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Industrial software and workflow automation

Software and automation for businesses where the work is real.

Practical systems for small manufacturers, CNC and sign shops, contractors, and owner-led businesses—reducing duplicate entry, clarifying production, and connecting scattered tools.

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Industrial systems
Software // automation // fabrication
01Software that fits the operation
02Automation without the busywork
03Production-minded design
04Direct access to the builder
Services

From stubborn problem to working system.

Manufacturing software and workflow automation are the core specialties, supported by commerce-ready websites, online marketplaces, and production-minded CNC systems.

Primary specialty

Manufacturing Software

Focused operating systems for manufacturers that need clearer quoting, inventory, production status, scheduling, shipping, or reporting without forcing the floor into a generic platform.

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Primary specialty

Workflow Automation

Practical automation for recurring office and field workflows where information is copied, reformatted, approved, scheduled, or followed up by hand.

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Websites & Online Marketplaces

Fast, focused websites, storefronts, and online marketplaces designed around a useful customer action—and connected to the catalog, seller, payment, fulfillment, or follow-up process behind it.

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CNC and Signage Systems

Production-minded tools for custom sign and CNC work where dimensions, options, approvals, materials, files, fabrication stages, finishing, and delivery must stay connected.

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Built from the floor up

Built for businesses where the work is real.

The best system is not the one with the longest feature list. It is the one that understands how a quote becomes a job, how material moves, where production stalls, and what the person doing the work needs to see next.

I bring production management, CNC fabrication, inventory, shipping, and day-to-day operations experience to the software side of the problem. That combination keeps the work grounded in what actually happens between the office, shop floor, truck, and customer.

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The operational drag usually looks like this
01

Quoting

Requests wait too long for pricing because the right details live in someone’s head.

02

Inventory

Nobody is fully certain what is on hand, committed to a job, or due to be reordered.

03

Production

Status gets reconstructed from messages, paper travelers, whiteboards, and walk-arounds.

04

Administration

The same information is entered twice while paperwork, scheduling, and follow-up keep pulling the owner back in.

Who it is for

Operators who need less chasing, fewer handoffs, and a clearer view of the work.

01Small manufacturers
02CNC, sign, and fabrication shops
03Contractors and field-service businesses
04Small companies beyond spreadsheets, paper, and disconnected software
Operating experienceProduction managementCNC fabricationInventoryShippingOperationsSoftware development
Brandon York, founder of Yorkstead Systems
Behind the work

Brandon York builds from both sides of the operation.

Brandon York works across production, fabrication, operations, and software. That combination keeps every system grounded in the way quotes, material, people, paperwork, and finished work actually move.

The point is not to force a shop into a generic web product. It is to understand the real handoffs, constraints, and decisions first—then build the smallest useful system around them.

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Ways to engage

Start at the size of the problem.

A clear first step for diagnosis, one contained improvement, or a connected operating system.

These are planning ranges, not automatic quotes. Final scope, price, timing, integrations, migration, and support are confirmed before work begins.

01

Workflow Audit

Starting at $350

A focused evaluation when the operating problem is visible but the right fix is not yet clear.

Focused review and prioritized handoff

  • Workflow interview or walkthrough
  • Bottleneck analysis
  • Recommended solution
  • Rough implementation range
  • Audit fee credited toward an approved build when appropriate
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02

Workflow Sprint

Typically $1,500–$3,500

One tightly scoped operational improvement taken from friction to a usable result.

Approximately one to two weeks

  • One defined workflow and clear finish line
  • Examples include a quote calculator, intake flow, packing-list generator, inventory scanner, dashboard, scheduling flow, or spreadsheet conversion
  • Focused implementation, review, and handoff
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03

Custom Operations System

Typically starting at $5,000

A connected system for multiple operational workflows that need to work as one.

Scope and delivery plan established after discovery

  • May involve quoting, inventory, production tracking, scheduling, customer communication, or reporting
  • Final pricing depends on scope, integrations, data migration, and support requirements
  • Phased delivery when that reduces operating risk
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Selected work

Systems with an operating point of view.

Five live systems and two working prototypes, spanning production release control, internal operations, online commerce, inventory visibility, hospitality point of sale, employee scan workflows, and authenticated production analytics. Each profile states what exists today, what remains intended, and where evidence is still limited.

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Project status definitions

Live system

Implemented and currently operational.

Working prototype

Functional enough to demonstrate or test.

Active concept

Defined product or workflow still under development.

Case study

Completed work supported by real evidence.

01
Live systemProduction release control

Ellwood Flow

A live release-intake and document-control system that keeps manufactured orders, approvals, drawings, files, and shop-floor handoffs connected.

Applicable industries
Architectural panel manufacturingManufacturing and fabricationCNC productionBuilding products
Operating signal

One controlled path from release intake to production-ready work

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Ellwood Flow active release dashboard displaying order context, panel schedule, and drawing review status
Active release workspace. The active release view keeps release context, panel schedules, and controlled drawing reviews together in one operational surface.
02
Live systemPersonal operations platform

WORK//CTRL

A live operations command center pattern for owner-led companies and delivery teams that need projects, tasks, client follow-up, system health, and next actions in one daily view.

Applicable industries
Owner-led businessesProfessional servicesSoftware teamsFabrication and CNC
Operating signal

One adaptable control surface for work that currently lives across tools

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Dark WORK//CTRL dashboard with project, task, signal, focus, pressure, and project-journal cards
Daily command center. The daily control surface brings project counts, open tasks, focus work, operating pressure, and durable notes into one review.
03
Live systemCommerce and marketplace platform

jwld.store

A live, mobile-first commerce platform for a specialty-goods brand, demonstrating how product discovery, inventory, cart activity, custom requests, and a distinctive buying experience can become the foundation for an online marketplace.

Applicable industries
Independent brandsArtists and makersCurated retailSpecialty goods
Operating signal

Connect discovery, product truth, purchasing intent, and fulfillment in one branded experience

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Verified media pending

Live storefront overview

Supply a desktop catalog or product view plus a mobile shopping-bag or custom-commission screen.

Portfolio screenshots of the live storefront have not been supplied yet; visit jwld.store to view the current system.
04
Working prototypeOperational visibility

Shop Inventory

A mobile-first inventory visibility pattern for small operations that need to distinguish what is physically on hand, already committed, available for new work, and due for replenishment.

Applicable industries
Small manufacturingMachine and fabrication shopsSign and CNC shopsContractors and field service
Operating signal

Turn stock counts into job-aware availability and clear next actions

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Inventory prototype overview

Supply a desktop inventory view and a mobile stock-update screen.

Final prototype screenshots have not been supplied. This placeholder does not represent the interface.
05
Working prototypeSarcastic restaurant operations

SIC Pizza POS

A mobile-first tableside POS and collaborative-ordering prototype that carries diners, configured items, guest proposals, kitchen status, split payments, and an intentionally sarcastic brand voice through one restaurant workflow.

Applicable industries
Independent restaurantsPizza shopsBars and taproomsFood halls
Operating signal

Keep the personality loud while pricing, approvals, kitchen state, and payment boundaries stay literal

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Verified media pending

POS prototype overview

Supply a desktop floor or kitchen view plus a mobile ordering, guest-join, or split-payment screen.

Portfolio screenshots of the working POS prototype have not been supplied yet; the live demo remains available for review.
06
Live systemProduction identity and traceability

Employee Barcodes

A live internal-tool pattern for assigning unique employee numbers, generating standardized Code 128 labels, printing label sheets, and sharing barcode images for downstream production, completion, quality, packaging, or handoff scans.

Applicable industries
Architectural panel productionManufacturing and fabricationCNC and sign shopsWarehousing and fulfillment
Operating signal

Make the employee identifier easy to issue, carry, share, and scan wherever work is completed

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Verified media pending

Employee barcode workflow

Supply a desktop label-builder or employee-directory view plus a mobile preview or share-sheet view with employee information safely redacted.

Portfolio screenshots of the live employee-barcode tool have not been supplied yet; the deployed system remains available for review.
07
Live systemAuthenticated production intelligence

ACM Weekly

A live, login-protected analytics portal for reviewing ACM and Seal & Stack throughput, crew mix, operator reviews, and recurring production signals without distributing sensitive operating data through static reports.

Applicable industries
Architectural panel manufacturingManufacturing and fabricationShift-based productionProduction management
Operating signal

Turn weekly production records into a controlled view of throughput, staffing context, and review activity

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Verified media pending

Authenticated production dashboard

Supply a desktop dashboard overview and one mobile or focused analytics view with employee names, credentials, production-sensitive totals, and other private identifiers safely redacted.

Portfolio screenshots of the protected analytics dashboard have not been supplied yet; the public deployment currently presents its user-login boundary.
Project contact

Have an operating problem worth fixing?

Share the messy version. A useful first conversation is about the current workflow, where it breaks, and what better would actually mean.

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