Most shops that try software stop using it within a month, because keeping it current is a second job. MRPLight is kept current by one scan when work starts and one when it is done.
Each job gets a printed plate with a QR code. It travels with the work. Scan Start, scan Done, and the job moves to the next station's column without anyone in the office touching it.
After a few weeks of scans MRPLight knows how long work really waits and runs at each station. Every open job carries an estimate beside its promised date, and the ones that will miss are listed first thing each morning.
Reports separate hands-on time from waiting time. The station where jobs wait longest is where the next hire, the next machine or the next hour of overtime pays off first.
Tell MRPLight what a product takes and it compares open jobs with the shelf. A job that cannot be finished with the material on hand is flagged before it reaches the first station.
No. A phone or a shared tablet works: type the job number or point the camera at the plate. Any USB or Bluetooth scanner that acts like a keyboard also works.
No. Floor people sign in with a shop code and a four-digit PIN. A station tablet stays signed in for the day.
A whiteboard shows where jobs are if someone updates it. It cannot tell you how long each step usually takes, which jobs will be late, or what material the open jobs still need.
More: simple mrp, raw material inventory, job costing, or pricing.
The demo shop has eleven weeks of jobs, scans and material in it. Nothing to install and no form to fill in.