Testimonial
Built for the Shop Floor | Operators on Steelhead
Identity & metadata
Video title
Built for the Shop Floor | Operators on Steelhead
Video type
Multi-Customer Operator Testimonial
Audience
Manufacturing operators; production teams; shop supervisors; plant managers; job shop owners; manufacturing leaders evaluating operator adoption
Product/feature
Steelhead ERP; Workboards; Tablets; Shop Floor Tracking; Production Visibility; Digital Work Instructions; Part Tracking
Speaker labels
Multiple shop-floor operators from Steelhead customer facilities. Individual speaker names are not identified in the provided transcript.
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What this video covers
Operators from manufacturing shops using Steelhead share what the system is actually like to use on the production floor. They describe learning Steelhead quickly, seeing exactly what work needs to be done, locating parts without walking the shop, accessing the same information from tablets and computers, and moving jobs through production with simple swipes.
Operator adoption
The operators describe Steelhead as straightforward and easy to learn, including one operator who says it took about five minutes to learn compared with previous systems that required months of training.
Before Steelhead
Operators frequently had to leave their machines, walk to the office, ask questions, search for parts, confirm quantities or configurations, and rely on paper notes that could be misunderstood or become outdated.
With Steelhead
Operators can see their work directly at their machine or workstation, locate parts digitally, access production information from tablets or computers, swipe jobs to the next operation, and keep working without repeatedly traveling across the shop for answers.
Key outcomes
• Operators can learn the system in minutes or days
• Less walking between machines and offices
• Less time spent searching for parts
• Fewer questions about quantities, sizes, and job requirements
• Work instructions and production information available at the workstation
• Parts can be moved digitally to the next process with a swipe
• Multiple tablets and computers access the same live information
• Operators spend more time producing and less time chasing information
• Less walking between machines and offices
• Less time spent searching for parts
• Fewer questions about quantities, sizes, and job requirements
• Work instructions and production information available at the workstation
• Parts can be moved digitally to the next process with a swipe
• Multiple tablets and computers access the same live information
• Operators spend more time producing and less time chasing information
Core message
Steelhead is built for the people using it every day. By making production information simple to access and jobs simple to move, operators can stay at their workstation, know what to do next, and keep work flowing without chasing paperwork or answers.
Video description
Description
Steelhead is built for the people using it every day on the shop floor.
Hear directly from operators at manufacturing shops using Steelhead to see what work needs to be done, find the information they need, track parts through production, and keep jobs moving without chasing paperwork or running back and forth across the shop.
From learning the system in days, or even minutes, to having everything they need right at their workstation, these operators share what it's actually like to use Steelhead every day.
Steelhead is the ERP that powers margin and growth for job shops and manufacturers.
Learn more: https://gosteelhead.com
#Manufacturing #ERP #JobShops #DigitalManufacturing #GetAheadWithSteelhead
Hear directly from operators at manufacturing shops using Steelhead to see what work needs to be done, find the information they need, track parts through production, and keep jobs moving without chasing paperwork or running back and forth across the shop.
From learning the system in days, or even minutes, to having everything they need right at their workstation, these operators share what it's actually like to use Steelhead every day.
Steelhead is the ERP that powers margin and growth for job shops and manufacturers.
Learn more: https://gosteelhead.com
#Manufacturing #ERP #JobShops #DigitalManufacturing #GetAheadWithSteelhead
Full transcript
Transcript notes
The transcript below is preserved from the provided source, including informal wording, incomplete sentences, repeated words, and transcription errors.
Transcript
[00:00:16:14 - 00:00:22:21]
I mean, I'm not real, real smart on computer stuff my age, I guess. But you know, I had no issue with it.
[00:00:22:23 - 00:00:25:16]
if I can do it, anybody can do it.
[00:00:25:18 - 00:00:30:14]
it took me like I want to say, it took me like five minutes to learn how to use steelhead.
[00:00:30:19 - 00:00:37:16]
past systems I've worked with, it was like a six month school on how to use it,
[00:00:37:16 - 00:00:43:10]
I mean, right away when they were showing me how to do it, I'm like serious. Oh, I got to do is click on this and it swipes to the side.
[00:00:43:10 - 00:00:48:07]
And if it goes to the press and I just do it again, I'm like, yeah, it's awesome, I love it.
[00:00:48:13 - 00:00:59:03]
Steelhead has make our life really easy because as much as we use steelhead, we know what where the parts are, what we are doing with the parts, what process has to be
[00:00:59:04 - 00:01:06:15]
I use it to get find my parts. I know my parts are done. I don't have to run around looking for them. I'll be right where I need them.
[00:01:06:16 - 00:01:16:07]
And then when I'm done with it, I swipe it and I pass it on. And if it has to go to the laser, then I'll run over to the laser now, and I swipe it off there and it goes to the next guys.
[00:01:16:09 - 00:01:22:15]
So you just hit the button that everything information is already in the tablet studio in.
[00:01:22:17 - 00:01:29:13]
I know right off looking on your head. I know if I got parts, I don't have to chase them down. I can just go to something else, find something else to work on
[00:01:29:17 - 00:01:35:00]
Oh, before steelhead, we were running around. I mean, constantly up in the office.
[00:01:35:02 - 00:01:55:09]
All right. How many of these do I need? And is it with a hole or without a hole, for example? And and constantly, you know, it's like, what size was it again? And, you know, even if you write it down on a piece of paper, you're I mean, they're like, oh no, we read that wrong. And so yeah, I mean, this eliminates all of that.
[00:01:55:11 - 00:02:00:08]
there's no digging around or, I mean, I stay right at my right at my machine.
[00:02:00:10 - 00:02:09:00]
It's all right on my computer. Or some of the guys have tablets. I mean, nobody's running back and forth, and I mean, it's great. We love it.
[00:02:09:02 - 00:02:18:22]
it's nice that we have multiple tablets, computers, and they all can access to the same exact, exact thing.
[00:02:18:23 - 00:02:28:10]
You know, whether it's Department of Shipping, receiving, plating wise, you know, so you can access to whichever department you might need to go to.
[00:02:28:12 - 00:02:35:07]
And you can all do it from one one device, whether it's a tablet, computer or whatever it may be. I like that a lot.
[00:02:35:07 - 00:02:52:23]
That I stay at my machine, that I'm not walking back and forth all the time. I mean, it gets frustrating after a while because I feel like I'm not getting anything done this way. I stay here, I'm getting my my job done, and I'm stacking it up and swiping it, sending it to the welders. And I mean, it's awesome.
[00:02:53:01 - 00:02:57:17]
And then I just move on to the next thing. So all right, last question. How long did it
I mean, I'm not real, real smart on computer stuff my age, I guess. But you know, I had no issue with it.
[00:00:22:23 - 00:00:25:16]
if I can do it, anybody can do it.
[00:00:25:18 - 00:00:30:14]
it took me like I want to say, it took me like five minutes to learn how to use steelhead.
[00:00:30:19 - 00:00:37:16]
past systems I've worked with, it was like a six month school on how to use it,
[00:00:37:16 - 00:00:43:10]
I mean, right away when they were showing me how to do it, I'm like serious. Oh, I got to do is click on this and it swipes to the side.
[00:00:43:10 - 00:00:48:07]
And if it goes to the press and I just do it again, I'm like, yeah, it's awesome, I love it.
[00:00:48:13 - 00:00:59:03]
Steelhead has make our life really easy because as much as we use steelhead, we know what where the parts are, what we are doing with the parts, what process has to be
[00:00:59:04 - 00:01:06:15]
I use it to get find my parts. I know my parts are done. I don't have to run around looking for them. I'll be right where I need them.
[00:01:06:16 - 00:01:16:07]
And then when I'm done with it, I swipe it and I pass it on. And if it has to go to the laser, then I'll run over to the laser now, and I swipe it off there and it goes to the next guys.
[00:01:16:09 - 00:01:22:15]
So you just hit the button that everything information is already in the tablet studio in.
[00:01:22:17 - 00:01:29:13]
I know right off looking on your head. I know if I got parts, I don't have to chase them down. I can just go to something else, find something else to work on
[00:01:29:17 - 00:01:35:00]
Oh, before steelhead, we were running around. I mean, constantly up in the office.
[00:01:35:02 - 00:01:55:09]
All right. How many of these do I need? And is it with a hole or without a hole, for example? And and constantly, you know, it's like, what size was it again? And, you know, even if you write it down on a piece of paper, you're I mean, they're like, oh no, we read that wrong. And so yeah, I mean, this eliminates all of that.
[00:01:55:11 - 00:02:00:08]
there's no digging around or, I mean, I stay right at my right at my machine.
[00:02:00:10 - 00:02:09:00]
It's all right on my computer. Or some of the guys have tablets. I mean, nobody's running back and forth, and I mean, it's great. We love it.
[00:02:09:02 - 00:02:18:22]
it's nice that we have multiple tablets, computers, and they all can access to the same exact, exact thing.
[00:02:18:23 - 00:02:28:10]
You know, whether it's Department of Shipping, receiving, plating wise, you know, so you can access to whichever department you might need to go to.
[00:02:28:12 - 00:02:35:07]
And you can all do it from one one device, whether it's a tablet, computer or whatever it may be. I like that a lot.
[00:02:35:07 - 00:02:52:23]
That I stay at my machine, that I'm not walking back and forth all the time. I mean, it gets frustrating after a while because I feel like I'm not getting anything done this way. I stay here, I'm getting my my job done, and I'm stacking it up and swiping it, sending it to the welders. And I mean, it's awesome.
[00:02:53:01 - 00:02:57:17]
And then I just move on to the next thing. So all right, last question. How long did it
Taxonomy tags
Industry
Manufacturing; Job Shops; Metal Fabrication; Metal Finishing; Plating
Feature/module
Workboards; Tablets; Production Tracking; Digital Work Instructions; Part Tracking; Shop Floor ERP
Workflow category
Production; Shipping; Receiving; Plating; Fabrication; Welding; Machine Operations
Use case
Operator adoption; shop floor visibility; paperless production; work instructions; part tracking; reducing wasted movement; production flow
Theme
Ease of Use; Operator Adoption; Visibility; Efficiency; Training; Digital Manufacturing; Productivity
Stage of journey
Advocacy