Custom Production Management Platform
Technologies Used
Project Overview
I built and shipped a Laravel production management system for a regulated manufacturing company. It tracks production labels, lot numbers, product identification, and internal job numbers so quality control and production oversight have a single source of truth.
The Challenge
The organization needed reliable production tracking without relying on spreadsheets and informal processes:
- Track every printed production label with an audit trail
- Manage lot numbers for quality control and traceability
- Keep product numbers consistent across product lines
- Follow internal job numbers through the workflow
- Role-based access for different production staff levels
- Data integrity suitable for regulated manufacturing
What I Built
A Laravel application with Eloquent models for labels, lots, products, and jobs; MySQL as the system of record; and Voyager for administration.
Production tracking: label creation and lifecycle history, lot status through production stages, product catalog with relationships, and job status with basic scheduling visibility.
Access and audit: authentication with role-based permissions (production staff, quality, supervisors, administrators), activity logging with user attribution, and input validation at the framework and database layers.
Delivery: Docker for consistent environments, GitLab CI/CD for tests and deployment, TailwindCSS and Vue.js where the UI needed interactive pieces, and PSR-oriented PHP practices with automated style checks.
Outcome
The system shipped and became the operational tool for production label and lot tracking. I kept the architecture integration-ready for future equipment connections, but the shipped scope was the tracking, audit, and admin surface above.