Pico MES

How to integrate Pico with Webflow

Manufacturing teams need to publish production data to stakeholders and sync shop floor metrics with their company website. Connecting your manufacturing execution system (MES) to your content platform with a Pico Webflow integration lets you display real-time manufacturing data on client portals, automate dashboard updates for stakeholders, and sync operational metrics into content workflows.

You can integrate Pico with Webflow by using custom code or adding Code Embed elements to your Webflow site. You can also build with Webflow APIs to sync manufacturing data to Webflow CMS, process form submissions in manufacturing systems, and trigger website updates from manufacturing events.

Here’s how to do both.

Use custom code embeds

Add manufacturing data, production dashboards, or real-time metrics to Webflow pages using Pico's data export capabilities and Webflow's custom code features.

Identify the Pico data you need to display (production counts, quality metrics, equipment status, or work instruction completion rates). Export this data through Pico's reporting features, then use Webflow's Code Embed element to display it on your pages.

For site-wide components like header status indicators or global dashboards, add JavaScript to your site settings under custom code.

This integration enables the following patterns:

• Display real-time manufacturing KPIs using JavaScript that fetches Pico data and updates page elements dynamically
• Embed formatted work instructions from Pico into Webflow CMS pages for training or documentation sites
• Show current machine states or tool availability using custom code that queries Pico's device integration data
• Present inspection results, defect rates, or compliance data through charts and tables embedded in Webflow pages

This method works for read-only data display rather than bidirectional synchronization. For production sites handling sensitive manufacturing data, implement proper authentication and rate limiting if you're fetching data frequently.

Webflow's custom code executes client-side, so don't expose API credentials directly in your JavaScript. Use server-side proxies or secure token management.

Build with Webflow’s APIs

Connect Pico's manufacturing data with the Webflow CMS through REST API integration for automated content updates and real-time synchronization. This approach requires backend development expertise, server infrastructure, and OAuth implementation.

Manufacturing teams can automatically publish production reports to stakeholder sites, sync equipment documentation into Webflow CMS, or trigger website updates based on shop floor events. The Webflow CMS API lets you create, update, and delete collection items programmatically, while Webhooks provide real-time notifications when content changes.

Sync manufacturing data to Webflow CMS

Push production metrics, quality reports, or equipment status updates from Pico into Webflow CMS collections for automated content publishing.

Create Webflow CMS collections that match your manufacturing data structure, including collections for production runs, equipment records, quality reports, or work instructions. Use the create item endpoint to add new records and the update item endpoint to modify existing content.

Build a middleware service that extracts data from Pico's reporting system or database, transforms it to match your Webflow collection schema, then makes authenticated API calls to create or update CMS items. Schedule this process to run at appropriate intervals (hourly for production dashboards, daily for summary reports, or trigger it based on specific manufacturing events).

Use the base URL https://api.webflow.com/v2/ for all requests and include your OAuth token in the Authorization header as a Bearer token.

Process Webflow form data in manufacturing systems

Capture form submissions from your Webflow site and route them into Pico workflows for order processing, quality feedback collection, or equipment maintenance requests.

Configure Webflow webhooks to notify your integration service when forms are submitted. Use the webhook creation endpoint to register webhook endpoints that receive form_submission events, then process the payload and forward relevant data to Pico's systems.

Implement HMAC SHA-256 signature validation on webhook endpoints to verify requests actually come from Webflow. The webhook payload includes form field values, submission timestamp, and site context. Parse this data, validate it against your business rules, then create corresponding records in Pico through database connections or API calls.

Form submission limits apply based on your Webflow plan. The Basic plans includes 100 submissions per month, while the Business plans allow for 2,000 submissions. Design your workflows to handle these volume constraints.

Trigger website updates from manufacturing events

Use webhook patterns to automatically update your Webflow site when specific manufacturing events occur, including completed production runs, quality alerts, equipment status changes, or shift summaries.

Build event listeners in your Pico environment or middleware layer that detect relevant manufacturing events. When events fire, make authenticated API calls to Webflow to update CMS content, publish new collection items, or modify page data.

For example, when a production run completes, automatically create a new CMS item with run details, update a dashboard collection with current metrics, or publish a status page showing equipment availability.

Webflow supports webhook notifications for form_submission, site_publish, cms_item_changed, and ecommerce_order_changed events. These webhooks notify your systems about Webflow changes for bidirectional synchronization patterns. Register webhooks using the Webhooks API with HTTPS endpoints that accept POST requests.

What you can build

Integrating Pico with Webflow lets manufacturing teams publish production data online, create client-facing dashboards, and automate content updates based on shop floor activity. These implementations require custom development and ongoing maintenance.

• Production status dashboards: Display current manufacturing metrics, equipment status, and quality KPIs for stakeholders using JavaScript that fetches Pico data and syncs it to Webflow CMS collections
• Equipment documentation portals: Sync work instructions, maintenance procedures, and device specifications from Pico into searchable Webflow CMS collections using the API
• Quality report publishing: Automatically generate inspection reports, compliance documentation, or certification summaries as CMS pages when production runs complete using webhook triggers
• Customer order tracking: Create client portals that show production progress and estimated completion dates by syncing order data from Pico to Webflow CMS collections through API integration