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Internal Build - Operations Software · 2024–2026

We built the software our own shop runs on.

Command Center is 40+ modules across production, sales, inventory, payroll, and customer ops. It runs every day on the real FPC shop floor - which is why we know exactly what to build for yours.

40+

Integrated modules

30

People on the platform daily

$18k

Q1 stockouts caught by sync

Team velocity post-launch

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Challenge

A 30-person production business running on spreadsheets, a WordPress site, institutional memory, and six SaaS subscriptions that didn't talk to each other. Production was tracked on Post-it notes. Payroll took 8 hours every two weeks. Order status was answered by email, one at a time.

Approach

  • Next.js + Supabase monolith - one auth system, one data model, one dashboard.
  • Production pipeline: kanban board with 19 stages × 7 groups, drag-and-drop, label system, shop-floor TV dashboard.
  • Custom CRM with lead scoring, email parsing, QB integration, quote automation.
  • Time clock + payroll with CA overtime rules, split-pay for cash + ADP, Excel exports.
  • Multi-supplier inventory sync (S&S Activewear, AS Colour, SanMar) with nightly price + stock reconciliation.
  • Customer portal with magic-link auth, invoices, artwork library, 2-way messaging.

Results

  • Eliminated Webflow retainer ($400/mo reclaimed).
  • Payroll processing down from 8 hours to 45 minutes bi-weekly.
  • Customer portal cut manual order-status emails by 40+ hours/month.
  • Inventory sync caught $18k of stockouts before they happened in Q1.
  • Team velocity up 4× - internal dashboard ships features in hours, not weeks.

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