Cortex
The manufacturing platform I architected at SRTX (Sheertex), a complete rewrite of the earlier system. Ran the factory floor, connecting machines, production data, and business operations in one system.
Context
Sheertex (SRTX) made durable sheer tights on industrial knitting machines. When I joined, they had a radical product and an equally radical factory to build. The problem was that there was no software that could tie the whole operation together. Machines, production runs, quality data, and business metrics were all disconnected.
What I built
Cortex was the factory operating system, a complete rewrite of the earlier system that I architected and built with my team. It connected the machines on the floor, every production run, and every business metric into one system: real-time machine data, production tracking, quality checks, inventory, scheduling, reporting, and analytics all tied directly to what was happening on the floor.
Most manufacturing software is either too generic (ERP systems that require endless customization) or too narrow (single-machine monitoring tools). Cortex was built alongside the people running the factory, so it actually fit how the operation worked.
It became the company’s system of record for production control, real-time data, ML quality inspection, and ERP, replacing three tools and a stack of paper and Excel processes. When we later brought material production in-house, Cortex connected and automated that too.