Material
Not ordered, ordered and received are three different states. Ordered does not mean the job can be released.
Not orderedOrderedReceived
Production management for job shops
One board for the office and the shop floor.
From backlog to shipped. One operational view. Schedule, job cards, drawings, material status, QC, operation timers and shipping on one shared board. Planners see what is coming. Operators see what to run next.
Runs on a computer in your shop.
Your drawings and job records stay on your storage.
- Scheduling
- Job cards
- Drawings
- Material
- QC
- Timers
- Shipping
What FabTandem is
Not an ERP.
Not an MES.
Your ERP manages transactions. FabTandem manages execution. It works alongside your ERP, reads its report exports and does not try to replace it. Every screen is built around one question: what is stopping this job from shipping?
30seconds
Open the board and know in 30 seconds:
- What is late
- What is blocked
- What is shipping
- What needs attention
Built inside a working fabrication shop, by people who stand at the laser at 6 a.m. asking why a job has not moved.
01 The board
See the job.
Know what comes next.
Every work center gets a lane. Every job is a card with its drawing, quantities, due date and material status, so the whole shop works from the same picture.
- Ready to run
- In process or waiting on an outside step
- On hold, such as missing material
Open the live board with sample jobs The real board, running in your browser. Nothing you do leaves your device.
Select a card to see its print. Job 26-1201 was split: 24 panels ship today on traveler 26-1201-A while 16 finish on the laser.
02 Prints
Every card
carries its print.
The drawing travels with the job. Operators see the part number, revision, material and routing on the card and the print, so the revision on the floor matches the revision on the order.
BRKT-104 Rev BReady
Formed angle bracket
- Job
- 26-1203 · Qty 120
- Material
- 5052-H32 aluminum, clear anodize
- Routing
- Laser, press brake, clear anodize (outside), ship
- Now
- Press brake, ready
PNL-220 Rev CSplit
Ventilated enclosure panel
- Job
- 26-1201 · Qty 40
- Material
- 304 stainless, brush grain vertical
- Routing
- Laser, brush finish, ship
- Now
- Laser (16) and Shipping (24)
BASE-310 Rev DOutside
Machined equipment base
- Job
- 26-1204 · Qty 8
- Material
- 6061-T6 aluminum, clear anodize
- Routing
- Machining, clear anodize (outside), ship
- Now
- Finish, at the anodizer
COVER-412 Rev BIn process
Folded instrument cover
- Job
- 26-1202 · Qty 24
- Material
- 5052-H32 aluminum, powder coat RAL 7035
- Routing
- Laser, press brake, powder coat, ship
- Now
- Press brake, in process
MOUNT-508 Rev EOn hold
Precision mounting flange
- Job
- 26-1205 · Qty 30
- Material
- 17-4 PH stainless, passivate
- Routing
- Machining, passivate (outside), ship
- Now
- Machining, on hold for material
FRAME-610 Rev CIn process
Welded support frame
- Job
- 26-1206 · Qty 6
- Material
- A36 steel tube, powder coat black
- Routing
- Saw, weld, powder coat, ship
- Now
- Weld, in process
Illustrative sample prints. Not for manufacture.
03 Blockers
Blockers,
by name.
Most software tells you a job is open, in process or complete. A fabricator needs to know why it is not moving. FabTandem puts the real reason on the card.
Most software says
- Open
- In process
- Complete
FabTandem says
- Waiting on PEM hardware
- 5052 sheet ordered, not received
- At outside anodize, due back Thursday
- Built. Waiting on the powder coat cert
Hardware
PEMs, fasteners, hinges and bought items from the BOM. A two-dollar part should not hold a ten-thousand-dollar shipment.
Paint and powder
Coating demand is tied to the jobs that need it, so finishing and purchasing see it before parts arrive at paint.
Outside processing
Plating, anodize, heat treat and other outside steps stay visible before they turn into a surprise delay.
Certs and paperwork
Material, hardware, chem film and powder coat certs, plus inspection reports. A job can be finished and still not ship.
04 How it works
Backlog to shipped,
in five stages.
Not create job, assign task, close job. The questions a shop actually asks, in the order it asks them.
- 01
Backlog
PO received.
Can we build it? - 02
Plan
Material ordered?
Material received? - 03
Release
Can we release it to the floor?
- 04
Build
First article approved?
Hardware here?
Can it go to paint? - 05
Ship
Are certs complete?
Can shipping actually ship it?
01
Backlog and plan
Import your backlog from your ERP export, schedule jobs by work center and day, and check material status before work reaches the floor. Bills of materials, drawings and job packets attach to the card.
- Backlog import from your ERP export
- Schedule by work center and day
- Material status before work hits the floor
02
Release and build
Approved work moves from the planning board into production, so the floor gets a controlled handoff instead of verbal priorities. Operators open job cards at shop kiosks, view PDF drawings and 3D STEP models, start and stop operation timers, record QC and enter completed quantities. Partial completions print a split traveler that moves with the parts.
Kiosks that keep up with the floor. Several operators can finish work on the same job at the same time. FabTandem merges their updates instead of letting the last person to tap Save overwrite everyone else.
- Operation timers per job and work center
- Completed, scrapped and remaining quantities stay in balance
- Drawings open right at the machine
- Operators sign in with their own accounts
03
Ship
Finished work flows to shipping with packing lists and shipping documents that carry your company's identity. Nothing ships with the FabTandem name on it.
Shipping that closes the loop. Shipping sees exactly what is complete and what is still on the floor. Packing lists come from the job, not from someone retyping it, and every shop keeps its own sender details.
- Shipments tied to the job cards they close out
- Reissue or restore a shipment without losing history
- Your company name, address and contacts on the paperwork
05 Shipping
Shipments are
the scoreboard.
Everything in the shop leads to one outcome: does the customer get their parts on time? FabTandem keeps production tied to what was promised and measures output in shipments and dollars, not in how busy the floor looks.
- Customer commitments, including revised dates
- Past-due work that cannot hide under newer priorities
- At-risk jobs, so you work the exceptions first
- Partial shipments with the open balance kept straight
Shipped today$6,1803 shipments
Shipped this week$18,42011 shipments
Shipped this month$71,95038 shipments
Past due2jobs, $4,300
At risk3waiting on hardware or certs
Ready to ship4jobs, $9,860
Cash projection, next 14 days$42,600
06 Capabilities
Everything that
moves a job.
The shop no longer has to turn a job number into a print, a route, a priority, a due date and a verbal instruction before work can start. It is all on the job.
01Plan
- Live backlog
- Job, part and customer lookup
- Planning board
- Production release
- Work-center schedules
- Routing and remaining operations
- Capacity and staffing planning
- Remaining work-center load
- Plan vs. actual
02Materials
- BOM on the job
- Raw-material requirements
- Required, ordered, received, still to order
- Hardware planning
- Paint and powder demand
- Outside processing
- Readiness
- Constraint reporting
03Floor
- Production status by work center
- Drawings on the job
- Drawing provenance
- Shop kiosks and operator status
- Operation timers and QC
- Split jobs and split travelers
- Router and packet printing
- One shared state for office and floor
04Ship
- Customer commitments
- Past-due alerts
- At-risk jobs
- Shipment recording and value
- Shipping schedule
- Partial shipments
- Today, week and month shipped
- Delivery batching
- Cash projection
05Manage
- ERP report import
- Owner, manager and operator roles
- Read-only reporting
- Management dashboards
- Operational search
- Audit trail
Feature availability depends on configuration, data quality, integrations and the operating rules each shop sets up. Capacity results depend on the hours, rates, calendars and routings you supply.
07 Security and controlled data
Built for shops that handle CUI and ITAR technical data.
The Controlled and Defense editions run on hardware you own, inside your network. They are designed to work without any outside connection, so drawings and job packets never leave your environment.
- ACustomer-hosted
- The board, its data and its backups live on your server and your storage.
- BNo phone-home licensing
- Subscriptions renew with a signed file you install yourself. No outside license check.
- CAccount controls
- Owner, manager and operator roles; system-use notice; password reuse blocking; automatic lockout of inactive accounts.
- DAudit trail
- Changes to jobs, quantities and accounts are recorded with who made them and when.
- ESeparate shops
- Each customer shop has its own workspace, sign-ins and shipping identity.
- FBilling stays separate
- Billing records hold account and subscription identifiers only. No drawings, jobs or files.
Software alone does not make a shop compliant. Your CUI, ITAR and CMMC status depends on your environment, procedures and assessment. FabTandem is built to support those programs, not to replace them.
08 Pricing
One price
per shop.
One price per shop installation. Pay monthly, or yearly and save 20 percent.
Standard
For job shops running ordinary commercial work.
$549 / month
or $5,270.40 billed yearly
- Production board and work center lanes
- Backlog import and scheduling
- Job cards with drawings and 3D STEP viewer
- Shop kiosks, operation timers and QC
- Shipping documents under your name
Controlled
CUI and ITAR
For shops that handle CUI or ITAR technical data.
$849 / month
or $8,150.40 billed yearly
- Everything in Standard
- Customer-hosted, designed to run with no outside connection
- Offline signed subscription renewals
- System-use notice, password and inactive-account controls
- Audit trail of job and account changes
Defense
CMMC
For defense suppliers preparing for a CMMC Level 2 assessment.
$1,449 / month
or $13,910.40 billed yearly
- Everything in Controlled
- NIST SP 800-171 requirement mapping for your system security plan
- Help gathering FabTandem evidence for your assessment
- Priority support
Prices in US dollars, per shop installation. Taxes may apply. Founding-shop pilots are available. Ask us.
09 FAQ
Questions
shops ask.
Does this replace our ERP?
No. Your ERP keeps handling quoting, purchasing, accounting and invoicing. FabTandem imports your ERP's report exports and turns them into a board the shop can run from, so nobody retypes jobs.
Who is it for?
Build-to-print job shops and fabricators. The people it is built for are the planner, supervisor, operator and production manager moving work through the shop, plus the owner who needs to see what is late, blocked and shipping. The shop floor comes first.
Does FabTandem make us CMMC or ITAR compliant?
No software can do that on its own. Compliance depends on your whole environment, your procedures and, for CMMC, your assessment. The Controlled and Defense editions give you a production system designed for that environment, plus the documentation you need to show how it fits.
Where does our data live?
On a computer in your shop. Drawings, job packets, routings and production notes stay on your storage. The billing system only knows your account and subscription.
What do we need to run it?
A Windows computer to host the board, a web browser on office computers, and touchscreens or tablets for shop kiosks. We help you set it up.
What happens if a payment fails?
The board keeps working while payment is retried. If a subscription ends, the board becomes read-only so you can still see and download everything. Your data is never deleted.
Can we switch plans or pay yearly?
Yes. Yearly plans save 20 percent. You can change plans, update cards and download invoices yourself from the billing portal.