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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
- Separate design tools from the system of record
Rhino or AutoCAD stay. The BOM should not live only inside them. - Attach cost as you go
Receipts and hours should hit the project. - Give the field the same IDs
If the label does not match the mark, you will invent a decoder ring. - 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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