Not long ago, our warehouse manager announced during our morning staff meeting that the "system" was down, and he could not log or ship product. I watched my plant manager's head swell up and explode several seconds later.
Though my boss is 15 years my senior, he and I are of one mind in the area of technology. It has become a crutch for our younger employees. We make things, we sell them. That has not changed in the last century of manufacturing.
When I started in manufacturing, we had clip-boards, and pencils. That covered everything. I still use pencils and clipboards.