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Custom Manufacturing Software: 
Powering your 
Digital Transformation

Solve complex manufacturing challenges with customized solutions designed to fit your organization's unique needs.

Trusted By Leaders

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W-Industries
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Pacific Coast Producers
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W-Industries
Berg Pipe
Ryerson
Watco
Pacific Coast Producers
DIRTT
GBP
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W-Industries
Berg Pipe
Ryerson
Watco
Pacific Coast Producers
DIRTT
GBP
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siemens logo
W-Industries
Berg Pipe
Ryerson
Watco
Pacific Coast Producers
DIRTT
GBP
Daikin Logo - Greyscale no background
siemens logo
W-Industries
Berg Pipe
Ryerson
Watco
Pacific Coast Producers
DIRTT
GBP
Daikin Logo - Greyscale no background
siemens logo
W-Industries
Berg Pipe
Ryerson
Watco
Pacific Coast Producers
DIRTT
GBP
Daikin Logo - Greyscale no background
siemens logo
W-Industries
Berg Pipe
Ryerson
Watco
Pacific Coast Producers
DIRTT
GBP
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The Buyer's Guide to Production Monitoring & Scheduling

Ask harder questions. Get better answers.

Most platforms look great in a demo. This guide covers the red flags to catch, the questions to ask, and the capabilities to demand before you sign anything.

The Floor Has The Answers

Intelligence Brief:

Your machines are generating data right now. Your ERP captures what should happen. Your P&L tells you what did happen. But between those two bookends lies a gap that's costing you more than you think. Every single shift. 

Real-Time Visibility to Optimize Production

How a Global Manufacturer Reduced Downtime & Increased Output

Want to know how one global manufacturer boosted output by 20% and slashed setup time nearly in half—all without a traditional MES?

Connected Systems, Not Siloed Software

Modernizing Hyundai AutoEver America Without Disruption.

Discover how Kinetech used Mendix to build a "single pane of glass" for HR, integrating SAP and AWS without replacing a single core system.

The Implementation That Failed

From ERP Failure to Digital Excellence

Kinetech delivered a custom production management system designed to fit the processes they’ve perfected over 30-years rather than forcing the company to adjust processes to fit the software.

Smart Warehousing MVP Launched in 3 Weeks

When ‘Good Enough’ Isn’t Enough

Industrial solutions manufacturer transforms warehouse operations from manual, disconnected processes to a mobile-first smart warehousing solution—in under 30 days

Unifying 1,500 Sales Reps with One CPQ

What does it take to unify 1,500+ sales reps across the U.S.?

Consolidate 35 siloed CPQs into a single custom built CPQ that reduced credit response approval time by 97.92%, improved order processing time by 62.5%, and reduced defects by 70%. 

62% Drop in Oil Prices Weathered with Analytics

In just 4 weeks, Berg Pipe replaced error-prone spreadsheets with a custom CRM.

All through automating reports, tracking sales in real time, and arming execs with the data they need to win.

Industrial Cloud Powering 14.9M Verifications a Year

Manufacturing Without Manual Errors

How do you manage 58,000 daily verifications without drowning in spreadsheets or risking compliance? One manufacturer did it. With audits now taking minutes, not weeks.

Our Content Hubs

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INTELLIGENCE BRIEF

The Floor Has The Answers  — Your ERP thinks the job took four hours. Your floor says six. That gap doesn't stay on the shop floor; it shows up in your P&L.

6 min read
02
BUYERS GUIDE

What to Actually Look for in a Production Monitoring & Scheduling System — The questions your vendor won't answer unless you ask the right way. And the red flags most buyers miss until they're 90 days into a bad implementation.

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CASE STUDY

Shop Floor Visibility Leads to Digital Transformation — A $5B steel manufacturer. 100+ facilities. The gap was never the equipment; it was what the floor wasn't telling the schedule.

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CASE STUDY

Grand Blanc Processing: From ERP Failure to Running  — Their Infor Syteline implementation failed. They were live on a system that didn't work. Here's how they got out and what they built instead. 

6 min read
Warning

The Manufacturing Software Crisis Report

Why 70% of Software Implementations Fail and the Approach Your Competitors Don't Want You to Know

Executive Intelligence Report - Strategic Analysis for Manufacturing Leaders

Based on analysis of successful implementations, this report reveals the methodology that separates struggling organizations from those achieving operational excellence in 60 days.

What You Will Learn:

  • The hidden inventory crisis affecting manufacturers
  • Why traditional warehouse software implementations fail
  • The "Direct Translation Advantage" that eliminates delivery risk
  • Real transformation case studies with quantified results

View Crisis Report

Custom Solutions Built for You

Connect & Extend

Build custom applications that connect to and extend your core systems using the #1 low-code platform. Our team of engineers will work with your business experts to deliver solutions that fit your processes. 
Capabilities

Extend Core Systems

Quickly extend core systems with prebuilt connectors to SAP, Siemens, Snowflake, AWS and much more. 

Build your own reusable connectors to publish to your internal marketplace. 

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Differentiate with Custom Solutions

Sometimes the most differentiating software solutions cannot be bought - they must be built.

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Single Thread to Unite Operations

Eliminate siloed data and teams and create a single unified experience for all audiences.

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Enterprise AI & ML

Build Smarter Applications

Integrate next-gen technologies like AI and Machine Learning directly into your applications. Learn more about how AI is changing your digital transformation roadmap and how we engage with and build custom software.
Capabilities

AI-Enhanced Solutions

AI-powered smart apps built with Kinetech are generative, proactive, conversational, intelligent, and contextual.

 

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Build Applications with AI

Curious how a small team of a few developers can support a larger organization? Learn how we build custom applications faster with AI assisted development. 

 

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Smart Manufacturing

Automate Operations, Maximize Efficiency

Get real-time insights and control over your production processes. Our adaptable solutions work alone or together, helping your team increase productivity and reduce waste. Smart manufacturing made easy. 
Solutions

Engineering & Design

Bring together the complex and large Bill of Material from your PLM (like Teamcenter) and collaborate with teams and systems to govern of the status, attributes and the critical due dates on the development timeline of the product and its sub-systems.

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Real-time Production Monitoring

Do you not have an MES or does it leave gaps in your understanding? Fill those gaps with real-time monitoring of both machine and operators, and track those KPIs most important to your operation.

See how real-time monitoring transformed performance with Kinetech

 

Outsourced Production Steps

Manage and oversee third-party production seamlessly.

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Deploy to the Industrial Edge

Deploy your custom apps to edge devices with Mendix Industrial Edge. 

Industrial Edge enables extensive connectivity to automation and other operational technology equipment, while allowing the deployments of demanding edge applications to locally process shopfloor data.

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Product View 360

Achieve end-to-end visibility of your production processes.

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See how real-time monitoring transformed performance with Kinetech

 

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Shopfloor Management

Go Paperless with Solutions Built for the Shopfloor

Our flexible and composable solutions seamlessly integrate with your existing IT and OT systems.
Solutions

Smart Warehousing

Eliminate phantom inventory and optimize how you manage materials on the shop floor or in the warehouse.

Read Case Study →

 

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Material Management

Power production by optimizing picking and manage material levels based on your unique needs.

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Production Scheduling

Build upon ERP production planning to enable real-time visualization and changes to your production schedule from the shop floor. 

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Workforce Management

Optimize how you schedule your workforce and production schedules for peak efficiency and reduced operational costs. 

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Quality

Proactive Quality Management

Our solutions automate key quality processes and centralize quality data, significantly reducing failure risks and errors. Leverage each module independently or as an integrated quality assurance suite.
Discover how custom solutions can help you digitize and automate complex quality workflows.
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Solutions

Automator

Automator is an AI-powered application that takes your MTR process off manual. It automatically reads test certificates as they arrive — regardless of format, layout, or supplier — validates every value against the correct standards, and logs every result in a secure, time-stamped audit trail. processes. 

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Supplier Portals

Centralize communication and enhance quality-related coordination with your suppliers. 

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Supply Risk Management

Proactively anticipate, identify, and mitigate potential supply chain risks.

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Inspections

Conduct real-time oversight and maintain compliance through a consistent and scalable digital inspection processes.

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Checklist To Go

Checklist to Go is designed for manufacturers in any industry to perform routine checks on their work tasks as well as perform supplier audits and checklist. 

It is mobile ready and can be integrated with any system. ‘Checklist to go’ features can be customized to suit your individual requirements.

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Tool Management

Manage tool calibrations and verifications across all your plants.

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Learn How Low-Code Unified 1,500+ Sales Associates with a Custom CPQ Solution.

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Download CPQ Overview

COMMUNITY

Built in San Antonio. Built for the floor. 

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Kinetech is a proud member of SAMA, the voice and advocate for manufacturing across the greater San Antonio metropolitan area. We don't just build software for manufacturers; our team has been on the floor, watching machines run and talking to operators, since 2014.

 

Our Partners

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Frequently Asked Questions

Kinetech builds custom software that gives manufacturers real-time visibility and control across operations, from the shop floor to the back office. Our manufacturing platform, MACH, connects the systems you already run into one source of truth. Kinetech has served 150+ organizations over 14 years as the most experienced Mendix partner in the US.

MACH is Kinetech's manufacturing platform. It gives operators and managers a live view of production, quality, and throughput, and adapts to how your plant runs instead of forcing your process into fixed software.

Yes. Kinetech applications run alongside your ERP, MES, and other systems and connect to them, so data flows into one source of truth. You keep what works and close the gaps that slow your team down.

A steel manufacturer reached a 20% increase in machine run rate and a 45% reduction in job changeover time. Watco, a tank manufacturer, saw a triple-digit return on investment from a scheduling application Kinetech built in six weeks. See more manufacturer results on our Resources and Success Stories page.

Weeks, not years. Kinetech delivered Watco's scheduling application in six weeks. Because your team configures workflows after launch, you see value early and keep improving without waiting on a vendor for every change.

Your team does. Kinetech builds the foundation, and your people configure workflows, roles, and reporting. The system is yours to run.

Yes. Kinetech builds on enterprise-grade, compliant infrastructure, with your data isolated in your own environment. Access controls, audit trails, and reporting are built in from the start.

Kinetech works with mid-market manufacturers, typically $25M to $1.5B in revenue, including companies with $5B+ in revenue and 100+ facilities. We are backed by Siemens and Mendix.