Manufacturing teams

When a Machine's Down, Nobody Has Time to Hunt for the Right Spreadsheet

Give your floor and office a shared way to track production, equipment, and inventory — built from the spreadsheets your plant already runs, not a new system to learn. No credit card required.

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Illustrative production tracker

Plant status by line

Make running work, queued jobs, downtime, and maintenance follow-up visible to floor and office teams.

Overview
Records
Team access
All lines Running Queued Down

Lines running

3 / 4

Jobs queued

11

Maintenance open

2

Line 1 · Assembly

WO-4821 · 68% complete

Shift A

Running

Line 2 · Packaging

Bearing inspection requested

Maintenance

Down

Line 4 · Finishing

WO-4827 queued next

Shift B

Queued
Illustrative app preview. Your fields, views, and permissions are generated from your workflow and connected data.
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What Manufacturing Teams Build With GoodTaco

  • Production Tracking Software Without the New Platform — Turn a production log into real production tracking software with live status by line or shift, so supervisors aren't waiting on an end-of-day report to know where things stand.
  • Manufacturing Inventory Software Built on Your Sheet — Get the structure of manufacturing inventory management software (stock levels, reorder points, location tracking) on top of the spreadsheet your team already trusts.
  • Shop Floor Management, Not Shop Floor Guessing — Give floor staff a shared view of what's running, what's queued, and what's down, built directly from the tracker they already update.
  • Equipment Maintenance Logs That Don't Live on a Clipboard — Keep a searchable equipment maintenance log for every machine (service dates, technician notes, downtime) so nothing gets missed between shifts.
How it works

How It Works

  1. 1

    Connect Your Sheet

    Securely select the production, inventory, or maintenance log spreadsheet your team already uses. GoodTaco reads the columns and structure automatically.

  2. 2

    Describe What You Need

    For example: "Build shop floor management from my production tracker. Add status by line and a maintenance log for each machine."

  3. 3

    Share With Your Team

    Publish the app and control who can view or edit records. Your data stays in Sheets, and your floor and office update it directly.

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Why Manufacturing Teams Choose GoodTaco

  • Skip the ERP-Sized Rollout — No new system to license, train the floor on, and roll out plant-wide. GoodTaco builds real production tracking on top of the spreadsheet your team already updates.
  • Your Spreadsheet Stays the Source of Truth — No migrating inventory or production data into a new database before your team trusts it. GoodTaco reads from and writes back to the sheet you're already keeping current.
  • Share Safely — With role-based permissions and built-in authentication, you maintain total oversight of who modifies data versus who has read-only privileges. For instance, you can authorize floor supervisors to record real-time status updates while limiting inventory modifications strictly to managers.
  • Scales From One Line to the Whole Plant — Whether you're tracking a single production line or the full floor, the same app keeps working without a rebuild. Explore more on the Features page.

Built From What Your Floor Already Runs On

Production logs, inventory sheets, maintenance records: if your plant tracks it in Sheets, GoodTaco can turn it into an app your team actually uses.

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Common questions

Custom manufacturing software questions answered

Do I need a developer to build this?
No. GoodTaco is built for non-technical manufacturing teams. Simply describe what you need in plain language, and it builds the app from your existing spreadsheet.
What happens to our production or inventory spreadsheet?
It stays exactly where it is. GoodTaco reads from and writes back to it, so your spreadsheet remains the source of truth your team already trusts.
Can floor staff update it, or is this office-only?
Both. Role-based access lets you control who can log production or maintenance updates from the floor versus who manages inventory from the office.
How is this different from just sharing the production spreadsheet?
A shared spreadsheet breaks down fast on a floor with multiple shifts. Updates get overwritten, and there's no clear record of who logged what. GoodTaco gives you a real app on top of that same sheet: status views, permissioned updates, and a maintenance log per machine, without the spreadsheet chaos.
We looked at manufacturing inventory software before and it was built for a much bigger operation. Is this different?
Most manufacturing inventory management software is priced and built for large-scale plants running dedicated ERP systems. GoodTaco builds a lighter version directly from the spreadsheet you already run. No ERP migration, no per-seat enterprise pricing.
Is this secure enough for our production and inventory data?
GoodTaco provides built-in authentication, role-based access, and audit logging. GoodTaco's SOC 2 audit is in progress. Your team should still review the specific data, roles, and configuration before deployment.
Can this scale as we add lines or shifts?
Yes. The same app handles a single production line or a full multi-shift plant without needing to be rebuilt.
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