Production tracking, job cards, quality, maintenance and traceability for small and mid-sized UK manufacturers. Built around your ERP, your machines and the people on the floor.
The gap
Most manufacturers already have an ERP or MRP system that is good at orders, stock and invoicing. What it rarely does well is the detail of the day on the shop floor: which job is on which machine, why line 2 stopped at ten past three, what was scrapped and why.
That gap gets filled with whiteboards, paper travellers and spreadsheets. They work, until the business grows, a customer asks for traceability, or someone needs an answer before the end of the week.
We build the software that fills that gap properly, connected to the systems you already have, and simple enough that the people doing the work actually want to use it.
Typical projects
Start with the one that costs you most. Each can grow into the next.
Whiteboards and end-of-shift spreadsheets replaced with tablets at each line recording output, stoppages and reasons as they happen.
Paper job cards replaced by a system that pulls orders from the ERP, tracks each operation and books completions back.
Inspections, NCRs and corrective actions logged with photos, routed for approval and reported by customer, part and cause.
Breakdown requests raised from the shop floor, planned maintenance scheduled, and history kept against each asset.
A quote builder that applies your pricing rules, material costs and margins consistently, and tracks every quote to a result.
Batch and material traceability with barcode or QR scanning at goods-in, production and dispatch.
Wireless buttons at each line for line-down or assistance calls, showing on a screen and logged so response times can be measured.
A detailed fixed-asset register with QR labels on equipment, linked to maintenance history and capital spend.
Ready-made modules
Shop-floor checks, actions, maintenance, quality issues and OEE are available as modules of the Woerka platform: one account for your factory, starting with the module you need most. We build custom software for the rest, and where your process doesn't fit a module.
Designed for the floor
Screens built for gloves, tablets and a quick glance, not for a desk.
Barcodes, QR codes and pick lists instead of free text wherever possible.
Hosted on a server at your site if you prefer, so a broadband outage doesn't stop production.
Your part numbers, stop reasons, shift names and paperwork, not a vendor's.
Where to start
Many manufacturers start with a Quick Woerka pilot on one line or one process, then build out once it's proven.
One job, done properly.
£1,500–£3,000fixed price, inc. VAT
A single process that lives in a spreadsheet, on paper or in someone's head.
e.g. Digital job cards, Goods-in log with photos, Quote calculator
Keeps a whole team moving.
£3,000–£6,500fixed price, inc. VAT
Workflows that cross people or departments, with approvals, handovers and reporting.
e.g. Quality and non-conformance system, Maintenance requests and PM schedule, Customer service CRM
Connected systems that do the heavy lifting.
£6,500–£12,000fixed price, inc. VAT
Systems that pull live data from machines, ERP or other software and put it in front of the people who act on it.
e.g. OEE and downtime tracking, ERP-linked works order system, Line-side performance boards
Keeps quietly working after launch.
Monthlyagreed per system, cancel any time
Any system we have built for you, or one you already rely on and need looking after.
e.g. Hosting and backups, Monthly improvements, Support for a system built by someone else
Questions
Mostly small and mid-sized manufacturers, from single-site job shops to multi-line plants with a few hundred people. The common thread is a process that has outgrown spreadsheets and paper.
Almost never. We build around your ERP, reading and writing the data it holds, and fill the gaps it leaves on the shop floor.
They will if it saves them effort. We design with the people on the floor: big buttons, few screens, and nothing typed that could be scanned or picked from a list.
No. Systems can run entirely on your own network, on a server at your site.
Free 30-minute call
A no-obligation conversation, on site or on a call. You'll come away with a clear view of what's worth fixing, what it would cost, and whether software is the right answer at all.