Keep drawing revisions, operations, inspection readings and job work challans on each work order.
CNC and precision component manufacturers turn, mill and grind parts to a buyer’s drawing, in lots that range from a few pieces to a monthly schedule. Drawings, inspection reports and job work challans usually sit in separate folders and books. The software keeps the revision, the material, every operation and each inspection reading on the work order, so a lot can be followed from bar to dispatch.
You run CNC turning centres, VMCs, a few conventional lathes and perhaps a grinder, making shafts, bushes, flanges, housings and fittings to someone else’s drawing. Tolerances are tight. Quantities vary from order to order, and the buyer’s quality engineer reads your inspection report before the invoice.
Margin is decided by setup time, tool wear and rejection. All three are known on the floor and rarely written down. The office sees only the invoice.
A buyer sends a drawing and a quantity, or a monthly schedule against an open purchase order. You check the grade, the operations, a suitable machine and any outside process like heat treatment or plating, then quote a rate per piece.
Bar or forging is bought with a mill test certificate, cut to length and issued to the machine. The setter loads the program, sets the tools and runs the first piece. Quality checks it against the drawing before the lot runs, and in-process checks follow at the frequency the buyer asks for.
Parts leave for hardening, plating or cylindrical grinding on a job work challan and return in batches. Final inspection, packing and the invoice follow. Some buyers reject at their own gate later.
What goes wrong for cNC machining companies without a proper system.
What we would build for cNC machining companies.
Named the way your team already talks about the work. We start with whichever part the audit shows is costing you most.
Ready products that fit cNC machining companies.
Each one is adapted to how your business works before it goes live, and anything your trade needs that it lacks is added then. You are not paying to build the basics again.
Manufacturing Production Management Software
Work orders, multi-level bill of materials, job cards by stage, raw material issue, rejections, subcontracted job work, dispatch and GST billing for manufacturers.
Learn moreIoT Monitoring Dashboard
Live values, thresholds and alerts, downtime and run hours, and the history behind every reading from your machines, meters and sensors.
Learn moreThe business modules cNC machining companies use most.
Each one is also available on its own, or inside a system built for you.
The services behind it.
ERP, CRM and Business Software Implementation
One record of stock, orders, customers and accounts, set up so your team opens it every day.
Learn moreCustom Software and Product Engineering
Software built around how your business actually runs, when nothing off the shelf fits without workarounds.
Learn moreIoT and Edge Computing
Machines, meters and sensors feeding the same system your office uses, even when the network drops.
Learn moreData Migration and Moving Off Spreadsheets
Data migration and spreadsheet replacement covers auditing existing files, cleaning and deduplicating records, loading them into a new system and reconciling the result against known totals. A parallel run of both systems comes before cutover. The original files are kept as they were.
Learn moreWritten for cNC machining companies.
Practical notes on running the business, not product marketing.
How the work runs from Bengaluru for your city.
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The audit, by call
A screen-share and a look at the sheets, Tally reports and WhatsApp groups your team uses. No travel needed.
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A written proposal
Scope, what we build first and the cost, agreed in writing before anything starts.
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Build in short rounds
Working screens shared every few weeks. Your team tests them from your own office.
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Go-live, in person when it helps
For data migration and training we can come to your city. Travel is agreed in advance.
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Support online
Fixes, changes and hosting handled remotely by the same team that built it.
Software we have built and run.
We only name clients whose work is published. These are systems our team designed, built and supports.
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Read the case studyQuestions cNC machining companies ask before they call.
Does it schedule our machines automatically?
No. The lots queued on each machine are visible, and your planner sequences them and moves target dates by hand.
Can we trace a lot back to the heat number of the bar?
Not on its own. The standard set-up traces each lot to its work order and the material issued against it. Heat numbers and mill certificates against each issue are added during implementation where your buyers ask for them.
Can spindle run hours come from the machines themselves?
Where a CNC controller shares its data, the monitoring dashboard reads run and idle time. Controllers differ by make and model, so each model is tested on your floor before it is relied on.
Does it work out the actual cost of each lot?
Costing sits at the quotation, where material, machine time and outside processes are priced per piece. Actual cost per finished lot is not calculated, but its material, rejection and job work stay on record for your accountant.
What happens in the free technology audit?
We look at the software, spreadsheets and WhatsApp groups your business runs on today and write down what works, what slows your team down and what is missing. A demo login, a screen-share or a few screenshots are enough to start. You get a report ordered by priority, and there is no obligation to hire us afterwards.
How much will the software cost?
We don’t publish a price, because it depends on what the system has to do. The audit settles the scope, and the cost goes into a written proposal before any work starts.
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