One system for panel quotes, schematic revisions, MCCB and VFD orders, ferruling jobs and megger test sheets.
Each cabinet is one record, from the customer’s single-line diagram and load list to the as-built set, with every MCCB, contactor and VFD fitted listed beside the schematic revision. It also holds the horizontal busbar rating and the insulation readings taken before dispatch. Everyone reads one page. Years later, a service engineer standing at a live cabinet opens the wiring actually fitted, including the contactor of another make that replaced the specified one.
- Busbar, enclosure and gland plate rates entered as your estimators price them
- Open panels, schematic revisions and supplier orders carried over from your sheets
- Test sheet layouts that follow your own megger and functional routine
Price a panel from its load list, release only the approved schematic revision, order VFDs and air circuit breakers per cabinet, and record megger and functional readings against the serial. Nameplate data and the as-built set stay on that record. Service starts there.
What goes wrong before the software.
How the work flows through it, step by step.
- 1
Enquiry and load list
A customer sends a single-line diagram and load list, and each DOL starter, star-delta set, feeder and control function is entered before the panel type is chosen. Nothing is retyped later.
- 2
Quotation
The panel is priced from enclosure, busbar, component and labour rates, and because customers keep changing motor ratings, every revision of the offer is kept with the figures that were sent. Old offers stay readable.
- 3
Drawings and approval
General arrangement and schematic revisions go out for comment, remarks are logged by round, and only the approved revision is released to the wiring bay. Older prints are withdrawn at once.
- 4
Procurement and kitting
The component list becomes supplier orders for MCCBs, thermal overload relays and DIN rail terminal blocks, and parts that arrive are checked against the list and kitted to the cabinet. Shortages show early.
- 5
Build, wiring and test
The bay cuts the enclosure, mounts the back plate, then wires and ferrules the cabinet, and the test engineer records megger and functional readings against the approved drawing. A witnessed test carries the witness’s name.
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Dispatch and service
As-built drawings, the test sheet and nameplate details travel with the delivery note, and later site calls are logged against the cabinet serial. The record stays open for the life of the panel.
What is inside.
Every module can be switched on, left out or changed to match how your team already works.
The business modules it is built from.
Each one is also available on its own, or inside a system built for you.
- Estimate/Quotation Management
Offers are built from enclosure, copper bar, component and labour rates for each panel type, and every revised figure that went to the customer is kept beside the new one.
- Workflow and Approvals
Schematic and general arrangement revisions pass through the customer’s comment rounds, and the wiring bay receives only the approved revision. Older prints are withdrawn from circulation.
- Bill of Materials
MCCBs, contactors, relays and terminals are listed per cabinet, and each substituted make is recorded so the as-built list matches the drawing on the day of dispatch.
- Purchase Order Management
Supplier orders for VFDs and air circuit breakers are raised per panel, with each promised date shown against the cabinet and customer it holds up.
- Stock Tracking and Alerts
Ferrules, lugs, cable and common contactors are received by lot, kitted to cabinets and watched against reorder levels so the bay never waits at the bench.
- Work Order Management
Each cabinet moves through fabrication, back plate mounting and wiring with a named team, and the office can read the current stage without walking the bay.
- Quality Control
Megger, continuity and functional readings are entered per cabinet against the agreed limits, and a failed reading returns the panel to the bay with a remark.
- Job Work Management
Enclosures and busbars sent for cutting, bending or powder coating are tracked as outside jobs with a return date and checked against quantity on return.
How we would put it in.
Setup, data migration, integrations and anything built on top.
One system, each person sees their part.
For panel designers
Release schematics, answer customer comments on each revision, and see which revision every cabinet in the bay is built to. Stale prints stop circulating from the first release.
For the purchase desk
Raise component orders per panel and chase the VFDs and air circuit breakers that are running late, with the cabinet and customer named on every line. No more bare order numbers.
For store staff
Receive components against the list, flag any substitution, and kit lugs, ferrules, relays and breakers to the right cabinet. Leftover pieces go back to stock with their lot.
For wiring supervisors
See which cabinets have their kit and approved drawing, assign wiring teams, and mark stages complete. A cabinet without a full kit cannot start, so benches stay busy.
For test engineers
Enter megger and functional readings, note who witnessed the test, and send a failed cabinet back with a remark. The report prints from the same record, with the serial on top.
The numbers the owner asks for.
- Panels by build stage and customer
- Schematic revisions awaiting approval by age
- Late VFDs and breakers by the panel they hold
- Megger and functional failures by type and cabinet
- Quoted against actual enclosure, busbar and component cost
- Open site calls by cabinet serial
Who this is built for.
- Builders of motor control centres and power control panels
- Makers of PLC and automation control boards for machines
- Workshops that build power factor correction, ATS and distribution panels
- Panel shops working for OEMs and project contractors
- Firms that buy in VFDs and breakers and assemble to drawing
When it is not the right choice.
- A site electrician who wires one small distribution board a month can work from a notebook.
- Companies that only trade in ready-made enclosures have no schematic revisions to control.
Adapted to your business before it goes live.
You are not handed a login and left to it. The product is set up around your records, your people and the tools you already use.
Works alongside
- Accounting export
- Label printer
- Drawing file storage
Questions owners ask before a demo.
Can a revision be locked once the customer approves it?
Yes. An approved schematic is marked released, any later change becomes a new revision with its own comment round, and the bay sees only the released one. Older prints are withdrawn from every bench.
How are substitutions handled?
The store records the part actually fitted against the panel, so the component list shows the specified contactor and its substitute side by side. The as-built set is therefore true to the cabinet.
Does it show which late drive holds which cabinet?
Yes. Every supplier order line carries a promised date and the panel it serves, so a late VFD names the cabinet and the customer waiting, not a bare order number.
Can it price enclosure and busbar by size?
Yes. Rates for enclosures, copper bar, gland plates and powder coating are kept per size, and a quotation picks them up from the panel type and busbar rating with no stale sheet.
Where are insulation readings stored?
They sit on the cabinet’s record, beside the schematic revision it was built to. A failed megger reading sends the cabinet back to the bay with a remark attached.
Can nameplates be printed from the record?
Yes. Rated current, supply voltage, short-circuit rating and serial print from the cabinet record on a plate layout taken from your own template. No digit is retyped by hand.
How does it handle outside sheet-metal work?
Enclosures sent out for punching or powder coating are logged as outside jobs with a return date, and receipt back is checked against the quantity sent. Short returns are caught at the gate.
Can service calls be linked to a cabinet?
Yes. A call from the customer is logged against the cabinet serial, and before setting out, the engineer opens the as-built drawings and the test sheet for that exact panel.
Do we lose our earlier panel jobs?
No. Past panels, drawings and open orders load from your spreadsheets, and someone from your accounts team checks the balances against the old sheets before real orders begin.
What does a first conversation involve?
Bring a recent panel with its single-line diagram and component list. You see it run on the system, and a proposal follows once users and modules are agreed.
Wondering what it would cost? Share your requirements and an engineer will come back with a scope.
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