What does machine shop software need to do?
It needs to answer the three questions a shop owner asks every day: where is every job, what is stopping the ones that are late, and will we ship this week. Anything that does not make those three answers faster is overhead.
Will this replace our machine monitoring or CAM software?
No. DO.Impact is the management layer around them. It captures how the day actually went, why output fell short, and what is being done about it — then rolls that up into scheduling, KPIs and leadership reviews.
We only have 25 people. Is this too much system?
Modules switch on and off individually. Plenty of shops start with a single daily board and hour-by-hour tracking, and never turn on anything else until they want it.
How do machinists use it without feeling watched?
Floor View is a kiosk screen built around barrier removal rather than surveillance. Operators log what blocked them, escalate in two taps, and see how many of their barriers have been cleared.