Cut manual data entry by 90% across a panel manufacturing floor
Technocrafts ran orders, bills of materials and design paperwork on spreadsheets and email. We replaced that with one ERP suite where an order, its BOM and its drawings all live in the same place.
90%
Less manual data entry
1
System instead of four
Live
Order status, no chasing
Ongoing
Partnership since day one
What they were running on
- Order status tracked in spreadsheets, updated by hand
- Bills of Materials typed out manually against inventory lists
- Design PDFs reformatted by hand before going to the client
- Panel component layouts planned on paper
Why it had to change
Every order touched four disconnected systems and at least three people re-typing the same information. Mistakes surfaced late — usually on the shop floor, after material had already been issued. The team was not short of process; it was short of a single system that held the process.
The solution
- Order Management System covering switchgears, panels, spares and services, with an AI layer that answers 'where is order 4412?' in plain language
- BOM Creator that takes an item list and generates a verified Bill of Materials straight from live inventory data
- PDF automation that turns raw design exports into client-ready documents — indexed, formatted and mapped automatically
- GA circuit design tool that arranges panel components by height and spec to minimise board footprint
How we switched them over
Rolled out module by module, starting with order management. Existing spreadsheets were imported, not retyped, and the old sheets stayed available read-only until the team stopped opening them. No production day was lost to the switchover.
Timeline
Phased delivery, ongoing
Built with
React, Node.js, MongoDB, OCR, AI/ML
Typically compared against
SAP Business One, Odoo Manufacturing, Zoho Creator, Tally + spreadsheets
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