minix · ERW MES platform
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Built for ERW pipe mills — already done, not "in 12 months"
00 — ERW MES + ERP

The MES your
ERW mill runs on.Not in two years. Today.

Every module — from HRC coil intake to final shipment — was pre-built from real ERW mill-floor experience. Create an account and you're live in under an hour. No consultants. No 12-month rollout. No blank system to configure.

$1,500/mo
Flat · no contracts
< 1 hour
To go live
API 5L · 5CT
Audit ready
$0
Implementation fee
01 — AI Parsing

Drop a messy coil sheet.Get clean inventory.

Every supplier sends a different Excel or PDF. minix reads them — heat numbers, sizes, thickness, width, weight, location — and turns them into structured inventory in seconds. No manual re-keying of 120 coils by hand, no format wrangling.

Any format inSupplier xlsx, csv, or scanned PDF — minix figures out the columns.
Match & mapThickness (in), width, grade, location — mapped to your fields automatically.
Review & commitYou confirm, it lands in inventory. Bulk-set location or supplier in one click.
AI Bulk Import
● parsing
supplier_coils_final(2).xlsx
HT# 4471A 2.375" x .154 …
A572-50 | 18,240 lb | BayA
4471B 2.875x.203 15,900
heat 55120 3.5" 0.216 …
X52 22,100lbs yard-2
…120 rows, mixed columns
HT 4471A2.375" × .154 · A572-50
HT 4471B2.875" × .203 · A572-50
HT 551203.5" × .216 · X52
+117 moremapped & ready
120 coils · 3 formats detectedparsed in 4.2s
02 — Live Floor

Your whole mill, live.Every line, every coil, right now.

Slitter, entry, mill, NDT, cut-off — production ticks in real time, not tomorrow morning in a PDF. Managers see it on a phone; the floor sees it on a screen.

Production Floor — Live
updated just now · shift A
Slitter
0
coils in
● running
Entry
0
coils fed
● running
Mill
0
joints
● running
NDT
0
tested
● running
Cut-off
0
idle
● standby
Yield today
0
NDT pass
0
To yard
0
Downtime
0
03 — Why it's already built

Others build for 2–3 years.Yours is done.

SAP and EPICOR hand you a blank system plus a $50K+ consultant to configure it over 12–18 months. minix was already built — by people who've run an ERW mill — for exactly your workflow. You just turn it on.

minix · sign up & go
< 1 hour
SAP / EPICOR · blank system + consultants
12–18 months
04 — The gap

Million-dollar operations,run on vacation-planning tools.

Excel tabs, email attachments, month-end reconciliation. That's how most ERW mills still run — because the "real" software costs $50K+ and a year to ship.

A.01
20 Excel tabs open at once
Hunting one coil's heat number across three spreadsheets kept by three people.
A.02
Reports by email attachment
End-of-shift data arrives as a PDF. By the time you read it, the shift is long over.
A.03
Inventory surprises at month-end
Physical count never matches the sheet. Two days a month lost to reconciling.
A.04
"Where's my shipment?" — nobody knows
A customer calls; three people get called before anyone can answer.
A.05
API audit prep takes weeks
Scrambling to compile MTRs, test records and procedures — every single time.
Response

minix fixes all of this.

One system. Every department. Real-time data your whole team uses.

Real-time dashboard — every line, every coil
Heat number tracked coil-to-pipe, no gaps
BOL & invoice in one click at shipment
API 5L / 5CT audit package in minutes
AI parses supplier sheets into inventory
Up and running in under one hour
View pricing →
05 — System

Everything your mill needs.Nothing it does not.

Every module was designed by talking to actual ERW mill operators — not generic ERP consultants.

M.01

Production tracking

Work orders, shift logs, mill line status. Slitter → entry → mill → NDT → cut-off. Full coil-to-pipe traceability.

Work ordersShift logsDowntime
M.02

Inventory control

HRC coils, skelp strips, finished pipe, processor stock — tracked live. Know what you have, where, and what it's worth.

HRCPipeSkelp
M.03

Quality control

NDT logs, weld samples, tensile / chemical / hardness tests, claim management. Full API 5L / 5CT traceability built in.

NDTTensileClaims
M.04

Sales & purchasing

Customer orders, purchase orders, bid watch. Auto-link inventory to orders. See what's committed and what's available.

Sales ordersPOBid watch
M.05

Shipping & logistics

Generate BOLs, capture driver signatures, manage shipments end-to-end. One-click PDF invoice generation.

BOLSignaturesInvoices
M.06

AI & reports

AI parsing of supplier sheets, daily production reports, efficiency metrics, downtime & yield. Export to PDF, one click.

AI parsingDaily reportsKPIs
06 — vs Enterprise

minix vs. the alternatives.

Why ERW operators switch — and don't go back.

FeatureminixSpreadsheetsSAP / EPICOR
ERW mill–specific workflowsRequires customization
AI supplier-sheet parsing
API 5L / 5CT traceabilityCustom dev required
Real-time production dashboard
Setup time< 1 hourminutes (chaos)12–18 months
Monthly cost$1,500$0 (chaos)$12K – $50K
Flat pricing · no contracts
No implementation consultant
07 — Pricing

One flat subscription.No exceptions.

No implementation fees. No annual maintenance. No per-seat charges. No hidden costs.

From
$1,500
per month · billed monthly · cancel anytime
Users includedup to 10
Production lines1 line
Data retention12 months
Core MES + QCincluded
AI parsingincluded
Setup fee$0
Configure your plan →

SAP / EPICOR

starts at $12,000 / month.

Add a $50K+ implementation contract, a 12–18 month deploy, and annual maintenance fees. minix runs at roughly 10 percent of that — all in, live today.

View full pricing →
08 — Start

Ready to ship?
Live in under an hour.

No sales calls. No implementation consultant. No multi-month rollout. Create an account, configure your plan, and start running your ERW mill on minix today.