The build screen
Use the build screen to stage, progress, and trace parts through a single operation on the shop floor.
The build screen is the floor-operator's view of a single step in production. Open it to see every part in one group (build) at that operation, decide where each unit is headed next, group them into outgoing builds, and commit the move — all without leaving the page.
When to use it
Use the build screen whenever you need to move parts forward from one operation to the next, scrap units with a reason, or review what happened to a part after it moved. It is designed for gloved hands on a tablet — large tap targets, no navigation required mid-task.
Each build screen shows one group (build) at its current operation. To open one:
- In the Backlog (Production > Backlog in the sidebar), click a group's name, click a part's group badge (for example
PRINT-12), or right-click a group or part and choose View Group. - In Production > Groups, click any row.
- From a part's production trace, or from the Progressed section of another build screen, click a group name.
Layout
The build screen is divided into three areas:
Group header and progress bar The top of the page shows the group's name (click the pencil, Rename group, to rename it), its current operation, and its unit, part, and order counts. Below it, a sticky progress bar shows one segment per unit — pending, staged or progressed, and scrapped — with counts and a Stage all button. The page header also has Undo, Redo, and Reset buttons for staging changes.
Part cards Below the progress bar, each part in the group has its own card showing the part, its order and work order, and one control row per destination operation. Use the row's controls to scrap (trash icon), unstage (−), stage (+), or stage all pending units, or type a staged quantity directly. Staging a unit removes it from pending; unstaging returns it. A part spanning several work orders gets one card per work order.
Outgoing rail The Outgoing rail on the right is where you organize outgoing units before committing. Staged units are grouped by destination operation (for example → Post-processing), and each destination holds one or more groups you are forming. Each group can be named with its pencil (Rename group) — whether that name carries forward to the next step depends on the destination operation's naming strategy; a partial move or an operation configured to always rename will dissolve the label and mint a fresh one. Click Split group to start another group for the same destination if you want to keep units separate. Pending scraps appear under Scrapped, and groups and scraps already committed from this step appear under Progressed.
Progress The Progress button sits at the top of the Outgoing rail and shows the number of staged units (for example Progress 12). Once you are satisfied with the staging, click it to commit. The move is written to the production ledger and the screen updates in place: committed groups move to Progressed, and each part's trace reflects the move. Units that were scrapped during staging are committed at the same time.
💡 All staging is reversible before you hit Progress. You can move units back to pending, adjust group names, or undo earlier changes freely while you are still staging.
How it relates to the Part Backlog
A part's quantity starts at the first operation of its work order the moment the work order is created. The build screen's pending count always reflects the current live balance of the group at that operation — the number of units that have arrived but not yet moved on. When you progress a build, those units leave this step and appear in the new group at the destination step.
Each work order tracks its own balance independently. If the same part has two concurrent work orders, both appear as separate part cards and are staged and traced separately.
Completed state
A work order's operation is marked complete when all of its units have left that step — either progressed forward or scrapped. On the build screen, parts with nothing left to move drop under a Completed divider, and once every unit in the group has been progressed or scrapped, the Outgoing rail reads All parts progressed. with a green Group complete banner.
On the final operation of a routing, nothing leaves the step: the rail reads This is the final operation — nothing leaves this step., staging controls are disabled, and the progress bar counts the units as completed.
ℹ️ Work orders track completeness per operation. A run is not marked done until units have passed the final operation — partial progress through the routing leaves earlier operations complete while later ones remain open.
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