Start from a type
Use reusable work-order types for production, delivery, installation, or another process your shop repeats.
Turn every job into work the shop can actually run
Give production a clear build sequence while the office sees what started, what finished, who worked on it, and what comes next.
A job record says what was sold; a work order says how it gets built
For production and project managers replacing paper travelers and verbal releases.
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Scope reaches the floor without a repeatable build sequence.
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Dates and crew assignments live outside the production record.
3
Checklist completion is invisible until someone asks.
4
Labor hours lose the phase and work-order context that makes them useful.
A sold job is not yet a shop instruction.
Work orders translate customer scope into phases, dates, checklists, crews, and hours without carrying prices onto the floor.
Build a repeatable production record
Plan the phases
Give each phase dates, responsible people, and the checklist that defines done.
Run the work
Workers open the current phase, complete items, record progress, and attach their labor to the work.
Keep the history
Phase movement, completion, and time stay on the job for costing and future planning.
Questions shops ask us
What kinds of work orders are there?+
Work order types: production, delivery, install, or any repeatable process. Each type is a template of steps in your colours, with a switch for whether it counts against capacity.
What is a work order's status?+
Its current step. Finishing a step at the tablet, or moving it in the office, takes the work order to the next step on the template.
When does the shop see them?+
When the job is released. Production work orders are then placed on the week board; prep and install work orders carry their dates from creation.
How do hours attach?+
A worker's punch on the tablet stamps the work order's current step, so every hour lands on a work order and rolls into job cost at the loaded rate.
Can a work order carry materials?+
Yes, when manufacturing is in your setup: a bill of materials per work order, reservations against stock, and consumption as parts are pulled.
Can installers use them?+
Yes. Install work orders open in the native app with their steps, checklist, drawings and photo capture.