01Manufacturing
Business system for manufacturers: from inquiry to dispatch
In manufacturing, the same information gets retyped over and over: from inquiry to costing, from costing to order, from order to job sheet, and finally to the invoice.
02Sound familiar?
Do you recognize this?
Every estimate calculated differently
Cost estimates are built in Excel and everyone calculates them a bit differently. The result depends on whoever happens to be preparing it.
Shop floor supervisor waiting for instructions
The shop floor supervisor doesn’t know what the top priority is until someone tells them.
Missing materials when production starts
Just when production is supposed to start, the required material is out of stock.
Costs known only after completion
You only find out what a job actually cost once it is already finished.
03From inquiry to invoice
How an order moves through your company
4 of 6 steps
handled by the system
- 1system
Inquiry
AI reads the inquiry and technical drawing from the email and creates a sales opportunity.
- 2person
Costing
An engineer builds the cost estimate from the bill of materials, operations and overhead rates.
- 3system
Production order
An accepted quote turns into a production order with operations.
- 4system
Material
The system checks stock levels and prepares a purchase requisition for anything missing.
- 5person
Shop floor
Workers log operations on the shop floor terminal, and both the supervisor and sales see the live status.
- 6system
Dispatch and invoice
Upon completion, the delivery note and invoice are generated from the same data.
04Modules that make sense
Building blocks for this industry
We assemble your system from the modules you actually need. No clutter.
- Production orders with operationsAn accepted quote turns directly into a production order.
- Bills of materials and costingAn engineer builds the cost estimate from the bill of materials and operations.
- Shop floor terminalsWorkers log operations on them, and the supervisor sees the status in real time.
- Inventory and purchasingChecks stock levels and prepares a purchase requisition.
- Claims linked to documentsYou can immediately see which production order and delivery a claim came from.
05What it takes over most often
Work the system takes over here
06Frequently asked questions
Frequently asked questions
We do custom make-to-order manufacturing, not mass production. Is this a good fit?
Yes. Make-to-order manufacturing is where retyping happens the most—every job is different and information constantly moves between sales, engineering and the shop floor.
What about claims and returns?
Both customer and supplier claims are tracked directly against the originating document, so you always see which job and delivery they belong to.
07Other industries
We also build systems for other businesses
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