Most shops already have a system of record on the floor — the paper traveler, with its stamps and initials and the job number in Sharpie. Making it digital is not a big floor-software project. It's three questions, one scan, and a screen the floor actually looks at.
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The first post in a series on moving more work through a shop — from one station, to the office, to the shops you trade with. It starts with a roll of tape and three numbers, and most of what it finds doesn't need a line of code.