Henderson Fab Improves Shop Floor Visibility and Production Control with STRUMIS Mobility

Henderson Fab is a family-owned structural and miscellaneous steel fabricator based in Loganville, Georgia. With more than 35 years of experience in steel erection and a turnkey approach that combines detailing, fabrication, and installation, the company has built a reputation for delivering high-quality structural steel projects.

As the business continued to grow, Henderson Fab wanted to improve shop floor efficiency, gain real-time production visibility, and eliminate paper-based processes. The company needed steel fabrication management software that could provide accurate, real-time production data, improve decision-making, and give every department greater visibility across its operations.

To achieve this, Henderson Fab implemented STRUMIS Mobility, the mobile shop floor solution within STRUMIS steel fabrication management software. By adopting a shop floor-first approach, production workflows were tested in a live production environment before expanding the solution across the wider business.

The Challenge

Like many steel fabricators, Henderson Fab relied on paper-based processes and delayed production updates to manage fabrication activities.

This created several operational challenges, including:

• Handwritten quality control travelers
• Daily manual time corrections
• Production data that was often several days out of date
• Shipping errors caused by handwritten verification
• Limited visibility into material movements
• Incorrect material pulls due to outdated production information

Without real-time production data, teams spent valuable time correcting information instead of focusing on fabrication.

The Solution

Henderson Fab implemented STRUMIS Mobility to digitize shop floor operations and improve production control across its fabrication facility.

Rather than starting in the office, the company deployed STRUMIS Mobility directly on the shop floor, allowing production teams to test workflows in a live production environment before expanding the solution across the wider business.

The phased implementation included:

• Barcode-driven production routing
• Digital replacement of paper quality control travelers
• Production Control integration for fabrication workflows
• Barcode-based shipping verification
• Yard location tracking

This structured approach encouraged user adoption while minimizing disruption to production.

Improving Visibility Across Operations

STRUMIS Mobility provides Henderson Fab with real-time visibility into fabrication activities. Supervisors can monitor production progress, track members and assemblies, identify issues sooner, and make faster, more informed decisions.

By connecting the shop floor with the office, the software provides accurate production information throughout the day, improving communication between departments and helping management respond quickly to changing production priorities.

Replacing handwritten travelers with barcode scanning has eliminated daily time corrections, improved the accuracy of production data, reduced administrative work, and increased accountability across fabrication operations.

Improving Shipping Accuracy and Traceability

STRUMIS Mobility has strengthened shipping operations by introducing barcode-based verification during truck loading.

Materials are scanned and verified before leaving the yard, helping to reduce shipping errors while ensuring every shipment is complete and accurate.

Improved yard visibility enables teams to quickly locate materials and assemblies when preparing deliveries, while barcode tracking and complete material traceability provide greater control throughout the fabrication process.

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