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Your Shop Floor Runs Blind Because Your MES Can't Talk to Your ERP

If you're a plant manager watching operators copy-paste production counts into spreadsheets, you're running a $50M facility on Excel and hope.

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95+
Lighthouse score
Shop-floor kiosks included
6-10 weeks
Typical timeline
MVP to production rollout
$40K-$200K
Project range
Single line to multi-plant
5,000+
Sites shipped
Since 2012
What Manufacturing Software Actually Connects -- And What Gets Left Behind

Your machine spits a downtime event at 6:14 AM. The PLC logs it. The SCADA screen shows it. But your shift supervisor won't see it until 2 PM when someone runs the Excel macro. Manufacturing software development bridges that gap -- pulling telemetry from your PLCs, sensors, and barcode scanners into interfaces your team actually opens. We build on Next.js for operator kiosks, Supabase for Postgres-backed storage with row-level security per plant, and MQTT brokers (EMQX, HiveMQ) that ingest 50,000+ messages per second without choking. Your floor gets touchscreen work queues that survive Wi-Fi drops. Your managers get OEE dashboards that refresh in under 200ms. Your ERP gets bi-directional connectors so production actuals flow into planning without a CSV handoff. The alternative is a $120K MES module that takes nine months to configure and still can't talk to your legacy equipment.

Your Current Site May Be a Liability

Common gaps we find in nearly every audit.

Operators toggle between four screens and a clipboard to log production data.
Risk: Manual entry errors cost manufacturers 1-3% of annual revenue in scrap and rework.
Your SCADA/HMI vendor charges $15K per additional client license.
Risk: Budget locks you into a read-only view for managers who need write access to scheduling.
OEE calculations happen end-of-shift in Excel, not in real time.
Risk: You can't catch a downtime event until it's already eaten 45 minutes of throughput.
IT won't let the new MES touch the ERP because the last integration broke invoicing.
Risk: Data silos persist and production planning stays a week behind actuals.
The offshore team built a React app that can't handle 10K concurrent sensor events.
Risk: Dashboards freeze during peak production -- exactly when you need them most.
Quality inspection records live in paper binders that auditors request every quarter.
Risk: A failed ISO audit delays customer contracts and triggers corrective-action plans.

What Your Website Could Look Like

Custom-designed for your industry. No templates. No stock photos.

Manufacturing MES dashboard with IoT sensors
Custom MES with industrial IoT telemetry, quality tracking, and production scheduling

What We Build

Purpose-built features for your industry.

Replace the four-screen operator workflow that forces manual re-entry of batch codes and cycle times

Live availability, performance, and quality scores pushed via Supabase Realtime -- no polling, no refresh button your managers forget to click

Escape per-seat licensing that charges $15K every time a new supervisor needs dashboard access

Touch-optimized kiosks with offline-first service workers so operators log defects and scan barcodes even when the plant Wi-Fi drops

Kill the end-of-shift Excel ritual where OEE gets calculated six hours after the downtime occurred

MQTT clusters that handle 50K+ messages per second from edge gateways and pipe telemetry into Supabase via serverless functions

Bridge the ERP firewall that IT locked down after the last integration broke your invoicing queue

REST and OData connectors to SAP, Oracle, Epicor, or Infor so production actuals update planning without a Thursday night manual export

Rebuild the offshore dashboard that freezes when 10,000 sensor events arrive during second shift

SPC charts, digital checklists, and audit-ready PDFs stored in Postgres with row-level security that isolates each facility's compliance records

Digitize the paper inspection binders that auditors request 48 hours before your ISO recertification

Multi-plant executive dashboards built with Next.js ISR -- reports load instantly but data stays within 60 seconds of real time

Our Development Process

From discovery to launch. Quality at every step.

01

Plant & Data Audit

Week 1

We map your existing PLCs, sensors, SCADA systems, and ERP endpoints to define what data exists and where the gaps are.

02

Architecture & MQTT Topology

Week 2-3

We design the broker topology, Supabase schema, and Next.js route structure -- then validate with your IT and OT teams.

03

Core Build & Ingestion Pipeline

Week 4-6

MQTT broker deployment, Supabase edge functions for data transformation, and the first operator-facing dashboard go live in staging.

04

Integration & Floor Testing

Week 7-8

We connect ERP APIs, run kiosk hardware tests on the production floor, and stress-test ingestion at 2x expected message volume.

05

Rollout & Shift Training

Week 9-10

Phased deployment across lines or plants, operator training sessions per shift, and a 30-day hypercare window with on-call support.

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Frequently Asked Questions

A single-line OEE dashboard with MQTT ingestion and Supabase backend starts around $40K. Multi-plant systems with ERP integration, quality portals, and kiosk UIs land between $100K and $200K. We scope fixed-price after the Week 1 audit so you won't get a surprise change order. The biggest cost variable is the number of ERP and PLC integrations — each connector adds roughly $8K-$15K depending on API documentation quality.
Most teams see a working staging dashboard by Week 5. Production rollout for a single facility typically wraps by Week 8-10. Multi-plant deployments stagger after that — usually 2-3 weeks per additional site once the core platform is stable. We don't do 6-month waterfall timelines. You'll see working software every two weeks.
Traditional MES platforms charge per-seat licenses, lock you into proprietary databases, and take 6-12 months to customize. Next.js gives you server-rendered dashboards that load in under a second on a $200 kiosk tablet. Supabase gives you a full Postgres database with real-time subscriptions, row-level security, and zero per-seat fees. You own the code, you own the data, and you can hire any React developer to maintain it. We've replaced $80K/year SaaS contracts with this stack.
Yes. We work with Modbus TCP, OPC-UA, and MQTT-native devices. For older PLCs that only speak Modbus or proprietary protocols, we deploy an edge gateway (typically a Raspberry Pi or Advantech box running Node-RED or Ignition Edge) that translates to MQTT. Your existing SCADA stays untouched — we read from it, we don't replace it unless you want us to.
The kiosk UI is built offline-first with service workers and IndexedDB caching. Operators can keep logging defects and scanning work orders. When connectivity returns, queued records sync to Supabase automatically. On the telemetry side, the MQTT broker and edge gateway buffer messages locally until the upstream connection recovers. We've tested this with 4-hour outage simulations — zero data loss.
A standard engagement runs with a 3-4 person squad: one senior full-stack engineer (Next.js + Supabase), one IoT/integration engineer handling MQTT and PLC connectivity, one UI engineer for kiosk and dashboard work, and a project lead who's done manufacturing installs before. For multi-plant builds we'll scale to 5-6. Everyone's W-2 or long-term contract — no random freelancer rotation.
We offer monthly retainers starting at $3K/month that cover Vercel and Supabase infrastructure monitoring, MQTT broker health checks, dependency updates, and up to 20 hours of feature work. Most manufacturing clients stay on retainer for at least the first year because production requirements shift with new product lines. You'll get a dedicated Slack channel and a 4-hour response SLA during business hours.
Supabase row-level security policies enforce plant-level and role-level access out of the box. All data is encrypted at rest (AES-256) and in transit (TLS 1.3). We support SSO via SAML or OIDC for enterprise IT requirements. For regulated industries, we've built to FDA 21 CFR Part 11 requirements including electronic signatures and full audit trails stored in Postgres. You'll get a security architecture doc as part of the Week 2-3 deliverable.
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