The system
How do I get started?
Click Start now, then use Proto to configure Job Shop Management for your business. Set up your workflows, import your data and invite your team.
Can we track heats, remnants and customer material?
The proposed model reserves and issues exact stock with heat, ownership and certificate lineage. Returns refer to the original issue and use the reviewed unit conversion. Customer-owned receipts and returns stay separate from purchased stock, and the customer’s material is not valued as the shop’s inventory.
Processes and approvals
What happens after first-article inspection?
A passed first article authorizes the defined continuation of work. It does not complete the rest of the run. Production quantities, inspection lots and final accepted quantities remain distinct, with holds and reinspection tied to the affected pieces.
Can outside processing return in several lots?
Each dispatch and returned lot keeps its own quantity, promise and evidence. Acceptance releases the eligible returned portion while the unreturned or rejected balance remains visible. Certificate requirements must be resolved under the applicable policy before the lot is available.
Does it support finite scheduling?
The authored plan uses work resources, calendars and scheduled intervals with capacity and precedence checks. Production Manager reviews sequencing and proposed changes. Material readiness, inspection and job holds still govern whether work can start; a place on the schedule is not a release decision.
Can we ship part of a job?
Eligible accepted pieces can be allocated to a partial shipment while other work continues. Reservations prevent another packing slip from consuming the same pieces. The dispatch must also satisfy the order allocation, revision, hold and certificate requirements.
Pricing and implementation
Does the quote become the job?
The accepted offer carries its exact quantity, price and revision into order and job preparation. Operations, material requirements, drawing references and instructions become a released traveler snapshot. A quantity outside the reviewed offer needs a revised approved basis; choosing the closest quantity break is not enough.
How does floor time become job cost?
Operators submit work evidence and tickets for the authorized supervisor or manager to review. Approved labor allocations, occupied machine time and frozen rates determine their respective cost entries. An employee tending several machines cannot be charged as several people for the same elapsed time.
How do deposits and progress invoices affect final billing?
The billing plan retains prior billed scope separately from cash collection. A final invoice accounts for all applicable deposit and progress billings, even if some are unpaid. Shipment and final billing cannot each charge the same obligation. Credits, refunds and payment returns have their own linked treatment.
Does it replace accounting or payroll?
The scope includes job cost, customer invoices and cash application. The general ledger, supplier payables and payroll remain in the connected systems. Agree tax ownership, mappings and acknowledgment rules, and verify the chosen connections before operational use.
What does a rollout involve?
Start with role decisions, rates, work calendars, drawings and material evidence. Choose a new-job cutover or reconcile the complete in-flight baseline. Device support, connections, opening records and operating rehearsals determine the schedule; the implementation page describes the phases.
What does it cost?
There is no per-user fee. Ordinary manual work in the official interface is free; machine work, managed execution, model usage and retention beyond the included allowances follow the pricing contract. Implementation is priced separately. See the pricing page for the complete rates and account rules.