The Challenge
Hälsinge Linneväveri is a small craft weaving mill with RUTI looms producing linen tablecloths, towels, runners, and napkins. All production information — recipes, yarn data, calculations — existed on handwritten weave notes and notebooks. New products required experienced weavers to remember the rigging by heart.
The Solution
We built a web-based production control system that digitalized the entire mill — from article registry and recipes to cost calculations and manufacturing orders. Existing data was imported from Excel/CSV and handwritten weave notes.
Features
Article Registry
All sellable products: tablecloths, towels, runners, napkins with prices and dimensions.
Recipe / Rigging
Technical info per article: ratchet wheel, reed, punch card, warp division — everything needed to set up a loom.
Material & Yarn Catalog
Stock balance, suppliers, NeB and Tex values for all yarns.
Cost Calculation
Automatic calculation: yarn + rigging + weaving + overhead = unit cost.
Version Control
Track all recipe changes — who, what, when. Never uncertainty about the correct version.
Manufacturing Orders
Production flow from planning to finished product with status tracking.
Digitalization of Historical Data
A major part of the project was digitalizing existing knowledge: handwritten weave notes from notebooks, Excel files with inventory and prices, and oral knowledge from experienced weavers. Everything was imported and structured in the system so that knowledge is preserved — regardless of who operates the loom.
Results
Paper-based planning was completely replaced. Changeover times were made visible and reduced by 20%. Delivery precision increased from 85% to 96%. New weavers can set up a loom independently thanks to digital recipes — previously training took months.