Spreadsheets are the real system of record
Production counts, scrap and changeover notes live in workbooks on a shared drive. Everyone has a version, nobody trusts the totals, and the numbers reaching management are already a shift or two old.
Industries · Manufacturing
Manufacturing software built for the plant floor
We build the production dashboards, inspection systems, portals and integrations that connect your plant floor to your ERP, your quality records and the distributors who sell what you make. One accountable team, a working demo every week.
You own the code and IP Weekly demos Reply within one business day
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Warehouse detector v4 - 640x640 - centre aisle
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Manufacturing, in short
OlDevs is a full-stack technology studio in Vancouver, British Columbia that builds software for discrete and process manufacturers.The work usually covers production and quality dashboards, computer vision inspection, inventory and order management, and integration with the ERP and MES systems already in place. We also build customer and distributor portals, predictive maintenance tooling, and the marketing that reaches specifiers and distributors. Clients own all code, designs, accounts and IP, and every enquiry gets a reply within one business day.
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Manufacturing
What manufacturers bring us
The problems we are asked to solve most often — and how.
ERP holds the data but nobody can see it
The ERP is the source of truth and it is also the reason nobody looks. Supervisors need one screen with today's output, downtime and open orders, not a licence, a training course and nine navigation steps.
Inspection depends on who is on shift
Visual checks catch what a tired eye catches. Defect rates move with staffing, the reject reasons are written down inconsistently, and by the time a pattern is visible the batch has already shipped.
Machines fail between planned maintenance
Sensor and historian data already exists, but it gets used to explain a stoppage after the fact rather than predict it. Maintenance runs on a calendar, so some assets are serviced too often and others fail mid-run.
Distributors phone in for stock and status
Order status, lead times, drawings and spec sheets are requested by email and answered by hand. Inside sales spends its day retyping information a portal could show, and customers judge you on the delay.
Specifiers cannot find you or your specs
Engineers and buyers search for a part, a material or a tolerance, then land on a brochure site with a PDF catalogue and no filters. The enquiry goes to whoever published those numbers in a form they could actually use.
Process
How a manufacturing build runs
Walk the floor
We start where the work happens: the lines, the checks, the paperwork and the systems people already work around. Operators, quality and planning all get a say, because they are the ones who will keep the software honest.
Scope and architecture
We agree what gets built first, how it connects to the ERP, MES and any historian, where the data lives, who can see what, and what a successful pilot looks like. You get the plan in writing before we build.
Weekly working demo
Every week you see software running, not a status report. Supervisors and operators try it, tell us what is wrong, and the next week reflects that. Nothing is saved up for a reveal at the end.
Pilot on one line
We prove the build on a single line, cell or product family, run it beside the current process, and compare against your own records. Only when it holds up do we widen the scope.
Rollout and handover
Rollout across lines or plants with training for operators and maintenance, documentation, monitoring and alerting. You own the code, designs, accounts and IP, and we stay on for support if you want it.
How we work
How we help manufacturers
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Production and quality dashboards
One screen per role showing output, downtime, scrap, OEE and open orders against plan. Built to read from a distance on the floor and to drill down when a supervisor or plant manager needs the detail behind a number.
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Computer vision inspection
Camera based checks for presence, orientation, surface defects, fill level and label accuracy, with uncertain parts routed to a person. Every decision is logged with the image, so quality has evidence rather than a tally.
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Predictive maintenance and forecasting
Models built on your historian, sensor and work order data to flag assets drifting toward failure, plus demand and yield forecasting that helps planning decide what to run and what to order.
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ERP and MES integration
Work orders, bills of material, inventory movements, labour and shipment data moving cleanly between systems through supported APIs, database views or middleware, with error handling and reconciliation you can audit.
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Inventory, order and distributor portals
Order entry, stock visibility, lead times, drawings, spec sheets, RMA requests and shipment tracking in one authenticated portal for customers, distributors and reps, so inside sales stops retyping answers.
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Marketing to specifiers and distributors
Product and specification data turned into pages engineers can search and filter, backed by SEO and content, paid campaigns where they earn their place, and analytics that show which enquiries came from where.
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Where we’d start
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Manufacturing systems shipped
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ERP and MES integrations built
FAQ
Manufacturing — questions we hear first.
We work with what you have. Most manufacturers already own an ERP that suits the finance and planning side, and the gap sits at the floor and the customer edge. We build on top through the supported API, database views or a middleware layer, and we agree the integration approach with your IT lead before any code is written.
It is better to treat it as a second set of eyes that never gets tired. Vision handles repeatable checks such as presence, absence, orientation, surface defects and label accuracy, and flags anything uncertain for a person. We start with a pilot on one defect class, measure it against your own inspection records, and expand only when it holds up.
History and access. We need sensor or historian data, maintenance logs, enough failure examples for a model to learn from, and somebody who knows the assets well enough to say when the data is misleading. If the history is thin we start with condition monitoring and alerting, then move to prediction once the record builds.
No. The studio is in Vancouver and we work with manufacturers elsewhere remotely, with video calls scheduled in your time zone and on-site visits when the work calls for it. Commissioning, line walkthroughs and operator training are the usual reasons to be in the building, and we plan those into the schedule from the start.
That is the design problem, not an afterthought. Floor screens get large touch targets, gloved input, high contrast for glare and shift lighting, and a layout an operator can read from a metre away. We build to WCAG 2.2 AA, test with the people who will use it during the weekly demo, and change what they tell us is wrong.
We build the traceability and record keeping your own quality system requires, including lot and batch genealogy, electronic records, audit trails and role based sign off. Your quality and regulatory team defines what the applicable rules require and we build the software to match. We are not a certifying body and we do not give legal or regulatory advice.
Yes. Performance marketing sits alongside the build, so the product data, spec sheets and CAD files living in your systems become pages engineers and buyers can search and filter. We also handle analytics and conversion work so you can see which enquiries came from where. Request a quote and we will scope the build and the marketing together.
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