I built a Manufacturing Status Web App
Currently I work for a lean manufacturing company. Data means the world to this company but they've been technologically stuck in the early 2000's... until they hired me. This manufacturer has multiple departments and most products flow through each one; Sales, Laser, Press-brake, Machine-shop, etc. Currently there are "and-on" lights in each department to show the status of production, but can't be seen by other departments (walls). This web app will help departments see who's the bottleneck and needs assistance.
What is it:
So I took it upon myself to build a department status web app to help track what departments are falling behind and need help.
What I used:
I used web sockets for real-time changes, a React front-end, Node.js backend, and MySQL for storing the values.
Next Steps:
Pitch it to the owner of the company.
Thanks for sharing, Nate.
I can't follow along, maybe because I'm not your target audience. But generally I think video demos and gifs will help to share the idea.
Thanks for the input Dinakar! I can definitely recognize this not making much sense when out of context. I'll have to update this with a gif tonight, thank you!
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Pretty cool! Good luck on the pitch.
Just curious, your product is targeting manufacturing companies, so I belive you have experience working or at least knowledge about how manufacturing companies work flow, right?
Correct, I currently work for a manufacturing facility as the sole developer. They mentioned the need for a facility-wide production status, so I begin building this. It's not close to an MVP yet, I'm still trying to figure out how to tailor this to fit other companies.