Out of someone's head
"Just go ask Dave" becomes a written, searchable SOP. The setup, the check, and the step everyone was afraid to get wrong.
SOP creation
Turn "just ask Dave" into a written SOP.
The scariest day in a small shop is when the person who knows the job retires, and the process was never written down. Boaflow drafts the SOP or work instruction. Your team approves it. New hires train on the current revision.
For job shops, medical device, aerospace, fabrication, and co-packers. Sawyer Heaton did this paperwork in quality assurance at a medical device manufacturer.
How an SOP gets written
- Walk the job Your expert walks through it, or hands over their notes. The sticky note on the machine counts.
- Draft Boaflow writes the SOP or work instruction. Your experts teach. Boaflow does the typing.
- Approve Your team reviews it. Nothing goes live on its own.
- Train on this rev Version-controlled, and tied to training, so the next hire learns the current revision.
Why shops call about this
The process should survive the person.
If one person leaves and the shop stops, the shop has a person. The SOP is how the know-how stays in the building.
Before they retire
Decades of know-how, captured from a walkthrough or from notes, while the person who has it is still on the floor.
Faster training
New hires learn the current revision. The lesson does not depend on who has a free minute that morning.
A shop assistant
People can ask a question and get an answer from the SOPs your team has already approved. A draft is not the answer.
Document control, in mind
A revision, an approver, and a record of what the floor is trained on. Built with ISO 13485 and AS9100 document control in mind.
A person still decides
AI drafts the document. Your people approve it. AI doesn't replace your people. It backs them up.
Built with ISO 13485 and AS9100 document control in mind, and with FDA quality rules in mind for device shops. Boaflow is not a certification, and using it does not certify your shop.
Where it sits
On top of the binders you already have.
On top of whatever you already run: your ERP or MRP, spreadsheets, email, shared drives, even paper. Boaflow drafts from the walkthrough and files the approved revision where your shop already keeps controlled documents. The rest of the floor work, from travelers and CoCs to promise dates, lives on the main page.
How it works
Same path as the rest of the shop work.
Four steps. The first one is free. Sawyer will come walk your floor, anywhere.
Step 01 — Talk
Fit Call
A free 30-minute call over Google Meet. You say whose head the process lives in. We figure out if it's a fit.
Free30 minutes · Google Meet
Step 02 — Discover
Discovery Sprint
Two weeks on-site. We walk the work with your people and map what to write down first, and what else on the floor is worth building.
Fixed feetwo weeks on-site · quoted before we start
Step 03 — Build
System Buildout
SOPs drafted, approved, versioned, and tied to training. Most builds ship in 2 to 4 weeks. A person approves what goes live.
Fixed priceone-time · scoped from the sprint
Step 04 — Run
Managed Retainer
New revisions stay current as the work changes, with a monthly call. The shop assistant answers from the approved set.
Monthlyno minimum term · cancel anytime
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Who is the "just ask Dave" at your shop?
Book a free 30-minute fit call over Google Meet. We'll tell you which process is worth writing down first. No pitch deck.
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