Production management and machine monitoring for CNC shops

Follow every order from material to finished goods.

LiveShopFloor keeps the production plan, shop-floor updates and machine activity connected, so the team sees what is running, what is late and what needs attention.

Built around the daily work of an operating CNC shop. Machine monitoring supports tested FANUC connections and industrial cycle signals.

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Demonstration data

Flow Scan · free

Check your shop in a minute

Run one line on a Windows computer on your machine network. Flow Scan finds your FANUC machines and shows them live.

Nothing to install
Read-only: nothing is written to a machine
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# Windows PowerShell
PS> [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol='Tls12'
PS> irm https://liveshopfloor.com/scan.ps1 | iex

Monitor + Telegram bot

Machine part people plan actual production history

The Telegram bot sends production context to the system, and the monitor combines it with machine data.

One current production picture

Production status should not depend on asking around.

When orders, material, machine assignments, operator reports and quality results are kept separately, problems reach management late. LiveShopFloor keeps these events in one production history.

Production control

See the real state of every order: reported output, warehouse receipts, quality results and the quantity still required.

Machine monitoring

See machine activity and downtime during the shift. Cycle signals, stop reasons and tool changes stay connected to the machine and task.

Shop-floor communication

Keep the next step visible. Configured Telegram and WhatsApp workflows send tasks, questions and event notifications to the selected people.

One connected production flow

Follow the order through production.

Each stage uses the current facts from the one before it. The screens below show one connected production journey.

Order

Quantity, due date and current order status stay together in one record.

Material

The system shows which material is needed, how much to buy and when it is required.

Production plan

See which jobs are running, in setup or waiting for an available machine.

Production Kanban with jobs assigned to machine queues

Machine work

The monitor shows assignments, running cycles, downtime, cycle time and shift events.

Machine monitor showing assignments, cycles, downtime and shift events

Output and quality

Output, warehouse receipts, accepted parts, rejects and the remaining order quantity stay connected.

Additional planning view: Gantt

A production example

30,000 parts ordered. What still needs to be made?

Demonstration figures: all reported output has reached the warehouse; no parts are in transit.

30,000

Customer order

23,980

Counted by the warehouse

24,000 reported by the operator · shortage 20

23,000

Passed quality inspection

580 awaiting quality inspection

420

Confirmed losses

400 rejected by quality + warehouse shortage 20

6,420

Remaining to be made

Production target 30,420

The plan accounts for confirmed losses.

The 580 parts awaiting inspection are not a loss. Once they are inspected, the system will update the required production quantity.

400 rejected parts plus a shortage of 20 add 420 parts to the production target. The system updates it to 30,420: another 6,420 remain to be made. The original customer order stays at 30,000.

During the shift

What is happening now, and what comes next.

The monitor: a daily view of the shop

Managers, shop supervisors, operators and setters see machine activity, assignments, cycle times and shift history. Explore the monitor separately in its public demo.

Kanban: current work and the queue

Planners, setters, shop supervisors and management see which jobs are running, in setup or waiting for a machine.

Gantt: the plan over time

The timeline shows the sequence of work and upcoming machine load. The team can review priorities and delays before changing the plan.

Production records: quantities and results

Machine signals explain equipment activity. Operator readings, warehouse counts and quality decisions establish production quantities and accepted output.

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A clear picture for every shift

The WhatsApp bot carries forward the previous shift’s experience, keeps a conversation going with operators and shows the results of their work.

Start the shift knowing what happened

The team receives the previous shift’s report: which machines stopped, why, and which tools were changed. Operators see their assignments and confirm the machine allocation.

Reply in the familiar work chat

When a machine stops, the bot asks for the reason. The operator replies in the work group or enters the number of the replaced tool. The reply stays with the machine event. The bot can return to the question and check whether the problem has been resolved.

See the shift’s results

The report brings together downtime, reasons, employee replies and tool changes. The team sees what happened on its machines and which questions were clarified.

Shift information stays with the work events and passes to the next team.

Examples from work conversations

Names, dates and machine identifiers have been changed for demonstration.

**Start of shift: assignments and handover**Enlarge

**During the shift: downtime dialogue and follow-up**Enlarge

**End of shift: downtime and employee feedback**Enlarge

Actions and automatic notifications in messengers

Telegram: production actions at the machine

The operator selects a machine, views the current setup and enters production counter readings.
The setter creates a setup and hands it over for quality approval.
Quality approves the setup for production.

Configured event notifications go to selected recipients.

The manager initially chooses which events matter, who should receive them, the messenger and the message language: Russian, English or Hebrew.

An employee carries out the usual work: approves a setup, issues material, records rejected parts or completes a task. The system creates and sends the notification to the selected recipients. Employees do not need to compose a separate message or organize a mailing.

Examples from work conversations

Names and production identifiers have been changed for demonstration.

**WhatsApp: a setup sent to quality and approved**Enlarge

**Telegram: production actions and an event notification**Enlarge

Getting started

Try the main work scenarios.

Request access to an interactive demo with demonstration data. Carry out actions and see how each stage updates the next one.

Request demo access by email
Explore the workflow and questions relevant to your team
Agree on the data, machine connections and setup needed to get started

Before we start

Which machines can be connected?

Live monitoring currently supports selected FANUC controls and industrial digital or counter signals for legacy equipment. Other controllers require validation before deployment.

Which languages are available?

The public website and selected interfaces are available in English, Russian and Hebrew. Language coverage may vary by interface.

How do we get the interactive demo?

The interactive demo uses demonstration data and supports the main work scenarios. Access is available on request: email info@liveshopfloor.com.

See how an order moves through production.

Tell us about your machines and the workflows you want to explore. Request access to the interactive LiveShopFloor demo.

info@liveshopfloor.com