See every manufacturing step, from confirmed sale to final dispatch.
Connect materials, production work, quality and maintenance alerts, inventory, dispatch, and reporting in one workflow — configured around how your business already operates, inside the tools your team already uses.
Manufacturing runs on information that rarely stays together.
The work is connected, but the information often isn't. These are patterns we see often — not every business has all of them.
- Sales information doesn't reach the shop floor clearly, so operations rebuild it by hand.
- The bill of materials lives in a separate sheet from the order it belongs to.
- Purchase requirements are worked out and passed on manually.
- Inventory counts go out of date between updates.
- Engineering changes are missed, and someone builds from an old instruction.
- Quality and maintenance issues are tracked apart from the work they affect.
- Dispatch doesn't have the latest completion status.
- The founder sees the report after the delay has already happened.
Without one connected system
- Order details re-keyed into three different sheets
- Material shortages found on the day they're needed
- The latest drawing lives in someone's inbox
- A quality issue noticed after dispatch
- Status pulled together by hand for every review
With 1LayerX
- The order carries its details into every next step
- Shortages show up against the order before work starts
- The current change is visible to the teams that need it
- A quality alert is tied to the order and product it affects
- Status is already there when you open the dashboard
One connected flow, from sale to dispatch.
Each step hands the right context to the next, so no team starts from a blank page. Where a step isn't part of how you work, it simply isn't switched on.
Sale or order confirmed
The order starts the flow and carries its details into every step that follows.
Bill of materials reviewed
The components the product needs sit with the order, not in a separate sheet.
Material availability checked
See what's already on hand before committing to build.
Purchase requirements identified
Where something is short, a purchase requirement is recorded against the order.
Routing and work sequence planned
The sequence of production steps is laid out so everyone knows what comes next.
Production entries recorded
Progress is captured against the order as the work happens.
Engineering changes captured
A change is recorded against what it affects and made visible to the right teams.
Quality and maintenance alerts raised
Issues are tied to the order, product, or equipment they relate to.
Inventory updated
Material status stays connected as things are received, issued, and used.
Product identified by QR or barcode
A scan opens the right record, without hunting through sheets.
Dispatch recorded and tracked
Dispatch is logged and connected back to the original sale or order.
Manufacturing dashboard updated
Status flows into the dashboard so the picture is ready when you open it.
Every order knows what it's made of.
A bill of materials lists the components a product needs. It sits with the order it belongs to, so the people planning and buying work from the same list.
- See the components a confirmed order requires, in one place.
- Connect each order to the materials it depends on.
- Give purchasing and planning a clear starting point.
- Confirm the structure of your BOM during setup so it matches how you build.
Know what you have before you commit to build.
Check what's available, record what you buy, and keep material status connected to the work that depends on it.
- Check whether the materials an order needs are already available.
- Record purchase requirements when something is short.
- Log received materials and update what's on hand.
- See shortages and gaps against the orders waiting on them.
- Carry material status through to production and dispatch.
Everyone builds from the current version.
When something changes, record it against the order, product, or process it affects — and make that change visible to the teams that need it.
- Record a requested change and what it applies to.
- Point it at the affected order, product, or process.
- Make the latest change visible to the relevant teams.
- Keep earlier notes alongside the change where that history is set up.
- Reduce the risk of anyone working from an outdated instruction.
Raise a quality issue against the work it affects.
A quality alert connects a problem to the exact product, batch, order, or activity it relates to, and makes clear who needs to look at it.
- Raise an alert when something needs review.
- Link it to the product, batch, order, or activity involved.
- Show who needs to review it and the current status.
- See how an open alert affects production or dispatch.
Keep equipment issues connected to the work they hold up.
Record a maintenance issue against the equipment or work it affects, and track it until it's closed where that status is set up.
- Record a maintenance issue when it comes up.
- Connect it to the relevant equipment or work.
- Show the impact on planned activities.
- Track status through to closure where that step is in place.
Show what comes next, and what's holding things up.
Lay out the sequence of production steps for an order, record progress against each one, and see where work is moving or stuck.
- Define the sequence of production activities for an order.
- Show which step comes next.
- Record progress against each step.
- Spot blocked or delayed stages early.
- Carry that work status through to dispatch.
Scan to pull up the right record.
Use QR codes or barcodes to identify a product, material, or record and open the right entry, without hunting through sheets.
- Identify products, materials, or records with a code.
- Open the correct operational record quickly.
- Cut the time spent searching by hand.
- Support dispatch and movement tracking.
Close the loop back to the original order.
Confirm work is ready, record the dispatch, and connect it back to the sale it started from — so everyone can see what's gone out and what's still pending.
- Confirm when work is ready for dispatch.
- Record dispatch details.
- Connect each dispatch to its original sale or order.
- See pending and completed dispatches in one place.
- Make dispatch status available to the teams that need it.
A dashboard that points to what needs attention.
A report is only useful when it changes a decision. Manufacturing dashboards are built to surface what's moving, what's late, and what needs a decision — not to decorate numbers you already have.
- Orders in progress and where they are in the flow.
- Material shortages against waiting orders.
- Delayed work and open quality or maintenance alerts.
- Pending and completed dispatches.
- The areas that need attention first.
One system, a clear view for every team.
Each role sees what it needs to know and the decisions it has to make — from the same connected set of information.
Founder / owner
Wants a clear daily read on what's moving, what's late, and where to step in — without chasing anyone for it.
Sales team
Needs to know an order was received cleanly and can follow its progress through to dispatch.
Purchase team
Needs to see what's short against real orders and act before it holds up production.
Production team
Needs the current build instructions, the next step, and any change that affects the job.
Quality team
Needs to raise issues against the right order or batch and see them through to a decision.
Inventory team
Needs material status to stay accurate as things are received, issued, and used.
Dispatch team
Needs to know what's ready, what's gone out, and what's still pending.
The workflows behind the manufacturing flow.
Each part of the manufacturing workflow is a solution you can start with on its own, then connect to the rest.
Sales & CRM
Capture the order cleanly and follow it through to dispatch.
Inventory & Supply Chain
Check availability and record purchase requirements against real orders.
Project Management
Track production work, ownership, and timelines.
Dispatch Management
Record dispatch and tie it back to the original order.
Finance Dashboards & Reporting
Turn manufacturing data into dashboards that drive decisions.
Common questions
Can the workflow match our current manufacturing process?
Can we start with only inventory or dispatch?
Does this replace our accounting software?
Can it work inside our current Google Workspace?
How long does setup take?
Can QR codes or barcodes be used?
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