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EZIIL

EZIIL offers real-time project dashboards that give you instant insight into your custom steel shop’s profitability and schedule. It’s the all-in-one job shop management software that helps project-based steel fabricators schedule, plan, execute, track, and analyze production in real time. Without the complexity and hefty price tag of a full ERP. EZIIL is rooted in the best practices and principles of custom steel fabrication project management to support you through all 4 of the key projects’ phases (prepare, plan, execute + report and analyze). The interactive dashboards connect your project information, departments, profitability, reporting and progress updates in one place. Features include: Centralized platform: Manage and keep all your data, from client information to project data, in one place Shop floor planning: Monitor tasks by department, schedule work, and update job statuses in real time Bill of Materials (BOM): Advanced multi-level BOM creation. Manage drawings, operations, and routing for each project Machine planning: Schedule work at the operation level to a specific machine or machine group, or to a specific worker or worker group. Your team will get updates in real-time Real-time production overview and alerts: Compare plans vs. reality at a glance. Visual dashboards show project status in seconds and alert you to any delays or issues Compliance: Material certificates linked to work records, assemblies and jobs (who did what, and when) Smart capacity planning: Drag-and-drop scheduling built for steel fabrication workflows. Avoid overloads and let auto-scheduling fill gaps based on available resources Procurement management: See what’s required by each project, what’s in stock, and what’s on order. Reserve materials for priority projects. Raise PRs and POs in one click Inventory management: Track warehouse movements, incoming stock, and outgoing materials. Create request orders and turn them into move/pick order fast Subcontractor management: If part of the work happens outside your shop (galvanizing, machining, painting, etc), EZIIL guides you end-to-end Shipments and deliveries: Build and dispatch packages from finished parts/assemblies and any site fixings. Track exactly which packages went to which site, when, and with which vehicle Data visualization: Understand the status of every project in seconds Project scheduling: Drag-and-drop scheduler built specifically for metal fabrication timelines Mobile reporting and live task tracking: Shop-floor app for time tracking: Operators log hours and update task status via mobile (iOS/Android), feeding real-time progress data back to the office Project and workload estimation: Make informed decisions to take on and schedule future projects On-time delivery (OTD) and productivity tracking: Clear visual indicators for tasks/stages that are on schedule, late, or at risk, so you can ensure every project meets its deadline Production routing for repeat projects: Set up new projects in minutes with pre-built fabrication processes’ routing and task templates Real-time project profit dashboard: Automatically calculate expected vs. actual profit on projects. Spot profit leaks early with color-coded margin indicators Planned vs reality reports: Automatically see the difference between estimated and actual hours, costs, and timelines for each project Standardized input fields: Reduce miscommunication and make sure your team is well aligned File uploads: Drag and drop blueprints, drawings and documents directly into EZIIL projects Custom dashboard filters: Focus on active projects or specific teams by filtering your view for a clutter-free workflow Production routing: Pre-built process templates to set up new projects in minutes and auto-planning for repeat projects

FabHQ

FabHQ is designed for small custom metal fabrication and job shops that want a simpler way to quote work and track it through the floor. FabHQ keeps custom quotes, accepted work and shop-floor stages in one straightforward system—without the ERP rollout. Quote it. Build it. Deliver it. Free 7 day trial with NO credit card required to sign up, no fuss, no catch. Try before you buy.

Factory.app

Software for fabricators to create orders, collaborate on work, track jobs and communicate with customers from one location. Increase productivity with less paper and fewer spreadsheets! Know where all your jobs are at, easily and accurately plan your work and quickly find important information. Impress customers and provide a customer experience that your competitors simply can’t match. Automatically update customers, decrease turnaround times and reduce error rates. Do more with less. Create more jobs, more accurately and in less time. Reduce double-handling, instantly create purchases and seamless accounting integrations. “Factory allows me to create a work order, generate invoices, schedule deliveries and notify customers inc. managing contacts from one location.” – Kristie Kelleher Try Factory today!

FastFlowTrack

FastFlowTrack is a cloud-based shop floor management platform designed for small to mid-size machine shops and manufacturers. It provides real-time work order tracking, operator time logging, inventory management, and production analytics in a browser-based system that works on any device — including phones on the shop floor.

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Gantway

Gantway is web-based production planning and control software for workshops and small manufacturers with 1 to 50 employees: joineries, cabinet makers, interior fit-out, metal fabrication, locksmiths, furniture makers and other job-based production. Jobs, tasks, staff, machines and material live in one system. The scheduling board offers a board view and a Gantt view with drag and drop; tasks know their predecessors, so dependent dates recalculate on their own when a step moves. Conflict detection reports double bookings, overload, missing qualifications and material shortages, each with a suggested fix. The system also covers quotes with costing and a customer portal, material demand per job with purchasing, a time clock compliant with German working-time law, leave management, pre- and post-costing and a role-based dashboard. Staff without their own login are scheduled free of charge. Runs in the browser on PC, tablet and phone. Hosted in Germany, GDPR-compliant.

Jelly Flow

Jelly Flow is a production floor manager for shops that run jobs. It tracks a job from plan to buy to build to ship to field on one live timeline. Operators tap Start, Pause, and Done on tablets. Leads sign off. Andon lights a station when a line stops. You break a job into units with checklists, import from Excel or XLSX (Logikal is one supported source), optionally nest parts with the cut optimizer, group units into crates, and assign packages to trucks. Procurement is included: BOM to PO to order confirmation to bill of lading on the same job card. Shipping prints a BOL and a public tracking link. The same timeline continues in the field: receiving, uncrating, installation, punch list, and final inspection. A production dashboard shows what is running and ship-date risk. Jelly Flow is built by Jelly Machine, a Colorado LLC. It is software for production shops and job shops, including metal, millwork, custom fabrication, windows, and any other floor. The window-and-door walkthrough on the site is one example shop, not the only trade. Jelly Flow is not a food-prep machine and is not an MES or ERP. Jelly Flow is Enterprise. There is no public trial. Request access or try the demo at jellymachine.com.

Job Costing Software ERP & CRM

Jolted is job costing and work order management software purpose-built for small to mid-sized manufacturers. Designed for job shops, CNC shops, metal fabricators, and contract manufacturers doing custom, make-to-order work, Jolted replaces error-prone spreadsheets with real-time visibility into the true cost and profitability of every job. Core capabilities include real-time job costing with quoted vs. actual comparison, digital work orders with multi-operation routing, drag-and-drop production scheduling, WIP and inventory tracking, job-based time clocks for labor cost capture, a built-in CRM with proposal builder, purchase orders, and automated workflows. Labor hours and material usage flow into job costs automatically — no manual data entry required. Unlike enterprise ERP systems like NetSuite or Odoo that cost six figures and take months to implement, Jolted offers flat monthly pricing with unlimited users, no implementation fees, and most shops go live within two weeks. Unlike QuickBooks, which only tracks transactions, Jolted captures the shop-floor activities — labor hours per job, material usage, and overhead allocation — that determine whether a job actually made money. Jolted is the right-sized solution for manufacturers who have outgrown spreadsheets but don't need (or want to pay for) enterprise complexity. Plans have simple fixed processing, one tier for all.

Job Shop Scheduling

Job Shop Scheduling is a special case of production scheduling. Job Shop Scheduling Software handles the complexity inherent in job shops and engineers to order environments.

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Keelvy

Keelvy is a product and channel platform for brands. It keeps product data (PIM), photos and files (DAM), production and inventory (MRP), orders, documents and basic finance in one system, so a team does not have to move the same data between spreadsheets and separate tools. Products are published to sales channels, online stores and retailers from one catalog. An AI assistant works in Slack and Telegram, can answer questions about the business and prepare drafts, and changes nothing without a person’s approval. The interface is available in 12 languages (Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish and Ukrainian), and there is a free trial.

Keywayz

Sales & manufacturing software for blinds & awnings. Start for free. No ongoing monthly payments. Import fabrics, colours, blinds & awnings systems from our library. With our extensive industry knowledge we can to help you start using Keywayz quickly.

Magnetize

Magnetize is more than Job Management it connects your entire business within one simple, streamlined system. It was designed by trade experts, for trade experts in real time, to solve real business problems.

Metal Shop HQ

MetalShopHQ is purpose-built job shop software for metal fabricators. A live jobs board moves work from quote to shipped. Drawings, time logs, and inventory all tie to the job. Role-based access keeps shop-floor staff seeing only what they need — jobs, drawings, their own time — never costs. Built specifically for the way custom fab shops run, not the assembly lines that legacy ERPs like JobBOSS and ProShop were designed for. Free to try, no credit card.