Every role assembles its own answer today, by hand, one question at a time
Ten roles. Pick yours and see which product it works from, the question you actually ask, what you get, and what is honestly not there yet.
Machine operator
Available nowWorks from: Shop-Trak
"What am I supposed to run next, and is this the right print?"
One station or one phone. Sign on under your own name, see the priority job, report quantities and scrap where it happened, and open the approved drawing with the job.
Machine state on the operator's job arrives with the Shop-Trak and Machine-Trak integration, expected by the end of 2026.
What this role gets
- The current priority at the point of work, on Visual Dispatch
- The approved instruction with the job, with Doc-Trak
- Setup and run recorded separately
- Quantities and scrap reported once, at the station
Assembler
Available nowWorks from: Shop-Trak
"Am I building this to the current spec?"
The approved work instruction opens with the job, and required instructions can be enforced in sequence where that matters.
Instruction enforcement is a choice per operation. Turn it on everywhere and you slow the floor down.
What this role gets
- The released revision, never a printed copy
- Required instructions enforced in view sequence where you choose
- One screen instead of a packet and a terminal
Shift supervisor
Expected early 2027Works from: Vantage, expected early 2027
"Where am I behind, and what is the one thing to move?"
Today, Shop-Trak shows supervisors every clock-in, quantity and scrap entry during the shift, with approval and adjustment in one place. Vantage will add live attainment and trouble areas on one screen.
The command center is expected early 2027. Until then the supervisor works from Shop-Trak and Machine-Trak.
What this role gets
- Transactions reviewed and adjusted before they post
- Downtime and scrap reasons on the record
- Live attainment and help routing with Vantage, expected early 2027
Planner and scheduler
Available nowWorks from: Fact-Trak
"Can I promise this date, and if I move it what breaks?"
Plan from job progress the floor reported this shift, not from a round of phone calls. Change a priority once and the floor sees it on Visual Dispatch.
A plan is only as good as its routings and standards. If those are wrong, fixing them is the first step.
What this role gets
- Live job progress in SyteLine
- Priorities pushed to the floor once
- Reports already current, not rebuilt on Monday
Engineer and document control
Available nowWorks from: Doc-Trak
"Did the change actually reach the floor?"
Release the revision once, and every station running that part opens the new print with the job.
Doc-Trak controls which revision reaches the floor. It works on the repositories you already run rather than replacing them.
What this role gets
- The released revision linked to item, job and operation
- A record of who viewed a required instruction
- Documents found in plain language from the SyteLine form
Purchasing and accounts payable
Available nowWorks from: Doc-Trak
"Where is the paperwork for this invoice?"
Open the invoice with the PO, receiver and packing slip already linked, one click from SyteLine.
An add-in that reads inbound supplier email is not promised for 2026.
What this role gets
- Inbound documents matched to the transaction
- Invoices filed to the supplier, PO and receiver
- Mass scan filing by barcode
Quality lead
Available nowWorks from: Quality-Trak
"Can I prove these parts were good, and catch the next one at the operation?"
Work every open NCR from the Quality Workbench, with its owner and due date, and pull the audit from the record.
Quality-Trak runs on SyteLine 9 and later. Cost of quality on the open job, beside labor cost, is next.
What this role gets
- Nonconformance, corrective action and audits inside SyteLine
- Inspections at the operation, with first-piece lock
- Pareto analytics on live records
Maintenance technician
Available nowWorks from: Machine-Trak
"Which machine is about to cost me a shift?"
Get the alert when the condition happens, and see how often that fault has hit this machine and others.
A machine condition that opens its own work order is planned for 2027.
What this role gets
- State and alert history on any asset, old ones included
- Downtime by reason, picked at the machine
- Machine time in dollars with eScore
Controller and finance
Available nowWorks from: Fact-Trak
"Where did the two margin points go, and can I prove it before close?"
Open standard against actual by job, drillable to the labor, material and scrap behind it, with labor posted the day the work happens.
Labor cost is on the job today; machine and quality cost follow as the products come together. Full Fact-Trak is part of the Pro tier.
What this role gets
- Job cost by labor, material and scrap
- Drill from a variance to the transaction
- One shared definition per measure
Plant manager and executive
Expected early 2027Works from: Vantage, expected early 2027
"Is this business making money where I think it is?"
Today, measured OEE and utilization from Machine-Trak and job cost from Fact-Trak. Vantage will put Job 360 and margin by job on one screen.
The full picture assumes the products underneath are in place. Start with the problem costing you the most.
What this role gets
- Measured OEE and utilization by cell
- Job cost you can trace
- Job 360 with Vantage, expected early 2027
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