Floor phone
What’s in each bay, what’s late, who to chase next. Built for a supervisor walk-around — not a van crew board.
For a small manufacturing plant
One board for the plant. What’s running, what’s late, what’s tying up cash.
Mornings disappear into the job book. A quote goes cold while everyone is on the tools. Cash sits in unfinished work. An invoice still isn’t sent. This is where MyIndustryBuddy can help.
Sample plant: Northern Rivers Fabrication · 14 people · Ballina / Lismore · metal fab.
01 — Tour
One board. Floor phone and office desk.
Same plant, two views. Walk the floor with the phone. Run the week from the desk. Insights first — running work, late jobs, quiet quotes, unpaid invoices, cash in WIP, quoted vs actual.
Office desk
The full week on a wide board: quotes going quiet, invoices still out, cash tied in unfinished jobs, margin drift.
Chase list
Call, chase, send, book. Tick it when it’s done. Same pattern as Trade Buddy — plant facts, not site visits.
Live sample board wires into #sample-board in Prompt 03–04. Desk route /board comes later.
02 — On the floor
By hand, or fed from the books — you choose.
No public prices. No self-serve signup. Tyrone rings you back.
Manual
- Tap jobs inBays, due dates, and chase lines by hand.
- Save to the home screenOpens like an app. Still loads on a weak plant Wi‑Fi.
- Only your plant sees itLight or dark. Login for your people only.
Automated / hybrid
- Books and diariesPull invoices and calendars when you’re ready — stub first, real feeds later.
- Keep the + where it helpsHybrid keeps manual add beside the feeds.
- Honest limitNot MRP. Not ERP. Not MES.
If you need a full MRP to plan every machine, BOM, and purchase order, we will say no — this is a plant board for what is running, late, and tying up cash, not a replacement for MRP, ERP, or MES.
03 — Contact
Tell Tyrone what’s costing time or cash.
No mailing list. The note goes to Tyrone. He will ring you back.