Slip Maker

Slip Maker was built to reduce the time required to create a production document from purchase-order information and part files. The workflow needed to be faster without allowing model output to move directly into production without review.

The tool accepts purchase-order sheets and STL files. A locally hosted Llama 3.2 model running through Ollama extracts relevant order information from the purchase order. Ordinary code generates part thumbnails, structures the information, and produces a printable Excel document after manual confirmation or correction.

I designed and implemented the workflow. AI assistance contributed to writing the software and packaging it as a Windows executable. The application itself uses the language model only for bounded information extraction. Document generation, structure, user confirmation, and production decisions remain deterministic or human-controlled.

During use with French documents, the model occasionally placed part-level information in the wrong column or misread quantity information. A manual override was added so production staff could correct the output before generating the document. The tool reduced normal preparation time from approximately 20 minutes to approximately 2 minutes per document, including review and correction.

Slip Maker was used by production-floor staff and temporarily supported the digital shop-traveller workflow before the broader production platform replaced that function. It remains available when the document-generation need occurs.