Metal Fabrication Software
Take advantage of 30+ years of fabrication shop expertise
Take control of your costs and drive profitable quoting decisions with our industry-leading steel fabrication management and manufacturing software.
Fully integrated software built for metal fabricators
You run a metal fabrication business, you want metal fabrication software to connect all your manufacturing and business management processes in one quote-to-cash solution.
Deliver on-time, in-full and grow your business with our manufacturing software, as well as mobile applications for on-to-go quoting, production management and field services.
From estimating to shipping, manage your entire steel fabrication business
Manage your orders with ease
You need a simple way to oversee your orders and bill of materials. Between estimates, quotes, and orders, handling everything can become overly complicated. Leverage an ERP used by hundreds of metal fabrication manufacturers to easily manage your complex work orders.
Grow your customer relationships
Improve your customer relationship management, diversify your customer base, and know who your most profitable customers are. Manage customer tasks and quickly onboard new customers so they keep coming back.
Improve your on-time delivery
Effective scheduling is crucial for fabrication manufacturers looking to improve their on-time delivery performance and overall productivity. Reduce errors and ensure products are delivered to customers when promised, increasing customer satisfaction. Get more out of your steel fabrication shop with flexible scheduling.
Save time and headcount
Employee burnout, increased cost, and reduced quality are often direct impacts of needing more capacity. Don't wade through stacks of paper to see production progress. Always know where every job is at and let your ERP do the admin work for maximum efficiency.
Control your inventory and costs
Don't pause production due to inefficient inventory management. View components needed and order materials for the job automatically or set re-order levels and replenish stock levels with automated purchasing. Leverage an ERP built for metal fabrication shops to help easily manage your operations and inventory costs.
Business software for metal fabricators
Accurate estimates
Quickly access information about materials, labour, waste, overhead, and more to build and send competitive profitable quotes and drive up sales.
Order Generation
Automate repetitive and manual work within your steel fabrication business by instantly converting your estimates into orders. Move quickly from quote to work order.
Purchasing
Automatically reduce waste and increase profitability. Generate purchase orders based on material usage and stock levels.
Scheduling
Gain complete visibility into where any order is within the process. Flex your production scheduling to get more out of your factory floor resources.
Inventory Management
Links work orders to bill of materials (BOM), allowing you to track materials, monitor stock levels and automatically re-order supplies reducing delays.
Quality Control
Oversee specific areas of your engineering and supply chain activities so you can improve business performance and product quality.
Shipping
Move your fabrication project from operations to shipping with efficiency. Meet customer requirements on lead times.
Dashboards
Gain a high-level snapshot of your business, including within your production process, with customisable graphs and charts.
Contact Management
Improve customer service and gain a competitive advantage by having employees, customers, and vendors, on the same page.
How can fabrication management software benefit metal fabricators?
Streamline your business, reduce errors, and grow. Learn why M1 and JobBOSS2 are trusted by metal fabricators.
JobBOSS²: Flexible Shop Management
JobBOSS² is a shop floor management software to boost productivity and efficiency. Get real-time visibility over your fabrication process and production demands to increase project profitability. A complete solution for real-time control over all your business processes.
Customer Success Story: ACP Solutions
JobBOSS² takes ACP Solutions to the next level, providing a comprehensive solution and solid foundation for future growth.
M1: Deeper manufacturing process integration for more complex manufacturers
Get business visibility that powers your growth. Specifically built for small and medium-sized manufacturers, M1 software integrates critical project management processes within a single, robust ERP system for seamless collaboration.
Customer Success Story: Elsum Engineering
M1 provides real-time information and automation to drive this manufacturer's success.
Metal Fabrication software resources
10 Reasons Why Accurate Job Costing Is Essential for Your Shop
Why you should use accurate job costing to boost profit margins.
How Metal Fabrication Manufacturers Maximise Profitability
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Increased Productivity & Reduced Costs: Shamic Sheetmetal's M1 Experience
Shamic Sheetmetal improves workflow, visibility, and overall efficiency, particularly the elimination of manual data entry…
Metal fabrication software FAQs
How is your customer support handled?
Our customer support is all based in Australia. M1 & JobBOSS² has been around for over 30 years and has over 5,500 users, so our team has extensive experience in helping metal fabrication shops. We have developed our software to specifically handle the unique challenges of make-to-order manufacturers with one-off parts that need flexibility.
Are you an ERP or an MRP?
We are a quote-to-cash enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution for metal fabrication shops with material requirements planning (MRP) functionalities. We have auto-purchase order generation for job requirement purchases, and parts below inventory levels. We also have the Quick View Material Forecast Utility.
How long is your implementation?
Our software implementations take around three to six months to complete, depending on the solution and your requirements. We have a team of experts who employ and teach best practices catered towards steel fabricators.
Do you offer a cloud or on-premise solution?
Both M1 & JobBOSS² are cloud-based software products. However, we also have an on-premise version to accommodate any type of manufacturing business. Our cloud solution is modern, easy to use, and intuitive. We also have a series of mobile apps so that you can take your ERP data anywhere.
Learn more about our ECI cloud solutions so you can connect, protect, and save.
Do I even need an ERP solution?
We know that an ERP is a big decision, but if you are reaching the point where Excel is not enough to track your open jobs, you need an ERP solution.
Here are 8 reasons why manufacturers need an ERP.
How much does JobBOSS² cost?
We have various cost-effective solutions with annual contracts designed specifically for steel fabricators. With three different levels, you can start with the basics and grow with us as your business grows.