Mannin Systems / How we work
How we work
No big-bang switchover and no pressure. A short call first, a site assessment if it’s a fit, then a system built around your shop and proved alongside your spreadsheets.
Runs on the PCs and phones you already have, with site-locked access.
From first call to switch-over
Six steps, each one agreed before the next begins.
Introductory call
A conversation by phone or video about what you make, how you plan and track it today, and what’s getting in the way. By the end, we’ll both know whether Mannin Systems would genuinely help. If it isn’t the right fit, we’ll say so.
Pre-contract agreement
If it looks like a fit, we agree the site assessment in writing first: the scope, the timings, confidentiality and any costs, including travel for UK visits. Both sides know exactly what’s involved before anything is booked.
Site assessment
We walk your shop floor and follow how orders, materials, tooling and paperwork actually move, and collect your current check sheets, reason codes and quality procedures so they can be built straight in. UK visits are arranged around your production schedule, so we see the shop floor working normally.
Summary and fixed-price proposal
A plain-English summary of where time and material are going, and a fixed-price proposal for the system that would fix it, with any hardware itemised on its own. Consider it in your own time.
Build and run side by side
We build that first, around your products, your units and your names for things, and bring your spreadsheets across. The new system runs alongside them, with training on site, until you trust the numbers.
Switch over, then grow
When you’re ready, you move across, with support on hand. More areas can be added whenever it suits you.
Built around the IT you already have
Mannin Systems runs in a web browser, so it works on the computers, tablets and phones you already own. There’s no server to buy and nothing to maintain. What we set up depends on where you’re starting from.
You already have PCs on the shop floor
We add the system to them and you’re running. The machines you already own become your stations, with no new hardware at all.
It’s an office PC and a lot of paper
Your team adds the app to their own phones in about a minute, and each person sees only what their role needs. It’s the quickest, lowest-cost way off paper.
You’d like dedicated kit at each station
We supply and set up rugged tablets, scanners and label printers for the stations that need them. They’re priced per station and itemised separately on your proposal, so you only pay for what you choose.
Used at work, unless you say otherwise
Everyone gets access to what their role needs, and nothing more. Operators can only use the system on site. Managers can be given access from anywhere. How we check someone is on site depends on your set-up:
Your site Wi-Fi
If your broadband has a fixed internet address, the system only accepts bookings made on your own network. There’s no location tracking: being connected at work is the check.
Best for sites with good Wi-Fi across the shop floor.
Your site boundary
The app confirms the phone is within your site boundary before a booking is accepted. It’s checked only at the moment someone books, never tracked.
Best for sites without a fixed internet address, or work in yards and outbuildings.
Scan to sign in
Each station screen shows a code that changes every minute. Scanning it confirms the person is standing at that station.
Best for shared stations, and the most precise check of all.
We’ll recommend the right combination at your site assessment, and you can use more than one.
Questions about getting started
Do we have to stop using our spreadsheets?
No. The new system runs alongside them until you trust the numbers, and then you move across.
Will staff need to install anything?
Nothing from an app store. On a PC it opens in the browser; on a phone, staff add it to their home screen in about a minute.
Can staff use the system from home?
Only if their role allows it. Operators are limited to your site; managers can be given access from anywhere.
Is anyone’s location tracked?
No. With the Wi-Fi check, no location is used at all. With the site boundary check, the phone’s position is checked only at the moment someone books, and never stored as a trail.
Do you work outside the Isle of Man?
Yes. Introductory calls are by phone or video wherever you are, and site visits are available anywhere in the UK, with travel agreed in the pre-contract agreement first.
Tell us what you're running on now
A few lines about what you make and how you plan production today is plenty to start with, or simply ask for an introductory call. You'll get a personal reply.