A workflow automation platform that digitizes a glass manufacturing business, from WhatsApp sketch intake to production tracking.
Overview
Built for Modern Mahal, this platform replaces a paper-based glass manufacturing workflow. Customers send rough hand-drawn sketches over WhatsApp; the system ingests them automatically, converts them into structured, editable production diagrams with AI assistance, validates the geometry, generates quotations, and tracks every job through production.
Architecture
React frontend with a Node.js and Express backend on PostgreSQL. An AI-assisted processing module extracts dimensions, shapes, holes, and cut markings from customer sketches.
Features
Automatic diagram intake from WhatsApp with media synchronization
AI-assisted sketch-to-diagram conversion with fully editable output
Quotation generation, production tracking, and role-based access control
Challenges & Solutions
Hand-drawn sketches are ambiguous by nature. The system extracts what it can, flags what it cannot, and keeps a human in the loop: every generated diagram stays editable and requires explicit approval before production.
Tradeoffs
Suggestions over automation. The system could auto-approve clean diagrams, but in manufacturing a wrong dimension is expensive, so final decisions stay with the administrator.
Performance
Validation runs synchronously on save so errors surface while the operator still has context, not after the job reaches the factory floor.