Field Notes

Designing for zero training on the shop floor

April 9, 2026·3 min·OPEXIS team
Field Notes

Software that requires a training session has already lost. That sounds harsh, but it's the standard we hold ourselves to for shop floor work.

The screen on the floor needs to answer one question: what do I do next? Every other piece of information is a distraction. So we strip it back. We keep the next task large, with the expected duration, the materials needed and a single primary action. Everything else is a tap away and out of the way. It looks almost too simple, and that's on purpose.

"We aim for software that explains itself."
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