diff --git a/fusion_plating/fusion_plating_configurator/__manifest__.py b/fusion_plating/fusion_plating_configurator/__manifest__.py
index 843d51c1..500bf3d7 100644
--- a/fusion_plating/fusion_plating_configurator/__manifest__.py
+++ b/fusion_plating/fusion_plating_configurator/__manifest__.py
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ Provides:
         'views/fp_sale_description_template_views.xml',
         'views/fp_serial_views.xml',
         'wizard/fp_direct_order_wizard_views.xml',
+        'views/fp_express_order_views.xml',
         'wizard/fp_add_from_so_wizard_views.xml',
         'wizard/fp_add_from_quote_wizard_views.xml',
         'wizard/fp_quote_promote_wizard_views.xml',
diff --git a/fusion_plating/fusion_plating_configurator/views/fp_express_order_views.xml b/fusion_plating/fusion_plating_configurator/views/fp_express_order_views.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b8b732e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fusion_plating/fusion_plating_configurator/views/fp_express_order_views.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,263 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<odoo>
+
+    <!-- ============================================================
+         Express Orders form view (2026-05-26 — Phase C v1)
+
+         Spreadsheet-style flat entry for repeat customers. Reuses the
+         existing fp.direct.order.wizard model end-to-end (Q1=D from the
+         design spec). This view is shipped alongside the legacy form;
+         both write to the same DB rows.
+
+         v1 deferments (will be added in later iterations):
+           - OWL widget for multi-row Part cell (FpExpressPartCell)
+           - OWL widget for click-to-edit Bake pill (FpExpressBakePill)
+           - Inline DWG / OPEN / + bulk buttons per line
+           - Custom SCSS (uses stock Odoo styles)
+         ============================================================ -->
+
+    <record id="view_fp_express_order_form" model="ir.ui.view">
+        <field name="name">fp.express.order.form</field>
+        <field name="model">fp.direct.order.wizard</field>
+        <field name="priority">10</field>
+        <field name="arch" type="xml">
+            <form string="Express Order Entry" class="o_fp_express_order">
+                <header>
+                    <button name="action_create_order" type="object"
+                            string="Confirm Order"
+                            class="btn-primary"
+                            invisible="state != 'draft'"/>
+                    <button name="action_view_sale_order" type="object"
+                            string="Open Sale Order"
+                            class="btn-primary"
+                            invisible="state != 'confirmed' or not sale_order_id"/>
+                    <button name="action_switch_to_legacy" type="object"
+                            string="Switch to Legacy View"
+                            class="btn-secondary"
+                            invisible="state != 'draft'"/>
+                    <button name="action_cancel" type="object"
+                            string="Discard Draft"
+                            confirm="Mark this draft as cancelled? The data is preserved for audit."
+                            invisible="state != 'draft'"/>
+                    <field name="state" widget="statusbar"
+                           statusbar_visible="draft,confirmed"/>
+                </header>
+
+                <div class="alert alert-info py-2 mb-0 small"
+                     role="alert"
+                     invisible="state != 'draft'">
+                    <i class="fa fa-bolt me-1"/>
+                    <strong>Express Orders.</strong> Spreadsheet-style flat entry — every column on the line, every field inline.
+                    Drafts auto-save. Switch to the Legacy view any time via the header button.
+                </div>
+                <div class="alert alert-warning mb-0"
+                     role="alert"
+                     invisible="not missing_info_msg">
+                    <i class="fa fa-exclamation-triangle me-2"/>
+                    <field name="missing_info_msg" readonly="1" nolabel="1"/>
+                </div>
+
+                <sheet>
+                    <div class="oe_button_box" name="button_box">
+                        <button name="action_view_sale_order" type="object"
+                                class="oe_stat_button" icon="fa-shopping-cart"
+                                invisible="not sale_order_id">
+                            <div class="o_stat_info">
+                                <span class="o_stat_text">Sale Order</span>
+                            </div>
+                        </button>
+                    </div>
+
+                    <div class="oe_title">
+                        <label for="name" class="o_form_label"/>
+                        <h1><field name="name" readonly="1"/></h1>
+                        <field name="user_id" readonly="state != 'draft'"
+                               options="{'no_create': True}"/>
+                        <field name="view_source" invisible="1"/>
+                    </div>
+
+                    <!-- ====== Row 1 — Customer + Shipping (both prominent) ====== -->
+                    <group>
+                        <group string="Customer">
+                            <field name="partner_id" options="{'no_create_edit': True}"/>
+                            <field name="partner_invoice_id"
+                                   options="{'no_create_edit': True}"
+                                   invisible="not partner_id"/>
+                            <field name="partner_shipping_id"
+                                   options="{'no_create_edit': False}"
+                                   invisible="not partner_id"/>
+                            <field name="customer_job_number"/>
+                            <field name="job_sort_id"
+                                   options="{'no_create_edit': False, 'no_open': True}"
+                                   placeholder="Type to create a new bucket..."/>
+                            <field name="material_process"
+                                   placeholder="e.g. ENP-STEEL-HP-ADVANCED"/>
+                        </group>
+
+                        <!-- ====== PO Block ====== -->
+                        <group string="Purchase Order">
+                            <field name="po_number"
+                                   placeholder="Enter the customer PO number"/>
+                            <field name="po_attachment_file"
+                                   filename="po_attachment_filename"/>
+                            <field name="po_attachment_filename" invisible="1"/>
+                            <field name="po_pending" widget="boolean_toggle"/>
+                            <field name="po_expected_date"
+                                   invisible="not po_pending"/>
+                            <div colspan="2" class="text-muted small"
+                                 invisible="not po_pending">
+                                <i class="fa fa-info-circle me-1"/>
+                                Order will confirm without a PO. A chase activity
+                                will be scheduled for the expected date so sales
+                                follows up.
+                            </div>
+                        </group>
+                    </group>
+
+                    <!-- ====== Row 2 — Scheduling + Pricing ====== -->
+                    <group>
+                        <group string="Scheduling &amp; Lead Time">
+                            <label for="lead_time_min_days" string="Lead Time (days)"/>
+                            <div class="o_row">
+                                <field name="lead_time_min_days" class="oe_inline" style="width: 4em;"/>
+                                <span> to </span>
+                                <field name="lead_time_max_days" class="oe_inline" style="width: 4em;"/>
+                            </div>
+                            <field name="planned_start_date"/>
+                            <field name="customer_deadline" string="Delivery Date"/>
+                            <field name="validity_date" string="Quote Validity"/>
+                            <field name="is_blanket_order"/>
+                        </group>
+                        <group string="Pricing &amp; Fulfilment">
+                            <field name="pricelist_id"
+                                   string="Currency / Pricelist"
+                                   options="{'no_create_edit': True}"/>
+                            <field name="payment_term_id"
+                                   options="{'no_create': True}"/>
+                            <field name="delivery_method"/>
+                            <field name="invoice_strategy"/>
+                            <label for="deposit_percent"
+                                   invisible="invoice_strategy != 'deposit'"/>
+                            <div class="o_row"
+                                 invisible="invoice_strategy != 'deposit'">
+                                <field name="deposit_percent" nolabel="1" class="oe_inline"/>
+                                <span class="ms-1">%</span>
+                            </div>
+                        </group>
+                    </group>
+
+                    <!-- ====== Order Lines — the spreadsheet ====== -->
+                    <notebook>
+                        <page string="Lines" name="lines">
+                            <div class="mb-2 d-flex gap-2">
+                                <button name="action_add_from_prior_so"
+                                        type="object"
+                                        string="+ Add From Prior SO"
+                                        class="btn-secondary btn-sm"
+                                        invisible="not partner_id"/>
+                                <button name="action_add_from_quotes"
+                                        type="object"
+                                        string="+ Add From Quotes"
+                                        class="btn-secondary btn-sm"
+                                        invisible="not partner_id"/>
+                            </div>
+                            <field name="line_ids">
+                                <list editable="bottom"
+                                      decoration-warning="is_missing_info">
+                                    <field name="is_missing_info" column_invisible="1"/>
+                                    <field name="sequence" widget="handle"/>
+                                    <field name="part_catalog_id"
+                                           string="Part Number"
+                                           context="{'default_partner_id': parent.partner_id, 'default_revision': 'A'}"
+                                           domain="[('partner_id', '=', parent.partner_id), ('is_latest_revision', '=', True)]"
+                                           options="{'no_quick_create': True}"/>
+                                    <field name="line_description"
+                                           string="Specification (Customer-Facing)"/>
+                                    <field name="customer_line_ref"
+                                           string="Line Job #"
+                                           placeholder="ABC"/>
+                                    <field name="thickness_range"
+                                           placeholder="e.g. .0005-.0010"/>
+                                    <field name="masking_enabled"
+                                           string="Mask"
+                                           widget="boolean_toggle"/>
+                                    <field name="bake_instructions"
+                                           string="Bake"
+                                           placeholder="empty = no bake"/>
+                                    <field name="internal_description"
+                                           string="Internal Notes"
+                                           optional="show"/>
+                                    <field name="serial_ids"
+                                           widget="many2many_tags"
+                                           options="{'no_quick_create': False, 'color_field': 'state_color'}"
+                                           domain="[('part_id', '=', part_catalog_id)]"
+                                           optional="show"/>
+                                    <field name="quantity"/>
+                                    <field name="unit_price"
+                                           widget="monetary"
+                                           options="{'currency_field': 'currency_id'}"/>
+                                    <field name="line_subtotal"
+                                           widget="monetary"
+                                           options="{'currency_field': 'currency_id'}"
+                                           sum="Total"/>
+                                    <field name="process_variant_id"
+                                           string="Process / Recipe"
+                                           options="{'no_quick_create': True}"
+                                           invisible="not part_catalog_id"
+                                           optional="hide"/>
+                                    <field name="currency_id" column_invisible="1"/>
+                                </list>
+                            </field>
+                            <group class="mt-3">
+                                <group>
+                                    <field name="total_line_count" readonly="1"/>
+                                    <field name="total_qty" readonly="1"/>
+                                </group>
+                                <group>
+                                    <field name="total_amount"
+                                           widget="monetary"
+                                           options="{'currency_field': 'currency_id'}"
+                                           readonly="1"/>
+                                    <field name="currency_id" invisible="1"/>
+                                </group>
+                            </group>
+                        </page>
+
+                        <!-- ====== Notes + Terms ====== -->
+                        <page string="Notes &amp; Terms" name="notes">
+                            <group>
+                                <group string="Order-Level Internal Notes (never prints)">
+                                    <field name="internal_notes" nolabel="1"
+                                           placeholder="Visible only to estimator / planner / shop."/>
+                                </group>
+                                <group string="Terms &amp; Conditions (prints on customer docs)">
+                                    <field name="terms_and_conditions" nolabel="1"
+                                           placeholder="Customer-facing terms — seeded from company default."/>
+                                </group>
+                            </group>
+                        </page>
+                    </notebook>
+
+                </sheet>
+                <chatter/>
+            </form>
+        </field>
+    </record>
+
+    <!-- ====== Action + Menu ====== -->
+    <record id="action_fp_express_order" model="ir.actions.act_window">
+        <field name="name">+ New Express Order</field>
+        <field name="res_model">fp.direct.order.wizard</field>
+        <field name="view_mode">form</field>
+        <field name="view_id" ref="view_fp_express_order_form"/>
+        <field name="target">current</field>
+        <field name="context">{'default_view_source': 'express'}</field>
+    </record>
+
+    <menuitem id="menu_fp_express_order"
+              name="+ New Express Order"
+              parent="fusion_plating_configurator.menu_fp_sales"
+              action="action_fp_express_order"
+              sequence="3"/>
+
+</odoo>
diff --git a/fusion_plating/fusion_plating_configurator/wizard/fp_direct_order_wizard.py b/fusion_plating/fusion_plating_configurator/wizard/fp_direct_order_wizard.py
index 4cd32733..b513d54d 100644
--- a/fusion_plating/fusion_plating_configurator/wizard/fp_direct_order_wizard.py
+++ b/fusion_plating/fusion_plating_configurator/wizard/fp_direct_order_wizard.py
@@ -164,6 +164,35 @@ class FpDirectOrderWizard(models.Model):
     def _fp_default_pricelist(self):
         """Default pricelist = company's default. Re-resolved on partner pick."""
         return self.env.company.partner_id.property_product_pricelist.id or False
+
+    # ---- View switching (Express ↔ Legacy) ----
+    def action_switch_to_express(self):
+        """Re-open this draft in the Express view."""
+        self.ensure_one()
+        return {
+            'type': 'ir.actions.act_window',
+            'res_model': 'fp.direct.order.wizard',
+            'res_id': self.id,
+            'view_mode': 'form',
+            'view_id': self.env.ref(
+                'fusion_plating_configurator.view_fp_express_order_form'
+            ).id,
+            'target': 'current',
+        }
+
+    def action_switch_to_legacy(self):
+        """Re-open this draft in the Legacy direct-order view."""
+        self.ensure_one()
+        return {
+            'type': 'ir.actions.act_window',
+            'res_model': 'fp.direct.order.wizard',
+            'res_id': self.id,
+            'view_mode': 'form',
+            'view_id': self.env.ref(
+                'fusion_plating_configurator.view_fp_direct_order_wizard_form'
+            ).id,
+            'target': 'current',
+        }
     invoice_strategy = fields.Selection(
         [('deposit', 'Deposit'), ('progress', 'Progress Billing'),
          ('net_terms', 'Net Terms'), ('cod_prepay', 'COD / Prepay')],