Shop floor and job tracking software for fab shops
The only way to know where a job's at is to walk out and read the whiteboard, and the hours come in on paper for someone to re-type. Factory puts the whole floor on one board and logs time against the actual job, so you can see what's moving and what each job is really costing you.
The whiteboard and paper timesheets cost you
You can't see what's stuck until you're standing in front of it, and you never really know what a job cost in labor. Same leaks, every week.
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How the floor runs in Factory
Every job on one board, every hour against the real job. Step through the actual flow.
Every leak, closed by something you can see
A handrail job, from the board to the books
A handrail job sits in "Cut" on the board. Your welder clocks onto the weld line item from the floor tablet; when it's done, you drag the card to "QC." At the end of the week you open Timesheets, approve the crew's hours, and export them to Xero.
Then you glance at the job's Tracking tab: the weld ran 21 hours against the 12 you quoted. Nobody had to tell you, and next time a handrail like it comes in, you quote the 21. That's the difference between busy and profitable.
You outgrew the whiteboard. You're not buying an enterprise ERP to see your floor.
Factory runs the whole loop - quote, schedule, run the floor, get paid - right-sized for a custom shop, up in weeks, and simple enough that the crew actually clocks on without a fight. It keeps the accounting you already use.
"In just 6 weeks we completely moved from paper-based jobs to digital."
"Able to manage jobs better and helping work out our margins on each."
Questions shops ask before they switch
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Bring a job that's on the floor right now.
We'll put it on the board, clock time against it, and show you estimated vs actual - so you can see where your floor and your margin actually stand.