Production MES / Digital shop floor

The shop floor works from the plan, not from paper and phone calls

Operativo brings operations, instructions, materials and controls onto a tablet or browser. Operators advance the work while the system collects actual times, produced quantities, pauses, checklists and data that feed the scheduler, WMS and dashboards.

Live

job queue and operation status

Tablet + web

same flow for the shop floor

Zero paper

digital notes, sheets and checklists

IoT ready

quantities from piece counters

Operativo MES screen with job queue, current operation and production progress

In progress

Live operation

Checklist 4/4

Checks OK

Qty produced

Real data

More than progress updates

An operational MES, built for the pace of the shop floor

The difference is not pressing a button at the end of a job. It is giving operators the right context, preventing incomplete closures and turning every operation into reliable data for whoever plans.

Smart job queue

Each operator sees only the operations they can work on: dependencies respected, plan priority, scheduled due date and up-to-date status.

Tracked operator session

Start, pause, resume and end-of-operation update actual times, order status, the real operator and the workstation.

Real produced quantity

At closing, the actual quantity is recorded. When needed, the flow also handles partial completions.

Live production overview

Managers and supervisors see orders in progress, active machines, operators at work and progress — without phone calls.

Operator experience

Few commands, but all the context you need

The work screen should not be a compressed ERP. It must say what to do now, which checks are needed and what happens when the operation is closed.

Step 1

Select operator and resource

The MES filters the queue by machine, operation or operator assignment.

The view opens already on the right context: resource, order and workable operation.

Step 2

Start the ready operation

The session records the owner, the real start time and the operation status.

From that moment, times, progress and accountability become production data.

Step 3

Pause or resume without losing context

Pauses stay in the production data and can explain deviations and waits.

The supervisor immediately sees what is stopped, what resumes and where delay builds up.

Step 4

Close with quantity and checks

Checklists, produced quantity, reason codes and notes enter the job actuals.

The operation is not closed as a generic tick: it returns to the cycle with real evidence.

Operational quality

Instructions, controls and materials arrive inside the operation

The MES does not only collect times. It brings the right documentation to the shop floor and blocks closure when checks, evidence or production data are required.

Blocking checklists

Checkboxes, text fields, numeric values, menus and mandatory photos prevent closing an operation without evidence.

Photos and references

Reference photos guide the operator; validation photos stay saved on the order operation.

Item sheets and PDFs

Work instructions, datasheets, attachments and operating guides are readable during the job.

Linked materials

The operation carries materials, picking, staging and real consumption when the WMS is active.

Operational sub-steps

A macro-operation can show internal steps X/N, keeping the queue simple and the shop-floor detail rich.

Reason codes and anomalies

Delays, material defects, long setups or waits become analyzable data, not messages lost in chat.

Control room

Whoever controls production sees signals, not stories

The live overview turns shop-floor activity into an instant read: orders in progress, stopped machines, busy operators, late operations and actuals that explain the deviations.

Orders in progress

current operation, item, operator and progress

Machine status

resources working, idle or late

Operator status

who is working, where and on which order

Efficiency

planned cycle time vs actual operation time

On-time delivery

delays against customer deadlines

Audit trail

MES events on start, completion and closed order

Operator

Works from a clean queue, opens instructions, fills checklists and closes the operation in a few taps.

Shop-floor supervisor

Monitors progress, downtime, queues, operators and issues without chasing verbal updates.

Production manager

Compares plan and reality, sees where delays build up and decides whether to reschedule.

Management

Reads KPIs, efficiency, on-time delivery and operational causes from data collected directly on the floor.

Data that improves the plan

Every closed operation feeds scheduling, WMS and analytics

The MES is where the plan meets reality. Actual times and quantities become available to better estimate cycles, read inefficiencies and prepare the next operations.

1

The shop floor reports actuals

actual times, pauses, quantities, notes, checklists and real operators

2

The manager sees the deviations

delays, setups, inefficiencies, reason codes and resource utilization

3

The scheduler works on better data

the next plan starts from what actually happened, not from theoretical times

Want to see the MES on the real flow of your shop floor?

In a demo we start from orders, operations, operators and materials: we see what the operator sees, what happens when an operation is closed and which data reach production and planning.

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