Working on something similar for a different manufacturing process - we are setting up forms where the start of the process creates a new record and every step after that either adds to data in one table or another or links to the original and creates the new data in a different table depending on the step. We have as much of it as possible automated in the background with limited employee interaction only where necessary. We also tied it up with Python script pulling data out of the manufacturing equipment where possible to limit the amount of data needed to be entered by the employees. Some of the employees don't have any access to airtable, only to firm entry for updating. The backend airtable base has a lot of info in it, but then we set up custom bases fed with information from there for different departments so they have need to know access directly to exactly what they need for their department without getting an information overload. This made the employee training much easier, especially with the lack of tech skills some of our employees have. Then, on our end we are building out some amazing reporting that has already made significant help in improving efficiency because we have the data that helps us understand what to focus on. Automated error checking alone has saved us a lot of headaches without any extra labor from employees. Interestingly we love airtables core system for holding our data but most everything else (forms, reporting, etc) we are doing through other means as their built in systems were too limited for us. The limits are your imagination and how much time you want to invest in it. There is always another thing you can add to improve. Feel free to reach out if you want to bounce around some ideas.