[froindt]

I'm early into doing this same process right now for a somewhat larger facility. Capacity planning, product tracking, estimating lead times, etc. will make a huge difference in how the facility is run.

I'm an industrial engineer who deals with a fair bit of the IT side of manufacturing. I will echo the bit about it being very rewarding. It'd be cool to deploy something to millions of people, but there's something about making a physical thing work better that's just really cool. It's also way easier to explain to friends and family what you do.