One Job.Request to Job Cost.
One record
from the first request to the final job cost
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We're testing a new system for a welding and machining shop. One record, from the first request to the final job cost. The shop lead works from a tablet... and the office sees it live. A revised drawing comes in as a change. Quoted versus actual, as the work happens. Repeat product lines run on the same system. It's in testing right now. So... what does your shop floor see? AltaPro AI. Book a thirty-minute call at altaproai.ca.
AltaPro AI is testing a new system with a welding and machining shop. Every job is one record — from the first request, through the quote, the work order and the shop floor, to the invoice and the final job cost. It runs on sample jobs before it goes live.
What Is AltaPro AI Testing With a Welding and Machining Shop?
AltaPro AI is testing a shop system with a welding and machining shop that keeps every job on one record, from the first request through the quote, the work order and the shop floor to the invoice and the final job cost. The shop lead works from a tablet the office sees live, revised drawings are logged as changes on the job, and quoted versus actual updates as the work happens. It runs on sample jobs before it goes live.
- Request and quote
- Work order
- Shop floor tablet
- Revisions as changes
- Quoted versus actual
- Repeat product lines
The office and the shop floor, on the same job.
In a job shop, the quote lives in one place, the work order in another and the real hours on the floor somewhere else. By the time a job is invoiced, nobody can say what it actually cost against what was quoted.
This system keeps one record per job. The shop lead works from a tablet and the office sees it live. When a revised drawing comes in, it is logged as a change on the job rather than a new email thread. Quoted versus actual updates as the work happens, and repeat product lines run on the same system.
It is in testing now, running on sample jobs before it goes live.
At a glance
- Industry
- Manufacturing · Welding & machining
- Status
- In testing · sample jobs
- One record
- Request → job cost
- Shop floor
- Tablet view, live in the office
- Changes
- Revised drawings logged as changes
- Costing
- Quoted vs actual, as it happens
Six steps, one record.
The office and the shop floor work from the same job, from the first request to the final cost.
Request and quote
A request becomes a quote on the same record it started as.
Work order
An accepted quote becomes the work order the shop floor runs.
Shop floor tablet
The shop lead works from a tablet, and the office sees progress live.
Revisions as changes
A revised drawing comes in as a change on the job, with the job's history intact.
Quoted versus actual
Cost against the quote updates as the work happens, not after the invoice.
Repeat product lines
Repeat work runs on the same system as one-off jobs.
Out of respect for our client
We will talk architecture, but the specifics stay private: how this system prices, the rates it runs on, and how it is tuned to this business belong to our client, and we keep them that way. When we build for you, your systems and your numbers get the same discretion.
This Build, Answered.
What Does the System Do?
It keeps one record per job, from the first request, through the quote, the work order and the shop floor, to the invoice and the final job cost. Quoted versus actual updates as the work happens.
Who Uses It?
The office and the shop floor of a welding and machining shop. The shop lead works from a tablet and the office sees it live.
How Are Drawing Revisions Handled?
When a revised drawing comes in, it is logged as a change on the job rather than a new email thread, with the job's history intact.
Is It Live?
It is in testing now, running on sample jobs before it goes live.
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What Does Your Shop Floor See?
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