Waypoint MES

The Lightweight Shop Floor System for Human Hands
Launching in Mid-2025, climb aboard!

Designed to
Get Operational
Fast

Waypoint’s simple configuration model and cloud-first approach let’s you setup and run a process hours, not months or years.

Ease into the system one step at a time and grow into it at your own pace.

For Hands-On Production

Supports discrete manufacturing of serialized units produced with manual or semi-automated operations. Ideal for high-value, high-mix, or lower-volume environments.

Process Control
Define each operation your product must complete before it ships.
Product Tracking
Real-time visibility of order status, WIP, and unit/batch details at your fingertips.
Shop Floor Navigation
Guides production by delivering essential information to operators.
Production History
Digital journal of who, what, where, and when for each unit/batch produced.
Data Acquisition
Collect measurement or test data from any step in your process.
Multilingual Work Instructions
Support a diverse workforce with your data in multiple languages.
Hands-On/Semi-Automated
Built to support the production of products produced with manually-initiated operations.
Mixed Mode
Discrete or batch, simultaneously supports the production of individual units and batches.
High-Mix/Low-Volume
Suitable solution for high-mix and/or low-volume environments.

Bridging The Gap

Architecturally and logically, there is a void between enterprise systems like an ERP and the actual work performed on the shop floor.

Waypoint helps bridge this gap by providing common operational needs.

Operational Awareness

Wondering how that critical order is progressing?
Get real-time visibility over production from anywhere.

Go Paperless

Deliver the correct document revisions to your operators digitally.​

Shed the operational liability of work instructions, procedures, and drawings in paper form.

Save valuable time from endlessly chasing down and replacing old document revisions.

Actual Time

Knowing how long each operation takes is central to understanding your process, cost, and improvements.​

Move beyond just the cycle time and discover the actual time charged for each operation.​

No stopwatch required.

Dead-Simple Operator UI

1. Scan
2. Start
3. Pause/Close

It’s that simple.

​The Next Workstation application guides users through the work instructions so operations are completed in order and to specification.

​No clicking around.
No awkward screen hopping or menus.

Ship with Confidence

Catch that incomplete unit before your customer does.​

Rest easy knowing that every operation, test, and
inspection, was completed before product ships.

Full Unit History

Waypoint keeps a detailed digital journal of every unit and batch produced.

Who
What
When
Where
Notes
Data
Flexible Data Acquisition

Data acquisition as unique as your operations.​

Collect data types ranging from simple values to more complicated data types such as CSV, XML, JSON, or binary data.

​Custom data validators and renderers can be plugged-in to validate and display your custom data formats.

“It is a delight and joy to work with Zefcot [Waypoint]. Not just is it possible to create and run your first workflow in a couple of hours. The system has such an incredible amount of depth, that it does give you the confidence to take on even the most complex workflows. This is what you need for your Smart Manufacturing journey.”
−Stefan Zippel, MES Guru, Germany

In the Cloud or Onsite

Run on the Waypoint cloud infrastructure for a zero-maintenance and carefree operation. Servers and databases are maintained by us as part of the standard cloud plans.

Clients that require low latency, operate in remote locations, or have strict data requirements can self-host onsite or in your data center.