Manufacturing Software for Small Factories: Orders, Stock, Shifts and a Trade Portal
Mythex lets a small manufacturer connect the things that usually live on the factory office whiteboard: trade orders, raw material stock with bills of materials, operator shifts by machine qualification, and the promised ship date a customer sees in their portal. Describe your products and processes in chat, check the live preview and publish with a real database.
Why promised dates slip
A small manufacturer balances fixed capacity against orders that never arrive evenly. Trade customers email purchase orders, ask for samples, chase delivery dates and pay on account. The production plan sits on a whiteboard or a spreadsheet that one person understands, built around machine setups, minimum batches and raw material lead times. When a component runs out or the only trained operator is off, the plan slips and nobody tells the customer until they call. Partial shipments go unbilled, and artwork disputes surface after the run. A factory needs orders, stock and the schedule linked, so the date given to a customer is one the floor can actually meet.
- Purchase orders recorded with product codes and required dates
- Bills of materials so production consumes the right components
- Reorder points set from real supplier lead times
- Operators assigned only to machines they are qualified on
- Order stage and ship date visible to the customer
- Partial shipments invoiced as they leave
What you can build for manufacturers
Capability pages buyers can qualify against
Processes, materials, tolerances and maximum part sizes, minimum order quantities and typical lead times, and certifications with dates. The RFQ form takes drawings and specification files.
Build a website for my manufacturing company with capability pages per process listing materials, tolerances and maximum sizes, minimum order quantities and lead times, our certifications with dates, photos of real parts and the floor, and an RFQ form that accepts drawings and spec files with annual volume.
A trade portal with order stage and ship date
Each trade customer sees open orders, the production stage and the promised ship date, downloads certificates of conformity and delivery notes per batch, signs off artwork or specification before a run, and reorders in one step.
Make a trade customer portal for my factory. Customers see open orders with stage (scheduled, in production, QC, dispatched) and promised ship date, download certificates of conformity and delivery notes per batch, approve artwork or spec files before production, and reorder from past orders.
Raw material, WIP and finished goods with BOMs
Raw materials, work in progress and finished goods are counted separately. Production orders consume components through bills of materials, batch numbers give traceability, and reorder points follow each supplier's lead time.
Build an inventory app for my factory with raw materials, work in progress and finished goods. Products have bills of materials, and completing a production order deducts components. Track batch numbers, and set reorder points per material from supplier lead time and average daily use.
Shift rotas that know who can run each line
Day, evening and night shifts are planned with operator machine qualifications, so the rota warns when a line has nobody trained. Overtime is tracked against planned peaks and absences are covered from qualified operators first.
Make a shift scheduling app for my factory. Day, evening and night shifts per line; each operator has machine qualifications. Warn when a shift has no qualified operator for a running machine, suggest qualified cover for absences, and total overtime per week.
Accounts, samples and forecasts
Accounts hold buyers, engineers and accounts payable contacts, the product codes each customer buys, sample requests tracked to first order, and annual volume forecasts from key customers.
Make a CRM for a manufacturer. Accounts have buyer, engineer and accounts payable contacts, the product codes and specs they buy, sample requests tracked to first production order, and an annual volume forecast per product.
Invoices raised on dispatch
Each shipment, full or partial, raises an invoice with the customer's PO number and product codes. Tooling and setup charges sit apart from unit prices, and overdue accounts get reminders against their credit terms.
Create an invoicing app for my factory. Invoice each dispatch, including partial shipments, with the customer's PO number and product code on every line. Bill tooling and setup separately, apply credit terms per account and list overdue invoices.
From the whiteboard to a linked plan
Photograph the whiteboard, then enter what is on it: open orders with product, quantity and required date. Add bills of materials for your ten busiest products and a stock count of their components. With those two in place, the app can tell you which orders are short of material before they reach the floor. Shifts and the customer portal follow.
- Open orders with required dates
- BOMs for the busiest products
- Component stock count
Traceability and quality records
Customers in regulated supply chains may require batch traceability, certificates of conformity and records of who approved what. Record batch numbers at goods-in, link them to production orders and attach QC results to each dispatch. Mythex builds the records; the quality standards you are certified to remain yours to meet.
Questions
Can customers see where their order is?
Yes. A trade portal shows each order's production stage and promised ship date. It is only as current as the updates your team records.
Can it handle bills of materials?
Yes. Define each product's components and quantities, and completing a production order deducts them from stock. Shortages show before production starts.
Will it replace our ERP?
It can for a small factory that runs on spreadsheets. If you already have an ERP, use Mythex for what it lacks, like a customer portal, and import data by CSV or an API you connect.
Do we need programmers?
No. You describe your factory in plain language and Mythex builds the app. On Pro you can edit and export the code.
Can I try it free?
Yes. The Free plan needs no card and includes daily credits. Pro is $25/month and adds a custom domain, code editing and export.
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- Manufacturer Website Builder: Show Capabilities and Take RFQs
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