Plate Cutting Solutions is an ERP built for laser cutting, plate cutting and sheet-metal fabrication job shops. It was developed inside a working laser cutting business, so it follows a job the way a shop actually runs it: drawing, nest, quote, order, workshop, dispatch, invoice.
Customers' files go straight in. DXF, DWG, NC1, STEP and PDF drawings are read automatically, and folded STEP parts are unfolded to a flat DXF with bend lines and a dimensioned fold drawing. True-shape nesting with part-in-part uses your own sheet sizes, and every quote is priced from the real nest, your sheet costs, cutting speeds, pierces, setup and fabrication processes. Tubes and sections (RHS, SHS, CHS, angle, channel) are quoted from STEP or NC1 files or typed sizes.
A won quote becomes an order in one click. Operators sign in to the Floor app with a PIN on a phone, shared tablet or a screen at the press brake. They see their laser, folding and dispatch jobs with fold drawings attached, and time each process. When a job is marked ready for pick-up, the customer is emailed automatically. Packing slips, delivery dockets, part labels and courier labels come from the same order. Completed orders go to your accounting software as invoices and are emailed to the customer, without retyping.
It also covers purchase orders and stock, test certificates, staff clock-in with geofencing, rosters, leave and timesheets for payroll. Quotes can go out in the customer's currency and language, in metric or imperial.
Key features (for the feature list):
• DXF, DWG, NC1, STEP and PDF import
• STEP unfolding to flat DXF with fold drawings
• True-shape nesting with part-in-part
• Quoting priced from the nest and your cutting parameters
• Tube and section quoting (STEP, NC1, typed sizes)
• Quote-to-order in one click
• Floor app for laser, folding and dispatch, on phone, tablet or press brake screen
• Automatic "job ready" customer emails
• Packing slips, delivery dockets, part labels, courier labels
• One-click invoices to accounting software
• Purchase orders, stock and test certificates
• Staff clock-in, rosters, leave and timesheets
• Multi-currency and multi-language quotes
Who it's for: contract laser cutting shops, plate and profile cutters, and sheet-metal fabrication job shops, from a single machine to multi-site groups.
Deployment: cloud, in a web browser. The Floor app runs on phones and tablets.
Pricing: from US$299 per month. The Professional plan is US$469 and the Business plan is US$990 per month.
Support: phone and email support from Australia and New Zealand.
