Beachley Furniture: Replacing Manual Production Boards With Mobile-Ready Automation
The Challenge
Beachley Furniture tracked production on a physical board, and staff had to walk to the office to move order cards. Materials, quotes, and purchase orders lived in scattered Excel sheets.
Beachley is a custom manufacturer with detailed, multi-step production workflows that needed a scalable way to manage growing operations. The result was manual processes slowing down a high-end manufacturer.
Key Challenges Faced
- Physical Production Board
- Staff had to walk to the office to move order cards.
- Scattered Spreadsheets
- Materials, quotes, and purchase orders lived in separate Excel sheets.
- Admin Time Lost to Chasing
- Admin time was wasted chasing order status and updates.
- No Mobile or Remote Visibility
- Anyone away from the physical board had no way to see or update where an order stood.
The Solution
TekConnected rebuilt Beachley's entire workflow inside Monday.com, retiring the physical board and the scattered spreadsheets.
What Was Built
- Centralized Production Tracking Board
- Covers the full path from quote through to ship.
- Live Status Updates via Mobile
- Floor staff update orders from the production floor rather than walking to the office.
- Material, PO, and Color Sample Tracking
- Moved into one system, replacing the scattered Excel sheets.
- Custom Dashboards
- Give management visibility across quote, production, and delivery.
- Automation
- Handles notifications, assignments, and stage changes.
The Three Pillars
- Monday.com for process and task automation
- Mobile access for updates from anywhere at any time
- Custom workflows tailored to furniture production cycles
Technology Stack
Results & Outcomes
- 30+ Admin Hours Saved Per Week
- Across the operation.
- 40% Increase in Team Productivity
- Following the rebuild.
- 100% of Floor Staff Now Update Orders From Mobile Devices
- No more walking to the office to move a card.
- Zero Need for Manual Board Tracking
- The physical production board is retired.
- Unified View for Managers
- Real-time dashboards for quote, production, and delivery.
Strategic Impact
- Production status is visible at a glance instead of reconstructed from paper trails.
- Floor and admin staff have remote visibility that the physical board could never provide.
- Materials, POs, and color samples are tracked in one system rather than scattered spreadsheets.
- Workflows are tailored to furniture production cycles rather than forced into a generic template.
We’ve gone from chasing paper trails to knowing exactly where every order is at a glance. It’s been a game-changer.
Beachley Furniture Team
Who This Applies To
This build pattern fits an organisation that:
- Tracks production on a physical board that only works if you are standing in front of it
- Keeps materials, quotes, and POs in scattered spreadsheets
- Loses admin time chasing order status and updates
- Gives floor staff no way to update jobs from where the work happens
