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Docket brings real-time shop floor data into the hands of decision-makers. Track true costs as they happen, analyze trends over time, and forecast with confidence. All while working seamlessly alongside your existing ERP.

Capture real-time insights from the frontline.

Docket turns everyday shop floor activity into clear, usable data. Capture labor, process, and quality metrics in real time. So you can understand what’s really happening on the floor and act on it fast.

  • Unlock Practical Business Intelligence

    Docket bridges the gap between your systems and the realities of production. By integrating seamlessly with your ERP, it surfaces critical frontline insights—enabling smarter decisions around resource allocation, process improvements, and performance tracking.

  • Eliminate Data Silos. Add Visibility.

    Your ERP wasn’t built for operator-level detail. Docket connects your people, processes, and systems—capturing production-level data and feeding it back into your enterprise tools. No blind spots. No disruption.

  • Use Data to Drive Productivity & Growth

    Track actual labor, scrap, downtime, and productivity to pinpoint hidden inefficiencies and reduce costly errors. With clearer insight into how work gets done, you can deliver better outcomes—on time, on spec, every time.

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Data & business intelligence Features

Get a bird’s-eye-view of your shop floor and the data you need to improve it.

Capacity Planning

Leverage data-driven insights for smarter hiring decisions and proactive planning. Utilize Docket’s powerful business intelligence to optimize production, capture and analyze data, and drive sustainable growth.

Full Audit Trail

Docket provides a comprehensive audit trail of every activity on the shop floor, offering complete visibility and accountability.

Production Dashboard

Generate accurate reports with valuable insights on bottlenecks, project completion metrics, customer satisfaction, and costs. Gain access to real-time, actionable intelligence to make informed business decisions and drive continuous improvement.

Real-Time ERP Updates

Gain a clear and comprehensive overview of what’s happening on the shop floor, and keep track of everything from production progress and material usage to team performance and equipment availability from within your ERP.

Labor Management

Analyze real-time shop floor data and operator inputs for improved performance and growth. Identify training opportunities, enhance workforce management, and mitigate employee turnover.

Cost & Inventory Visibility

Identify and overcome bottlenecks, ensuring timely order fulfillment through a clear understanding of inventory levels and common points of failure.

Shop floor data collection FAQ

Get answers to common questions about turning shop floor data into usable intelligence.

Docket captures a wide range of real-time production data, including task completions, cycle times, operator inputs, quality checks, downtime events, and custom KPIs — all tied to individual jobs, operators, and machines.

Docket is designed to blend seamlessly into the operator’s existing workflow. Data is captured passively as tasks are completed, or through quick, intuitive inputs — no clipboards or manual spreadsheets required.

Yes. Whether you run high-volume, repeatable work or low-volume custom jobs, Docket allows you to define and track process-specific data points for both — ensuring visibility across your entire mix.

Docket integrates with most ERP and MES systems, allowing you to enrich existing system data with granular, ground-level insights from the shop floor for a fuller picture of operational performance.

Docket provides real-time dashboards and exportable reports tailored to production managers, engineers, and execs. Track trends, flag issues, and identify improvement opportunities — all from a single, operator-fed source of truth.

Yes. You can define exactly which data points matter for each task, process, or operation. This ensures your data collection aligns with your actual workflows and continuous improvement priorities.

By capturing actionable frontline data over time, Docket helps identify hidden inefficiencies, recurring bottlenecks, and high-performing processes — turning day-to-day activity into the intelligence needed for smarter decisions and long-term gains.

Brian Ellis headshot, Founder of docket the frontline operations platform and connected workforce platform. Insights authored by Brian Ellis, 20+ year industry expert and Founder of Docket.

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Learn more about shop floor data collection from our experts, and how manufacturers are using it to build more efficient and productive operations.

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  • “Improved ability to adjust workflow volume based on labor utilization data.”

    “Docket provides Triad with the opportunity to adjust more easily to changes in workload volume rather than having to constantly add new bodies to address increases in demand, which should save on labor costs.”

    Kevin Courtney

    Controller,
    Triad

Get a quote customized to your shop’s data needs

Docket offers subscription-based pricing that’s based on your shop’s size, needs, and budget. Unlike one-size-fits-all manufacturing platforms, with Docket, you only pay for the specific features you need and nothing more.

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