Bar, tube, sheet and plate in any unit
Track material by the foot, the pound, the sheet or the piece, each with its own cost and low-stock level, so you order before a run stalls.
For metal fabrication & welding shops
From bar stock to finished part, every foot accounted for.Inventory and production tracking software for metal fabrication shops
Brackets, railings, frames, furniture bases or small-batch parts: TFM Manufacturing tracks your bar, tube, sheet and plate in the units you buy them, puts welding wire, gas and abrasives on the bill of materials, and captures the real cost of every build.
Sound familiar?
- Steel is bought by the stick, by weight and by the sheet, and nobody knows exactly what's left.
- Welding wire, gas and grinding discs disappear and never make it into your costs.
- Metal prices swing, so last quarter's price list may be losing you money.
- Repeat orders get built from memory instead of a spec.
TFM Manufacturing fixes that.
Consumables on the bill of materials
Put the wire, gas, discs and hardware a part really uses on its BOM alongside the steel, so every build uses and costs them too.
Costs that keep up with metal prices
Each build records material costs on the day it starts, and receipts update your average cost. See margin per part and spot the ones that need a new price.
Repeatable builds and work orders
Each part or assembly has one spec. Start a run of 50, track what's in progress, complete it into stock or straight onto the customer's order.
Live stock and lead times for your customers
Your website or ordering portal reads stock and lead times from our API and sends orders back in, which reserve what's on the shelf.
Production costing in QuickBooks (coming soon)
Coming soon to Growth: raw material to work in progress to finished goods to cost of goods sold posts to QuickBooks Online automatically.
Questions from metal fabricators
Yes. Each material has its own unit (feet, pounds, sheets, pieces) with its own cost. Use whichever unit you buy and use it in.
Yes. Add them to a part's bill of materials with the amount one part uses, and each build includes them in its cost.
No. It tracks materials, builds, stock, orders and costs for parts and products you make. It doesn't do quoting or cut nesting.
From bar stock to finished part, every foot accounted for.
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