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By facade system

Software for plate and architectural metal shops

Architectural metal shops already have CAD. The missing layer is operations: unique products, purchasing against a job, shop status, crates, and install. Spectr is that layer for facade fabricators — including one-off flashing and brackets that still need a record that survives a revision.

Key facts

  • CAD answers what it looks like. ERP answers where it is and what it cost.
  • Custom brackets still need an ID that matches the drawing mark.
  • Clients ask for status. Spreadsheets answer yesterday.
  • Spectr keeps design, purchasing, inventory, and shipping on one record.

How shops handle this

  1. Separate design tools from the system of record
    Rhino or AutoCAD stay. The BOM should not live only inside them.
  2. Attach cost as you go
    Receipts and hours should hit the project.
  3. Give the field the same IDs
    If the label does not match the mark, you will invent a decoder ring.
  4. Measure one source of truth
    Month-end reconciliation is a symptom.

Common questions

We only do brake-formed flashing.

If it ships in a crate and hangs on a building, you still need contents and status.

Can we keep shop-management software?

Ask it to show crate-to-elevation tracking. Most stop at the dock.

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Experience how Spectr could fit in your shop

From the jobs you're quoting now to the installs you're managing next month — we'll walk through your actual work, not a canned tour.

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