Dylan Hoback
Accu-Tube
My Praxie analytics software transformed our operations, enabling data-driven decisions and streamlining our manufacturing process.
The andon light went on. Then it waited.
Replace paper travellers and shouted escalations with AI that routes work orders, raises the call, and tracks who responded — so a stopped operation gets help in minutes, not at the end of the shift.
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AI work order executionfor production and shop-floor leaders
Customer Success Stories
Dylan Hoback
Accu-Tube
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Scott Russell
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I would heartily recommend the Praxie team to any organization seeking to seriously undertake a lasting and successful innovation process.
Mike Bainbridge
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Jeff Piotrowicz
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With Praxie we've created a way to report on complex projects that gives management full visibility. Executives have visibility to projects, assignments, and more at their fingertips.
Maureen Thompson
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Our Praxie App makes it easy to track progress on strategic objectives across the organization and includes an executive-level dashboard with real-time reports to the board on key initiatives.
Tom Anderson
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Praxie is used every day to track and analyze every aspect of production, quality, safety, and more. We improved quality by 10%.
Peggie Pelosi
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Almost overnight, Praxie created a customized solution for our 100 member organizations across Canada to drive strategy and innovation.
Kate Merton
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Praxie's innovation solution stood out from other options because it can be customized so quickly to fit our exact process requirements. Plus, it is incredibly easy to use and manage.
The problem is found in seconds. The help takes an hour.
Spotting the issue was never the hard part. Getting the right person there, every time, is the job.
“Why did that order ship three days late?”
“I raised it. Nobody came.”
A board that is accurate when somebody updates it, and wrong the rest of the day.
You do not need a louder andon. You need the call to route itself — and prove who responded, and when.
If you own execution
Is this your shift?
Most production and shop-floor leaders recognise at least four of these. If you recognise six, the rest of this page is written for you.
- Escalation means finding someone and asking them in person.
- The work order status board is updated once a shift, if that.
- Nobody can say how long the last stoppage actually waited.
- Paper travellers go missing between operations.
- The same operation stalls repeatedly with no record of it.
- Response times are a matter of opinion.
- Priority is whoever is standing in front of you.
- “Where is that order?” takes a walk around the floor to answer.
None of this is an effort problem. It is a response-time problem.
Is this you?
Worked example — multi-cell production floorRaising the call used to be the fast part.
Hours↓Minutesfrom stoppage to the right responder
Dozens of work centres, paper travellers, and an andon light that told everyone and no one.
An operator could flag a problem instantly, but finding the right responder depended on who happened to be nearby — so most of the lost time was waiting, not fixing.
With AI-powered execution the call routes to the right role automatically, escalates when it is not answered, and records the response, so delays become visible instead of absorbed.
Monday, 6am
What you walk onto the floor with
Today
A board somebody updated yesterday.
- Escalation by walking and asking
- Travellers lost between operations
- Response times nobody can measure
- Priority set by proximity
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With Praxie
A floor that routes its own problems.
- Calls routed to the right role automatically
- Escalation when nobody responds
- Every response timed and recorded
- Order status current without being updated
Key Execution & ANDON Benefits
Live
Takt-Time Visibility
See planned versus actual cycle time and identify pacing gaps before they affect the order.
Faster
ANDON Response
Route help requests and escalating issues instantly to the right accountable owner.
Better
Output Attainment
Keep production aligned to demand with live run-rate, plan-versus-actual, and WIP monitoring.
Higher
First-Pass Yield
Embed quality checks, alerts, containment, and rework workflows directly in the execution path.
Less
Unplanned Downtime
Capture issue reasons, response time, recovery actions, and recurring causes across every station.
One
Shared Operating View
Give operators, supervisors, maintenance, quality, and leadership the same real-time line status.
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When an operation stops, how long before the right person knows?
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Why Paper and Shouting Do Not Scale
Paper Travelers &
Whiteboards
- Manual status updates at the station
- Limited shift-to-shift handoff visibility
- Takt-time misses noticed too late
- ANDON calls depend on verbal escalation
- Hard to analyze delays and recurring issues
ERP / MES
Modules
- Strong work order and routing records
- Often rigid shop-floor workflows
- Complex changes and long rollout cycles
- Limited visual ANDON configuration
- Performance data may lag behind events
Standalone ANDON
or OEE Tools
- Good real-time signal visibility
- Useful downtime and OEE monitoring
- Limited work-order context
- Separate escalation and action tracking
- Data must be stitched into operations workflows
Point AI
Tools
- Useful summaries and copilots
- Can automate a narrow task
- Weak live station context
- No shared visual operating board
- Requires additional workflow governance
★ BEST FIT
Praxie AI-Powered
Execution & ANDON
- Digital work orders connected to routings and stations
- Live planned vs. actual takt-time monitoring
- Green, yellow, and red ANDON alerts with escalation
- OEE, quality, WIP, downtime, and output in one board
- AI-assisted root cause, actions, and improvement loops
Digital work order execution
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Live ANDON alerts & escalation
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OEE, output, quality & downtime
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ERP, MES, QMS & equipment integration
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Why Praxie
Stands Out
Stands Out
Connects execution instructions, work-order status, and station activity in one place
Tracks takt-time performance and output pace in real time, not after the shift
Turns ANDON signals into assigned, traceable recovery workflows
Delivers flexible AI workflows without a heavy enterprise implementation
Questions Production Leaders Ask Us First
The objections we hear in the first 20 minutes — answered plainly.
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How do AI-powered work order execution and ANDON boards work together?
Answer: The work order provides the production context—what to build, the routing, planned quantity, work instructions, materials, quality checks, and expected takt time. The ANDON board then turns live shop-floor signals into an operating view, showing which stations are on pace, at risk, stopped, or waiting for help so teams can respond before the delay spreads.
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Can the system track planned versus actual takt time for each station?
Answer: Yes. Each operation or station can receive the applicable planned takt time from the work order routing or time study. As operators complete units or equipment reports cycle data, the system compares actual cycle time, output pace, and accumulated variance against plan—then highlights green, yellow, or red status based on thresholds you define.
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What happens when a station goes yellow or red on the ANDON board?
Answer: A yellow condition can signal that a station is falling behind pace, has rising cycle-time variance, or needs attention soon. A red condition can trigger an immediate escalation for a stop, quality hold, material shortage, equipment issue, or safety concern. Praxie can identify the affected work order and station, notify the assigned owner, record the issue, and initiate an action or root-cause workflow.
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Which production metrics can we track in the live ANDON board?
Answer: Teams can track planned and actual takt time, units completed versus plan, station status, WIP, OEE, availability, performance, first-pass yield, scrap, rework, downtime, micro-stops, response time, and open escalations. Metrics can roll up from the station to the line, shift, work order, assembly, plant, or product family.
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Can it integrate with our ERP, MES, machines, or physical signal lights?
Answer: Yes. Praxie can connect work-order and routing context from ERP or MES systems, receive production and equipment events through integrations or webhooks, and use rules to update dashboards and workflows. For physical ANDON lights, a webhook or integration can pass the line, station, alert type, and status to a local gateway or connected light controller so the right red, yellow, or green signal is activated.
Bottom line: AI-powered work-order execution and ANDON boards connect the plan to the shop floor—giving teams real-time visibility into pace, quality, downtime, exceptions, and the actions needed to keep production moving.
Which stoppage would you fix first, if help arrived in minutes?
Send us one of your real work order flows. We’ll show you what Praxie would have done with it — your operations, your roles, your escalations.
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