Ed's Concrete is a concrete fabrication and landscaping company with over 40 years experience in the sector. They design and engineer a variety of products from fireplaces, concrete benches and ornaments as well as concrete parts for building construction and even custom site solutions.

Existing practices were unsuitable to handle increasing demand for production. Communicating schedules among stakeholders within production cycle was also becoming difficult.

Keeping these requirements in mind a Production Tracker Application was engineered to manage production and orders. The application, simply put, enables an admin to create an order, assign parts that need to be produced to complete the order which then gets handed over to production and finally shipping. After completing shipment of an order the data is archived for future referrence.

After an administrator adds an order to the system, a schedule is created automatically based on the parts required for the order and the molds and other assets available to complete the production. A database maintains details on these aspects.

Errors and damages need to be accounted for during the production phase and hence it is important to allow for flexibility as a contingency. The system displays progress of production by showing how many of each parts required in an order has been completed or as the team at Ed's call it - "poured (into a mold)". An admin or production supervisor can edit the schedule by simply correcting the "poured" value. As the poured value is edited the system automatically adjusts the schedule to account for the change.

Once production is scheduled, screens present at production sites will display daily schedules. This improves communication among the team a great deal as each individual can simply look at what needs to be done for the day and complete that task. Once the task in completed the supervisor simply confirms it as complete and production continues as scheduled. Tasks unattended are notified and the system extends schedule to account for this.