Workshop software from quote to delivery
We build custom software for metalworking, CNC and joinery workshops: quotes in minutes instead of days, work orders on a tablet in the workshop and order status your customers can check themselves.
- Reply the same working day
- Fixed written quote in 5 working days
- Our own products: 300,000+ page views a month
Overview
A workshop that makes to order lives on quotes. Every gate, staircase, CNC part, kitchen or wardrobe is a new calculation: material, cutting, machining, welding or edging, surface finish, assembly and transport. In most workshops that calculation sits in the owner's head or in one spreadsheet, so quotes wait for one person, and once a job is accepted it moves through the workshop on paper. We build software for exactly that path: from enquiry and quote, through the work order in the workshop, to delivery and the invoice.
Ready-made programs for workshops are cheap and fine if your work fits them. Custom software pays off when every job is different, when your pricing rules are your advantage, or when you already use a design or cutting program and an accounting system and the problem is everything in between: re-typing, lost drawings and customers calling to ask how far their order has got.
Where it hurts
- A quote for a custom job takes days, because only the owner knows how to price it.
- The cutting list comes out of the design program, but the work order is still written by hand.
- Customers call to ask when their order will be ready, and the answer means walking into the workshop.
- Nobody knows exactly how much material and time a finished job really took, so prices are a guess.
- Accepted quotes are re-typed into the accounting program before an invoice or eRačun can go out.
What we build for metalworking and joinery workshops
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Quote calculator
Prices calculated from dimensions, material, operations and your own rules, so anyone in the office can prepare a quote and every quote follows the same logic.
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Online configurator
Customers choose dimensions, material and finish on your website and send a priced enquiry, instead of a vague e-mail you have to call back about.
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Digital work orders
The job on a tablet in the workshop: drawing, cutting list, operations and status, entered where the work happens instead of on paper.
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Material and time tracking
Actual material and hours recorded per job, so you can see which jobs earn money and correct prices that do not.
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Order status for customers
Customers see whether their order is in cutting, assembly or ready for delivery, without calling you.
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Link to accounting
Accepted quotes go to your accounting or ERP program without re-typing, ready for an invoice or eRačun.
How we work together
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One job from start to finish
We follow one real job from enquiry to delivery and note every place where data is re-typed, waits or gets lost.
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Quotes first
The first version usually covers quoting, because that is where the owner's time goes; work orders and customer status come next.
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Your programs stay
The design or cutting program and the accounting system you already use stay; our software connects what sits between them.
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Your development team
After launch we stay on monthly: maintenance, support and updates when you add a machine, a material or a new type of product.
No project price list. A fixed price before we start.
Every project is different, so the price depends on what you need and how much of it. The first call is free of charge, and you always get a fixed price in writing before any work starts - no surprises.
- 01The first call is free and commits you to nothing
- 02A fixed written quote within 5 working days, before any work starts
- 03You own the code and data once the work is paid for
- 04Hourly work and extra developers: €40-60 per hour
- 05After launch: software maintenance and development, monthly
Solutions for this industry
- 01 Product configurator and quote calculator Configure-price-quote software: valid options only, prices from your own rules, a PDF quote and a clean order for production.
- 02 Work order and field service app Jobs on the technician's phone, with scheduling, photos, signatures, materials and time, and a report ready for invoicing.
- 03 Client portal A secure place where clients upload documents, follow the status of their work, approve drafts and message your team.
Proof from our own products
Further reading
- 01 From Excel to a custom application: what about the data Moving from Excel to a custom application: what to check in your data before a quote, how much history to migrate and what to demand at handover.
- 02 Software customization or custom software? How to decide Software customization explained: configuration vs customization vs extension vs custom build, the upgrade cost in hours a year, and the rule that decides.
Related industries
- 01 Software for manufacturing companies Digital work orders, production planning, costing and batch traceability for small and mid-sized manufacturers.
- 02 Software for construction companies Site apps, estimating, job costing and crew scheduling for contractors, built around how you bid and build.
- 03 Software for trades and service businesses Work orders on the phone, service history, crew scheduling, recurring service and quote tools for installers and service companies.
Services behind it
- 01 Custom software development Web apps, mobile apps, internal tools and platforms built around your processes - including takeovers of existing code.
- 02 Business process automation Orders, invoices, reports and approvals that move between your systems on their own, with people only where judgement is needed.
Questions
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01 Is there ready-made software for metalworking or joinery workshops?
Yes, and if your work fits it, use it: it is cheaper than custom development. Custom software makes sense when every job is different, when your pricing rules do not fit a ready-made program, or when you need to connect the programs you already use instead of replacing them.
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02 Can the software work with our design or cutting program?
Usually yes. Most design and cutting programs can export cutting lists and parts lists, and the software reads them into the work order and the quote. We check what your program exports in the first conversation, before anything is agreed.
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03 We are a small workshop. Is custom software too big for us?
Not if you start small. A quote calculator built around your own pricing rules is a manageable first project, and many workshops never need more than that plus digital work orders.
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04 Can we get EU or national funding for workshop software?
Sometimes. Calls for digitalisation and process innovation open and close during the year, and eligibility depends on your company and the call. If you apply, we can prepare the technical description of the software and a written quote for the application.
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05 How much does custom workshop software cost?
The price depends on scope: quotes only, or also work orders, material tracking and customer status, and how many people will use it. That is why we do not publish a price list. The first call is free, and the price is agreed in writing before work starts.
How long does your next quote take?
Tell us how a job moves through your workshop. The first call is free and the price is agreed in writing before work starts.
Completely free. No commitments.
Message sent
Thanks - we'll get back to you the same working day. A fixed written quote follows within 5 working days of our first call.