Your Supervisors Are Still Chasing Paper. There's a Better Way.
Real-time shop floor visibility doesn't require replacing your ERP. Shop-Trak connects directly to SyteLine — supervisors see live job status and production progress without a single clipboard.
40+ Years as SyteLine Partner | Infor Gold Partner | 800+ Manufacturers Served
Here’s What “No Shop Floor Visibility” Actually Looks Like
When there's no floor-level data system, supervisors chase status on foot, payroll reconciliation eats hours it shouldn't, and job costing doesn't close until long after the work is done.
Supervisors managing the floor from memory
They walk the aisle, ask for status, and build a picture that's already out of date by the time they get back to their desk.
Payroll reconciliation consuming hours it shouldn't
Time tickets collected manually, re-keyed into SyteLine, then chased down when they're illegible or missing a job number.
Work orders you can't close without a walkthrough
Finance can't close the month until ops confirms hours. The bottleneck is data collection, not the work.
Job Costing is an estimate, not an answer
Actual hours aren't captured until end of shift. By the time you see the variance, you've already moved on to the next job.
From Paper to Real-Time: How Shop-Trak Changes the Floor
When operators clock in at a floor terminal, data flows directly into SyteLine — supervisors see live job status from any screen, and month-end close happens without a walkthrough.
Operator Clocks in at the Work Center
Operators clock in and out from Shop-Trak terminals at each work center. No paper. No end-of-shift tally.
Supervisors See Live Status From Any Screen
The Shop-Trak floor dashboard updates the moment an operator transacts. Live queue position, quantity complete, time remaining for every active job.
All Data Posts to SyteLine Automatically
Labor, scrap, yield, and operation-complete data flow directly into SyteLine's WIP, payroll, and job cost modules. No re-keying. No sync delay. One system of record.
Month-End Close Without the Walkthrough
Finance accesses WIP data in real time. No floor walks. No time card tallies. Month-end close happens on time.
What Facilities Running Shop-Trak Typically See
Facilities running Shop-Trak consistently see less time spent chasing status, faster payroll close, and WIP visibility that no longer waits until end of shift.
"We went from managing 62 machines with a large crew to doing more with fewer people — no new equipment, no big IT project."
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What a Midwest Manufacturer Did When Paper Stopped Working
Paper Machinery Corporation builds specialized tissue converting equipment. With 62 machines on the floor and a scheduling process that lived on clipboards and whiteboards, supervisors spent more time tracking job status than managing production.
After implementing Shop-Trak inside SyteLine, PMC's supervisors got real-time job status at every workstation. The result: they handled more machines with a smaller team — without buying new equipment or replacing their ERP.
The Tool Built for This Problem
Real-Time Shop Floor Visibility
Shop-Trak surfaces real-time job status, actual labor hours, and production progress on touchscreen terminals across the floor. Everything operators record flows automatically into SyteLine's WIP, payroll, and job cost modules — no re-keying, no time lag, no reconciliation calls at shift end.
- Operators clock into job operations at floor terminals — actual hours post to SyteLine automatically
- Supervisors see live queue position, quantity complete, and time remaining without leaving their desk
- Shift close, scrap, yield, and operation-complete data captured at the work center as work happens
- Shop-Trak runs on Windows-based hardware — industrial touchscreen terminals, Windows tablets, or shop PCs. Not browser-based; iOS not supported. We'll spec the most cost-effective Windows option for your floor layout.
- Native SyteLine integration — no middleware, no sync delay, one system of record
- The only shop floor execution layer built exclusively for SyteLine manufacturers in the Midwest.
One Product or the Full Suite?
Most operations start where the pain is loudest. If labor tracking and WIP visibility are what's costing you the most — in reconciliation calls, reactive supervision, and numbers your team can't trust — Shop-Trak is the right first move.
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Know Where You Stand Before You Decide
No sales call required to get started — a five-minute calculator shows you the cost of inaction, a ten-question assessment shows where your shop floor execution stands, and a PDF rollout guide explains what implementation actually looks like.
How much is paper-based shop floor management costing you each week? Enter your shift count, headcount, and time ticket error rate. Get a dollar figure in under 5 minutes.
- Weekly cost of manual status collection
- Annual payroll reconciliation cost
- WIP visibility lag impact
A 10-question self-assessment that scores your shop floor execution on a maturity curve — from fully manual to fully integrated. Takes 4 minutes. Scored results delivered immediately.
Output: Maturity score + recommended next step based on score
When operators record labor on paper — or enter time hours later — cost reports are wrong, WIP is unclear, and management makes decisions on stale data. Shop-Trak captures labor and job activity as it happens, on the floor, so accurate data flows directly to job cost and payroll without manual translation.
What Getting Shop-Trak Live Actually Looks Like
For a standard facility, Shop-Trak goes from signed agreement to production go-live in 30–60 days — three phases managed entirely by Lake Companies, with no custom integrations, no proprietary hardware, and no IT project for your team.
Lake Companies conducts a site assessment, maps work center locations, and configures the SyteLine connection. Your team provides access credentials and a floor plan.
- SyteLine connection configuration and validation
- Work center mapping and terminal placement plan
- Data readiness check on routing and work center setup reviewed
Lake Companies installs and configures floor terminals. Supervisors and operators trained on-site. Parallel run begins.
- Touchscreen or tablet setup at each work center
- Supervisor training (live job status, exception management)
- Operator training (clock-in/out, job transactions)
Production go-live. Lake Companies provides post-go-live support during business hours from our Midwest-based team.
- Production go-live with parallel run period
- Post-go-live support and data quality monitoring
- OnTrak portal access activated for your team
What You Won't Deal With
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✕No ERP replacement. Shop-Trak extends SyteLine — your existing routing, work centers, and job cost configuration stay as they are.
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✕No proprietary hardware. Shop-Trak runs on Windows-based hardware — touchscreen terminals, Windows tablets, or shop PCs. No single-vendor lock-in.
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✕No IT project. Shop-Trak configures inside your SyteLine environment without custom code. IT involvement is a one-time network credential.
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✕No end-of-shift data scramble. Labor and production data posts to SyteLine as operators transact — not batched at shift end.
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✕No blind period during go-live. Shop-Trak runs a parallel period before full cutover.
Questions We Get Before Every Shop-Trak Conversation
Every conversation eventually covers the same ground — install complexity, cost, device compatibility, timeline, data quality, and what Shop-Trak adds that SyteLine doesn't already do.
- Paperless shop floor with Doc-Trak. When Shop-Trak and Doc-Trak run together, operators see drawings, work instructions, and job packets at the work center — automatically routed to the right job and revision.
- Shop-Trak Enterprise adds Quality Control System (QCS), Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) tracking, and Attendance Points.
- Standard Shop-Trak supports labor data export to external payroll systems.
Pick the Right Next Step for Where You Are
Start wherever you are — a live demo, a five-minute calculator, or an assessment you can complete on your own.
Ready to See Shop-Trak on a Real SyteLine Environment?
Calculate What Paper-Based Shop Floor Management Is Costing You
Your Job Costs Are Only as Good as Your Floor Data
Shop-Trak Is Powerful Alone. Here’s What Happens When You Add to It.
The labor and production data Shop-Trak captures on the floor is the same data Doc-Trak uses to serve the right document to the right operator at the right work center — and the same data Fact-Trak uses to build dashboards your CFO and operations team can agree on.
Doc-Trak connects to Shop-Trak floor data to serve the correct revision of every drawing, work instruction, or quality form to the right operator at the right work center.
- Always the correct revision at the work center
- Eliminates paper-based document distribution
- Required for any paperless shop floor goal alongside Shop-Trak
Fact-Trak connects directly to SyteLine's live database and delivers role-based dashboards for Finance, Operations, and Quality.
- Real-time labor and job cost dashboards
- Variance analysis within the shift, not at month-end
- One version of the numbers across finance and operations