Factory Ideas Board

As quotes, invoices and purchase orders are emailed from Factory's server, I am unable to see what has been sent for tracking purposes. It would be helpful if there was an email folder to view all sent.

Each item received against a purchase order will be assigned a unique batch number to ensure full traceability. This will allow us to quickly and accurately trace materials back to the specific batch they were received from, including the relevant purchase order and supplier information. Implementing batch number traceability will strengthen our Quality Management System (QMS), improve our ability to investigate any quality issues, and provide a clear audit trail from receipt of materials through to production and final delivery.

We need to be able to track the dollar amount ordered by each client. Would like to separate it into status of order.

We need to track individual components within a single order through different production stages. Currently, Factory's workflow operates at the order level, an entire order can only have one workflow status at a time (e.g., "In Production"). This doesn't work for complex jobs where different components follow different production paths. Job: Custom fabrication order with multiple components Part A requires: CNC → Laser → Wrapping → Assembly → Paint → Packing → Install Part B requires: CNC → Assembly → Paint → Packing → Install (skips laser & wrapping) Part C requires: Laser → Wrapping → Assembly → Install (skips CNC, paint, packing) We can't track which components are at which stage. The order-level workflow status doesn't reflect the reality of our production floor. What we need is a way to see that Part A is at "Assembly," Part B is at "Paint," and Part C is at "Laser Cutting", all within the same order. This impacts our daily production workflow and ability to accurately track job progress.

The app now lets you quote but only by line item , I can’t search for my pre-prepared kits I set up. So I can’t really quote from my phone just yet

Add an email address field to the 'Add New Customer' screen. As most customers receive invoices and statements via email, the email address entered in Factory should automatically sync to our accounting package. This would reduce double handling, improve efficiency, and ensure customer contact details remain consistent across both systems.

Allow reorder points for products whose inventory is tracked, alerting you when your 'on hand' stock level reaches a specific threshold. This would help to prevent you from ever running out of stock of specific items through proactive alerts in advance.

It would be better to have the option to Delete a draft PO rather than archive

In the app our guys can access pdfs with drawings and other documents in the collaborate section, however when they open them via the app the pdf appears blurry. There is a download button (pointing down arrow) but, on an iPhone, when you click this it opens the share menu rather than actually downloading. They would then need to send it to themselves to open a readable copy. Same thing happens on our android tablet. They open perfectly fine when opened on a computer or via the web browser on an iPhone so there is no issue with our documents. The download button needs to be an actual download button or the pdfs need to be clear when accessed in the app.

To simplify the view down to what is relevant for staff. Exclude external customer facing notes. Hide the hours estimated from staff.