Short answer
Key facts
- Tracked per
- Machine · operator · shift · job card · part
- Captured
- Good pieces, rejects with reason, setup/run/pause time, tool changes, breakdowns
- How
- 3 taps on a tablet; optional auto-count box or controller connection
- Reports
- Shift report and daily production report, automatic; exportable
- Costing
- Cost per piece per job — machine time, tooling, rejection loss — live
- Works offline
- Yes; syncs later with original timestamps
What does production tracking software track on a job-shop floor?
- Pieces vs target per job card, per machine, per operator, per shift — live.
- Rejects with a reason (dimension, tool mark, burr, material…) so patterns show up instead of a monthly rejection number.
- Setup time vs plan, run time, pauses with reasons, and breakdowns.
- Tool changes and tool life per insert, per job — the catalogue says 400 pieces; your floor says 280.
- Cost per piece as the job runs: machine time, tooling, coolant and rejection loss.
- The job's full story: a timeline of setups, runs, pauses, pieces and stops from first tap to completion.
How does the data get in — without a data-entry clerk?
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Operator logs in at the machine
A basic Android tablet at each machine. Machine code plus a 4-digit PIN — the system now knows who is on which machine. - 02
Picks the job, taps as they work
Pending job cards appear with part, quantity and due date. +pieces, reject with reason, tool change, pause, breakdown — each tap timestamped. - 03
Owner sees it live
Every tap updates the floor board, the job card and the reports. Phone, laptop or the TV on the wall. Alerts for breakdowns in seconds.
When you want counting hands-free, add an auto-count box on that machine, or connect the controller directly — the tablet keeps rejects, reasons and job selection. See how OpeEye connects to your machines.
Register, Excel or software — what actually changes?
| Register / diary | Excel / WhatsApp | OpeEye | |
|---|---|---|---|
| When you know the count | End of shift, if filled | Next morning, if typed | Live, every few seconds |
| Rejects | A number | A number | Each reject with a reason and time |
| Why a machine stopped | Operator's memory | Rarely recorded | Logged at the moment, one tap |
| Operator efficiency | Not measurable | Hours of typing | Computed automatically |
| Cost of the job | After the invoice | After the invoice | While the job runs |
| Daily production report | Written by the supervisor at 9 pm | Typed by someone | Generated automatically |
| When internet is down | Works | Works | Works — syncs later |
Which reports come out automatically?
Shift report
Daily production report
Job card summary
Operator efficiency
Machine timeline
OEE
What does a piece really cost?
The number most owners learn last is the one that decides whether a job made money. OpeEye adds up machine time at the machine's rate, tool consumption at the insert's cost, coolant and fluid top-ups, and the pieces rejected — per job, as it runs. So the cost per piece is on the screen while the job is on the machine, not after the invoice has gone out at last year's price.
Who uses it?
CNC and VMC job shops, component manufacturers and job-work units with 3–50 machines — in Rajkot's Shapar-Veraval and Metoda estates, in Ahmedabad's Vatva and Naroda, across Gujarat, and anywhere in India where production still lives in a register. Setup takes one afternoon. See pricing.
Stop reading the diary version. See the real output — live.
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Questions shop owners ask
How do operators enter production without typing?
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They tap. On the tablet at the machine, an operator logs in with a 4-digit PIN, picks the pending job, and then taps +pieces, reject (with a reason), tool change, pause or breakdown as they work. Three taps per entry, no keyboard, no forms. Each tap is timestamped and saved instantly.
Can production be counted automatically instead of by the operator?
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Yes, per machine. An optional auto-count box wired to the machine's cycle signal counts pieces and running time by itself; a direct controller connection (Fanuc, Haas, Mitsubishi — rolling out) reads the control's own part counter. The tablet still records rejects, reasons and which job is running.
Does OpeEye track production per job card?
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Yes. Every job card carries the part, the target quantity and the expected cycle. Pieces, rejects, setup time, run time, downtime and cost accumulate against the job card as it runs, so you see whether a job is ahead or behind — and what it actually cost — before it ships.
Does it generate the daily production report?
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Automatically. Shift reports and the daily production report — output per machine and per operator against target, rejects by reason, downtime by reason, OEE — are ready before the next shift starts, with nothing written by hand. Export them any time.
What if the shop-floor internet goes down?
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Operators keep tapping. Entries are stored on the tablet and sync automatically when the connection returns, with their original timestamps, so counts and timelines stay correct.
Is this an ERP or MES?
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It is the production-monitoring layer of an MES, built for job shops: live floor status, production tracking, downtime, OEE, job costing and reports. It is not an accounting or invoicing ERP — it sits alongside Tally or your ERP and supplies the production numbers those systems never see.
Related
- CNC machine monitoringWhat it does, how data gets off the machine, what it costs.
- OEE softwareAvailability × performance × quality, computed from real floor events.
- Daily production report formatThe columns that matter, a filled example, and how to automate it.
- Downtime trackingOne-tap stop reasons, breakdown alerts in seconds, hours lost by cause.