Pipes · integration
Connected, not retyped.
Entered once, not copied from one system to the next. A pipe carries each number from where it is entered to where it is used, with its age on it, so every copy agrees. The connector is written for the job, not bought by the seat, and it often lands in the spreadsheet already in use.
Thirty-five-person AS9100 machine shop
Sample — illustrative mock-up
In the cloud, or secure and offline
On our servers, or on the company's own machines with nothing leaving the building.
Tested, not trusted
Exports change without warning, and a pipe that drops one record in a hundred is worse than none. Each one is tested against the real records before anything depends on it.
From anything to anything
The systems the samples read, grouped by kind, each with what it feeds.
Accounting
- Billing Finished jobs not yet invoiced · Finished jobs not yet billed · Finished jobs not yet billed
- QuickBooks Job done to invoice sent · Finished, not invoiced
- Bank feed Cash in
- Invoices tab Shipped, not invoiced
- Month-end report Yield, raw to finished
Business systems
- Maintenance system PMs done on time · PMs done on time, this month
- Field service app Open jobs
- Lot tracker Lots waiting for test
- Point of sale Orders this week
- Purchase orders Parts on order for the hangar
Machines and sensors
- Job travelers Spindle hours booked, next week · Jobs on machines
- Building automation Chiller plant peak load
- Line log OEE, line 1, this week
- Tester summaries Yield by test site
Inboxes and quotes
- Added-work quotes Findings awaiting owner approval
- Cart inbox Estimates sent this season
- Morning call Crews on a job today
- Quote emails Open quotes
- Quote inbox Quote requests last month
- Supplier emails Installs waiting on glass
Spreadsheets, lists, and logs
- Stock list Last count of the shelf · Last count of mahogany on hand · Last count of the bar on the rack
- Job list Installs due this week · Jobs open · Jobs due this week
- Order list Orders due to ship this week · Orders due to ship this week · Orders due to ship this week
- PO log Parts out at plating & heat treat · Material on order
- Receiving log Special-order blades · Raw product in the cooler
- Schedule Machine hours booked next week · Machines booked tonight
and 33 more in the samples
What one pipe changes
Sample — illustrative mock-up Special-order blades Counted by a pipe, not by hand: special-order blades reaches the last blade between Monday and Wednesday, not between Sunday and Thursday. Forty-person business-jet repair station
Sample — illustrative mock-up Technician hours booked, next week Counted by a pipe, not by hand: technician load reaches the overtime line Sunday or Monday, not between tomorrow and Tuesday. Twelve-person sign shop run from one workbook
Sample — illustrative mock-up Vinyl and board on hand Counted by a pipe, not by hand: the vinyl reaches a reorder level between Sunday and Tuesday, not between today and next Saturday.
All three run on one Frame: a live model of your company, every number marked current, stale, or dark. How it works
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