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ERP for Metal Fabrication Manufacturers

Cetec ERP gives metal fabrication companies a practical, all-in-one system to manage quoting, production planning, inventory, and accounting. One platform with the breadth and depth to run shop operations in totality, including precision, job-based work.

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01Powerful Production Planning & Scheduling

Powerful Production Planning & Scheduling

Robust but easy to use planning and scheduling is natively built-in, helping you run proactively instead of reactively. Anticipate scheduling problems and bottlenecks before they catch you off guard.

  • Automated routing and scheduling (forwards or backwards scheduling with drag/drop capability and finite capacity modeling) with setup, pieces per hour, cycle times.
  • Real-time visibility to shop-floor statuses.
  • Swap machine/equipment; schedule demand for a group of machines, but allow time tracking to specific resources on-the-fly.
  • Go completely paperless with production queues, mobile tablets, job status dashboards, on-time delivery KPIs, and more.
02Inventory Traceability, Remnants, Fallout, Scrap/Yield
03Integrated CRM At No Extra Cost (With Built-in Job Quoting/Costing)
04Full Digital Transformation With A Mature, Scalable Enterprise System

Powerful Production Planning & Scheduling

Robust but easy to use planning and scheduling is natively built-in, helping you run proactively instead of reactively. Anticipate scheduling problems and bottlenecks before they catch you off guard.

  • Automated routing and scheduling (forwards or backwards scheduling with drag/drop capability and finite capacity modeling) with setup, pieces per hour, cycle times.
  • Real-time visibility to shop-floor statuses.
  • Swap machine/equipment; schedule demand for a group of machines, but allow time tracking to specific resources on-the-fly.
  • Go completely paperless with production queues, mobile tablets, job status dashboards, on-time delivery KPIs, and more.

Resoures for Metal Fabrication Manufacturers

Explore how Cetec ERP supports metal fabrication operations, from planning and scheduling to inventory control and job costing.
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Articles & Best Practices

Explore Metal Fabrication Blog
Modernizing Manufacturing
Dec 10 2025
Why Millennials Taking Over Metal Fabrication Expect More From Their ERP
Dec 10 2025
Metal Fabrication Quoting, Bidding, And Estimating Made Easy With Cetec ERP
Dec 10 2025
Choosing the Right ERP for Metal Fabrication: What to Look for in ERP Tools
Dec 10 2025
Outsourced Processes Made Simple: Visibility and Control With Cetec ERP
Jan 28 2026
Estimated Vs. Actual Labor: Using Routings And Shop-Floor Time To Improve Job Costing
May 25 2026

Key Features

Quoting, BOM Estimation, Job Costing, & Order Entry

Sales

Production Scheduling

Planning

Order Overview

Sales
We buy sheets of raw plastic and fabricate finished goods stock and also custom orders. We run our entire company on Cetec ERP and as a result have completely transformed our company.
Alex B

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