The operating system for shops that make things
Stop operatingin the dark.
Lightswitch OS puts your orders, CAD, inventory and shop floor in one live picture, so everyone knows what to build, what's late and what ships next.
One email when it launches. Beta testers hear from us first.
Lightswitch OSLive · 9:48 AMMachine schedule
Today- LaserJ219 bracketsJ221 skidsJ224 bumpersJ226J219 bracketsJ221 skidsJ224 bumpersJ226
- Press brakeJ212 slidersJ219J222 mountsJ225J212 slidersJ219J222 mountsJ225
- Weld cell 1J208 bumperJ214 bumperJ218J208 bumperJ214 bumperJ218
- Weld cell 2J210 hitchJ216 boxJ220J223J210 hitchJ216 boxJ220J223
- Powder coatBatch 31 blackBatch 32Batch 33 redBatch 31 blackBatch 32Batch 33 red
Orders
Shopify · dealers · phone- #1042 · Steel bumperShopifyShips today
- #1047 · Rock slidersShopify2 days late
- #1048 · Hitch mount ×6DealerIn weld
- #1050 · Skid platePhoneCutting
- #1051 · Bracket kit ×40DealerSteel arrives Tue
PN-00041 · Rev B
From CAD- Sheet
- 3/16″ A36
- Size
- 3.0×2.6×2.4″
- Used in
- 2 assemblies
- On hand
- 36
- STEP import
- 3D parts library
- Permanent part numbers
- Shopify orders
- Live inventory
- Purchase orders
- QR travelers
- Station mode for iPads
- Machine schedule
- Promise dates
- Packing with 3D pictures
- Labels and tracking
Right now, your shop runs on
spreadsheets, whiteboards, walking the floor, calling vendors, and gut feel.
That's operating in the dark.
How it works
One system. Every part of the shop connected.
An order comes in and everything that depends on it knows: the parts to cut, the steel to buy, the machine it runs on and the day it ships.
- OrdersShopify · dealers · phone
- Parts & CADSTEP → part numbers
- ProductionJobs · machines · travelers
- ShippingPack · label · track
- PurchasingShortages → POs
- InventoryOn hand · reserved · incoming
Ready for the beta
Drop in a STEP file. Get a parts library.
Upload the assembly you already drew. Lightswitch reads every part and subassembly, and your library builds itself.
- Every part gets a permanent part number
- Identical parts are grouped and counted
- Sheet thickness is read from the model
- Subassemblies stay the way you built them
- A 3D view of every part, on any screen
- Part numberPN-00041 · assigned
- Thickness3/16″ · detected
- Size3.0 × 2.6 × 2.4″
- Identical parts× 2 · grouped
- Used inFront and rear bumper
With the lights on
The answers you chase every morning, on one screen.
No walking the floor, checking the whiteboard and digging through spreadsheets to find out where things stand.
- What did we sell?
- Shopify, dealer and phone orders land in one list, each with the ship date you promised the customer.
- Order 1042 · ships Thu
- Can we build it?
- Upload a STEP file and every part gets a permanent number, a 3D view and a place in your parts library.
- PN-00041 · 3/16″ A36 · Rev B
- What do we have?
- On hand, reserved, available and incoming, for every part and every sheet of material.
- 3/16″ A36 · 12 on hand
- What's the floor working on?
- Jobs scheduled by machine, QR travelers that follow the parts, and a simple station screen on a shop iPad.
- Press brake · 4 jobs today
- What do we need to buy?
- Shortages turn into purchase orders by vendor, and receiving them frees the jobs that were waiting.
- PO 118 · arrives Tue
- What ships next?
- Pack against a checklist with a 3D picture of every part, then print the label and send tracking.
- Order 1042 · 14 of 14 packed
Be one of the first shops to flip the switch.
We're building Lightswitch OS inside a working fabrication shop, with the people who run it. It opens to a small group of shops first.
- Early access, before launch
- Set up with the people building it
- A direct say in what comes next
Join the waitlist
Leave your email and we'll tell you the day it's ready.