CAB Solution Profile
Advanced Manufacturing Operations
Manufacturers often have an ERP for planning and accounting, while the floor runs on whiteboards, spreadsheets and radios. CAB can build the controlled workflow layer in between.
01 · The friction
What's slowing the business down
Plants generate constant operational signals, but they rarely reach decision-makers in time. The gap between the ERP and the floor becomes a reporting burden and a source of avoidable downtime.
- · Production status lives on whiteboards.
- · Downtime reasons are written down — or not at all.
- · Quality issues are logged on paper and summarized weekly.
- · Shift handoffs depend on verbal updates.
- · Supervisors build reports from several spreadsheets.
- · Maintenance requests are radioed or emailed.
02 · What CAB builds
One connected system
Floor tasking
Work orders and tasks on tablets at each line or cell.
Downtime capture
Stops logged with reasons in seconds.
Quality workflows
Nonconformances, holds and corrective actions tracked to close.
Shift handoffs
Structured handoff notes for every shift.
Maintenance requests
Requests routed with priority and equipment history.
Live dashboards
Output, downtime and quality by line, shift and day.
03 · Before → After
How the work changes
Before CAB
- Supervisors spend hours compiling reports.
- Downtime reasons are guessed after the fact.
- Recurring problems hide in paper logs.
With CAB
- Work order released from ERP (Software)
- Tasks assigned to line (Software)
- Downtime logged (Software)
- Pattern detected (AI)
- Supervisor alerted (Automation)
- Quality hold placed (Human approval)
- Corrective action approved (Human approval)
- Status synced to ERP (Automation)
You stay in control: Managers decide what's measured. · Teams decide the reason codes. · Engineers decide the response.
04 · The plan
Start small, then expand
- First move: Floor tasking
- Lines, cells and roles
- Work order and ERP interface
- Downtime and quality codes
- Approval chains
- Dashboard metrics
Starting project range: $10,000–$20,000+
Possible improvements, not guaranteed results. Final scope and price are set in your Blueprint.