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Articles Written for the Shop Floor, Not the Boardroom
Practical reads for people who run metal processing, distribution, and manufacturing operations. No generic thought-leadership. No consultancy waffle. Just articles written for people who care about what actually happens on the shop floor.
Our articles cover the decisions that actually matter for metals businesses:
- How to cut scrap without replacing your equipment
- How to stop chasing mill certificates before every delivery
- How to get real inventory visibility without a six-figure ERP bill
- How AI is changing the economics of metals manufacturing
You’ll also find articles on industry terminology, compliance standards, and the wider context of digitalisation for metals SMEs. Turns out knowing what’s broken is step one.
If you’re looking for a specific subject, browse by topic or category. The glossary is a good starting point if you’re new to the terminology your customers use on purchase orders.
Metals Manufacturing Glossary: Plain-English Definitions for the Shop Floor
Plain-English definitions of the technical terms metals manufacturers use every day: mill certificates, EN 10204, heat numbers, cutting optimisation, yield, traceability, and more.
AI for Metals Manufacturing: What It Does and Where GoSmarter Fits
AI in metals manufacturing is not magic — it is a set of specific capabilities: reading documents, optimising constrained problems, and surfacing useful data. GoSmarter applies all three to the workflows that matter most.
GoSmarter for Metals Operations: The Traceability Platform Built for the Shop Floor
GoSmarter is the material traceability platform for metals manufacturers: mill-cert automation, cutting optimisation, inventory traceability, and production planning, all in one place.
GoSmarter vs Generic OCR/IDP Tools for Mill Certificates: Why Metals-Specific AI Wins
Generic OCR and IDP tools fall apart on real-world mill certificates — multi-heat documents, non-English formats, domain-specific data. GoSmarter was built specifically for metals, and it shows.
Integrated Cert Traceability & Auditability for Metals Manufacturers
GoSmarter provides integrated cert traceability for metals manufacturers — linking every certificate to inventory, orders, and despatch records to build a complete, auditable chain of custody automatically.
Mill Certificate Automation for Metals Manufacturers: The Complete Guide
GoSmarter’s MillCert Reader automates mill certificate extraction for metals manufacturers — saving 120+ hours a year, eliminating manual entry errors, and building a full audit trail automatically.
No-Code Metals SME Software: AI Without the IT Department
GoSmarter brings AI-powered production workflows to metals SMEs without needing an IT department, implementation project, or technical skills. Every tool is point-and-click and live within a week.
Scrap, Waste & Yield Optimisation for Metals Manufacturers
GoSmarter’s Cutting Plans reduces scrap rates by up to 50% using AI-powered cut plan optimisation for long products. Proven at Midland Steel. No technical skills required.
Spreadsheet-to-System Planning for Metals Manufacturers
GoSmarter replaces spreadsheet-based production planning for metals manufacturers with a live, connected system — no IT department, no implementation project, no waiting.
UK Rebar Sizes: Stop Googling the Same Chart Every Time
- Steph Locke
- Blog
- Mar 4, 2026
- Updated
Stop Googling the same rebar weight tables every time. Here’s every standard UK reinforcing bar size, weight per metre, and cross-sectional area in one place — plus the maths behind it.
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