which operations are running behind schedule.
Labour Tracking by Operator & Operation
Capture actual hours by person and by task - saw time, routing time, assembly time, finishing time. Compare actual labour to your estimated hours at the work order level. Know immediately when a job is going over budget before it's too late to act.
Quality & Rework Flagging
When an operator identifies a defect - a tear-out on a face frame, a misdrilled hardware hole, an off-square carcass - they log it at the workstation. Seradex records the part, the issue, the work centre, and the corrective action. Over time, you see patterns and fix root causes.
Real-Time Material Consumption
As sheet goods, lumber, and hardware are consumed at each work centre, Seradex updates your inventory in real time. No more end-of-week cycle counts to reconcile what the system says versus what's actually in the rack.
Digital Traveler Replacement
Replace paper travelers with digital job packets at each work centre. Operators see the cut-list, the work order instructions, the hardware spec, and the finish schedule - all on their workstation screen. Changes propagate instantly.
Machine Utilization & Downtime Tracking
Know which machines are running, idle, or down - and for how long. When a CNC router goes down for a tooling change, Seradex logs the duration and reason. Recurring downtime patterns become visible and addressable.
From the Shop Floor to the Executive
Dashboard - In Real Time
Use case:
For the Shop Foreman
See every open work order, every work centre queue, and every exception in a single live view. Prioritize, reassign, and communicate - without walking the floor three times a day.
Use case:
For the Production Planner
When a machine goes down or a rush job is inserted, Seradex shows you the downstream impact on every open work order and suggests reschedule options based on actual queue depth.
Use case:
For the Business Owner or GM
A live dashboard shows on-time delivery rate, labour efficiency, machine utilization, and rework cost - updated continuously. Your monthly operations review becomes a conversation about trends, not a reconstruction of what happened.
What Real-Time Shop Floor Visibility Delivers
Real-time shop floor data is linked to up to 20% less machine downtime when issues are caught early, up to 15% better labour productivity when work is tracked accurately, and up to 25% less rework when quality problems are flagged in the moment.
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to common questions to help you better understand our solutions and processes.
Do we need to install special hardware on our machines?
No. Seradex SFDC works with standard tablets, workstations, and barcode scanners. There is no requirement to retrofit your CNC machines or other equipment with IoT sensors, though integration is supported if you have it.
How do operators interact with the system?
Operators scan a job barcode or tap a work order on a touch screen to clock in. At the end of an operation, they scan out and log quantities and any quality flags. The interface is designed for shop floor simplicity - minimal training required.
How does this connect to our job costing?
Every labour entry and material consumption record flows directly into Seradex's job costing module. Your job cost is updated in real time as work progresses — not reconstructed at month-end.
Can we track multiple operators working on the same job simultaneously?
Yes. Multiple operators can be clocked into the same work order at the same or different work centres simultaneously. Seradex aggregates their time and reports it against the job's labour budget.
What if an operator makes an error in their time entry?
Supervisors have correction access to adjust entries, with a full edit log maintained for payroll and audit purposes.
"We had a great shop - skilled people, good equipment - but we were flying blind. Seradex showed us that one work centre was absorbing 60% of our rework. We fixed the process, and our rework cost dropped by over $80,000 in the first year. That's not a software ROI conversation anymore - that's just math".
General Manager, Custom Cabinetry & Millwork Manufacturer
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