Manufacturing
The baler, the press, the forklift. Each one gets its own check on the floor.
PortalBase ties inspections to the machine's tag, training to the person and handovers to the area. Operators on a shared tablet, techs on a personal phone, line leads on the web. Everyone sees the same open items.
In the app
What a manufacturing crew opens first.
Today’s tasks, the training that’s due, the checks and the forms. The tiles and the work are set up for Fennmark Components, a made-up company. Yours would be set up for your crews.
Try it yourself
Fennmark Components
Yolanda Price
Line operator. Press line 3
Sample company and data, made up for the picture. Tap around.
What gets checked
Machines, guards and the trucks that feed them
Forklift pre-use. Set the template on the forklift asset type. It applies to every forklift under a plant. Fails put the truck out of service.
Read more →Machine guarding walks. The line lead walks the area, adds a finding with a photo and marks it open. Open items stay on the area's log until fixed.
Read more →Lockout/tagout. A course, then a skill check. A line lead records the tech doing the steps on one machine and both sign. The check can expire and reassign itself.
Read more →Changeover checks. A task with steps. Each step carries its instruction and a photo, and the task closes with a supervisor's verification.
Read more →On the floor
Where the signal dies
01
Metal buildings. Steel and concrete block the signal in parts of the plant. The checklist is on the phone.
02
Cold storage and mezzanines. Records save where the work happens and upload from wherever there's signal.
03
The break room tablet. A shared tablet signs workers in by PIN or QR badge. The next operator starts clean.
Shift change
First shift to second shift
Without it
A text from the line lead, maybe. The press ran hot and nobody's sure when.
With a log per area
Each press line has its own log and its own handover. Notes, photos and readings go in all shift, even offline. Open items are tasks in the area's pool, so the whole crew sees the same list.
Who's who
The people on one floor
- Operators. Four tiles: Tasks, Training, Inspections, Report an issue. The admin decides which tiles each user type gets.
- Maintenance techs. Cover several plants, with a role at each. Repairs are items with an owner, notes, photos and a closing sign-off.
- Line leads and EHS. Line leads review failures and concerns first. The safety lead sees by plant, area and shift what's open and for how long.
Straight answers
- Can a plant have its own fields, like headcount or hours worked?
- Yes. Each level a company defines can carry its own fields. A plant can have a headcount and hours worked, for example.
- Can workers report a near miss without giving their name?
- Yes, with an anonymous form. It collects no identity and no device ID. The word is literally true.
- Does it replace the lockout training done on the machine?
- No. Courses and skill checks record what was taught and shown. The hands-on training still happens on the machine, in person.
Free tools and talks for this field
Free tool
Forklift pre-use checklist
A daily check for forklifts and powered industrial trucks
Free tool
Ladder inspection checklist
A quick check for step, straight and extension ladders
Free tool
Job safety analysis template
Break a job into steps, name the hazards, and set the controls
Free tool
LTIR calculator
Lost time injury rate and severity rate, with the formula shown
Toolbox talk
Slips, trips and falls
Slips, trips and falls toolbox talk. Check the path, clear what's in it, and report wet spots, loose cords and bad footing.
Toolbox talk
Ladder safety
Ladder safety toolbox talk for crews. Pick the right ladder, inspect it, set it up on solid ground and keep three points of contact every time you climb.
Guide
Frontline platform buyer's guide
Frontline platform buyer's guide: what to ask vendors about offline use, sign-in, inspections, training, security and cost, with red flags to watch.
Walk us through one line.
Tell us the machines, the checks and the shifts. We'll set up one area and show you the floor view.
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