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It started with Fabrication DC

One shop made good money renting props but lost money on more than half of its fabrication jobs. Fabrication Plan was born to turn that around.

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Fabrication Plan began in a shop I was consulting for. They made good money on their prop rentals, but they were losing money on more than half of their fabrication jobs.

Fabrication DC was my first answer: get every job, machine and crew member onto one screen. You can’t fix what you can’t see, and you can’t measure a job until you can see the work. That prototype grew into Fabrication Plan, and every update since has worked toward the same goal: make every job a profitable one.

  1. New

    Every job on one board

    Fabrication DC started with a board showing every job and the stage it's in, so nothing lives only in someone's head.

    The Fabrication DC job board with columns for Quoted, Approved, Materials Ordered and In Production (client names blurred)
  2. New

    A schedule for machines, not just people

    A resource schedule showed which machine, bay or crew member is booked and when, so double-bookings show up before the work starts.

    The Fabrication DC resource schedule, with crew, machines and shop areas in rows and jobs as bars across October
  3. New

    A library of your shop's resources

    Every machine, tool and work area in one list, ready to assign to a job in a couple of clicks.

  4. New

    Your team, in one place

    Add your crew, see who's on which job, and keep everyone's details out of the spreadsheet.

  5. New

    QR codes on the shop floor

    Print a QR code for a machine or a job. Scan it to see what's happening there, no searching required.

  6. New

    Files and drawings attached to the job

    Upload drawings, photos and documents straight to the job, so the latest version is the one everyone sees.

  7. New

    A view to share with clients

    A clean, client-friendly summary of a job's progress, so a status call doesn't mean digging through your own files.

  8. Better

    Fabrication DC becomes Fabrication Plan

    With the idea proven, the prototype moved to a stronger foundation under a new name, built for any custom shop, not just one.

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