A PVC panel manufacturer needed its order software to follow the way operators actually worked. Costel built a keyboard-first workflow that kept dimensions, materials and calculations together, then carried the order into production.
Operators needed to enter dimensions, choose materials and accessories, and see the resulting calculations in one flow. A screen that treated those as disconnected fields left staff carrying the product rules in their heads.
Larger orders also arrived from spreadsheets and design tools. Re-entering them line by line would recreate work already done elsewhere and introduce another point where the specification could change.
The order interface was designed for keyboard use. Cascading selections narrowed each step to valid product choices, keeping dimensions, accessories, material requirements and calculations together.
Templates, Excel paste and design imports handled repeat and bulk orders. Validated order data connected to ERP, accounting and production documents. Later additions extended the same workflow into barcode tracking and two-dimensional cutting.
Project materials showing the workflows and interfaces described in this case.
The factory gained an order workflow that matched the operator’s sequence and reused the resulting information downstream. Later production features extended the existing order model instead of creating a separate representation of the same job.
Manufacturing software contains operating knowledge: valid combinations, calculations and the meaning of a production status. A handover should preserve those rules and the people who can validate them. Platform changes are easier to manage when that knowledge is explicit and reusable.
Project contribution: Costel. The scope described above identifies the work behind this case.
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