How Actual Meets Our Guiding Criteria

1. Who wants our hardware, how many customers are there, and what matters most to them

Who:
Outdoor labor crews — landscaping, construction, utilities, municipalities, solar, facilities.

How many:
Millions of U.S. field workers who currently rely on timesheets, phones, or truck GPS.
Each worker = one badge; each tool = one tag.

What matters most:
Capturing hours and tool use truthfully without extra steps — so payroll is correct, supervisors aren’t chasing paperwork, and owners can trust job costing.

2. The way we manufacture mostly depends on production needs in year three

Now (POC):
Dev kits and off-the-shelf parts.

Next (Prototype):
Small runs, higher unit costs, good enough for pilots.

Year Three:
When volumes are clear, that’s when we decide on injection molding, contract manufacturing, and supply-chain optimization.

Principle:
Don’t over-engineer early. Learn fast now, scale smart later.

3. Good early habits with data let us do more with fewer people and scale more easily

Every badge logs consistently (4 samples/minute), even offline.
Batches to the cloud are structured cleanly (CSV schema defined now).
Pilot metrics focus on payroll accuracy, tool accountability, and safety signals.

Scalable habits:
Clear schemas, versioning practices, and telemetry health checks — so as volume grows, the data pipeline stays solid and doesn’t need rework.