The Winning Is in the WIP™
Ayoka optimizes WIP through a unique custom software platform that can be rented at a fraction of the cost of other solutions — connecting your people, production processes and business systems to find bottlenecks, recover capacity and get more finished product out the door.
WIP Connects the Shop Floor to the Financial Health of the Business.
WIP is where material, labor and overhead have already gone into production, but the product isn’t finished, shipped or invoiced yet. When you can see where that work is moving, waiting, slowing down or being reworked, you can find the constraints tying up capacity and cash — and get more finished product out the door with the resources you already have.
When work sits in process longer than it should, the impact goes beyond the production schedule. Material, labor, machine time and overhead have already been committed, but that investment has not yet become finished product or revenue. Seeing where WIP is accumulating helps expose the constraints that are slowing flow, consuming capacity and tying up cash.
- Know where capacity is being lost
- Produce more without automatically adding people or equipment
- Shorten lead times and improve on-time delivery
- Quote and schedule with greater confidence
- Catch downtime, quality and flow problems sooner
- Reduce manual reporting and disconnected spreadsheets
- Create capacity to take on more customers and revenue
The order tells you what you promised. The finished product tells you what happened. WIP tells you whether you’re going to win.
Your ERP may know what was ordered. A PLC may know that a machine is running. But WIP shows the partially completed product already moving through production — where material, labor and overhead have been committed but the product has not yet become finished goods. Seeing which jobs are running, what is waiting, where work is slowing down and where WIP is accumulating helps expose the constraints tying up capacity and cash.
What should happen
Demand, quantities, schedules, materials, due dates and customer commitments.
Where the business is won or lost
The real state of production: movement, queues, changeovers, downtime, quality, labor, machines and constraints.
What actually happened
Throughput, lead time, on-time delivery, finished goods, job-costing, timely invoicing and the customer experience.
We connect what is disconnected so you can see the operation, find the constraint and improve the flow.
Ayoka builds and integrates software, automation and AI that connect the machines, PLCs, production systems, business software, data and people involved in manufacturing. We connect what you already have, fill the gaps where needed, and create the operational visibility and workflows that show what is happening in real time — so you can find constraints, automate slow or manual processes, recover capacity and get more finished product out the door.
CONNECT WHAT YOU HAVE
Connect your machines, PLCs, production systems, business software and data so information can move across the operation.
BUILD WHAT’S MISSING
Use software, automation and AI to fill the gaps, automate workflows and give your team the visibility it needs to act.
RENT CUSTOM SOFTWARE
Get the technology you need through a monthly model without a large upfront software investment. Ayoka provides and supports the enabling technology while you retain ownership of your workflow and operational IP.
You don’t need to know which technology you need. Start with the operational problem.
A disconnected PLC. Production status living in spreadsheets. A bottleneck no one can quantify. Manual reporting. Missing WIP visibility. A process that works only because one person knows how to hold it together. Ayoka starts there.
PLC Integration
Connect machine data to the people and systems that need it so production signals become useful operational information.
Explore PLC Integration →Factory Automation
Reduce manual steps, connect processes and make production more consistent, reliable and repeatable.
Explore Factory Automation →B.O.S.S.
Create an operational headquarters for the workflows, visibility and decisions that do not fit neatly inside ERP.
Explore B.O.S.S. →Free PLC Connection Check
Not sure what your PLC can expose or how it could connect? Start with a free connection check and show us what you have.
Check your PLC →Connect the operation around the outcome that matters.
The technology changes from plant to plant. The principle does not: understand what is happening operationally, connect the information that matters and make the workflow easier to run.
Sexing Technologies
See how production software and operational visibility can support complex manufacturing workflows and the people responsible for running them.
Read the case study →KAP
See how connected operational software can replace fragmented processes and give teams a clearer way to plan and execute complex work.
Read the case study →What manufacturers ask us.
Why Ayoka instead of an MES company, automation integrator, ERP consultant, or custom software shop?
Most firms specialize in either the machine layer or the business-software layer. Ayoka works across both, connecting the operation from the PLC to the ERP and building what is missing in between.
What does “The Winning Is in the WIP™” mean?
Work in process (WIP) is partially completed product that has entered production but has not yet become finished goods. It includes the material, labor and overhead already invested in that production. When WIP begins accumulating or sitting too long, it can point to bottlenecks, longer cycle times, lost capacity and cash tied up in production. Seeing and improving what is happening in WIP helps manufacturers turn more of the resources they already have into finished product and revenue.
Is Ayoka a software company or an automation company?
Ayoka works across both. We connect machines, PLCs, business systems, operational software and the people using them. The goal is not technology for its own sake; it is to make the operation more visible, connected, reliable and capable.
Do we have to replace our ERP or existing systems?
No. Ayoka often starts by connecting and extending the systems a manufacturer already has. ERP can remain the system of record while Ayoka helps create the operational layer needed between the business system and the shop floor.
What kinds of manufacturing problems are a good fit for Ayoka?
Common starting points include poor WIP visibility, disconnected machines or PLCs, spreadsheet-driven production processes, manual data entry, production reporting that arrives too late, bottlenecks that are difficult to measure, and workflows that do not fit cleanly inside ERP.
Can Ayoka connect to PLCs and existing factory equipment?
Yes. PLC and equipment integration is a core part of connecting shop-floor activity to the rest of the operation. If you are unsure what your existing PLC can expose, the Free PLC Connection Check is an easy place to start.
What is B.O.S.S.?
B.O.S.S.—Business Operation Software System—is an operational headquarters for workflows and visibility that sit between or across your existing business systems. It is not intended to replace ERP; it helps connect the operational work that ERP does not manage well on its own.
What if we know something is wrong but we don’t know what technology we need?
That is a good reason to talk. You do not need to diagnose the solution before contacting Ayoka. Tell us what you are seeing—where work gets stuck, where information disappears, what is manual, or what keeps you from producing more—and we can start with the operational problem.
Can this help us increase capacity without immediately adding headcount or equipment?
That is one of the most important reasons to improve WIP visibility. If existing capacity is being lost to waiting, bottlenecks, manual handoffs, downtime or poor information flow, identifying and reducing those losses can help the operation produce more with resources it already has.
Tell us what you’re seeing.
You don’t need to arrive with a software specification. Tell us where production is getting stuck, where visibility disappears, where people are doing too much manually or where you believe capacity is being left on the table. We’ll start there.
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Tell us what you’re seeing. We’ll start with the operational problem and help determine what is getting in the way.
