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  1. Getting Started
  • Getting Started
    • Introductions
    • Installing Fabritec as a Desktop or Mobile App
    • User Profile & Change Language
    • Notification Settings and Push Notifications
    • Home
  • Administration & Setup
    • Company Setup
      • Company Profile
      • Preferences
      • License Info
      • Settings
    • Users & Permissions
      • Roles
      • Departments
      • Users
      • Logs
  • Production Setup
    • Production Stages
    • WorkStations
    • Workstation Groups
    • Categories
    • Routes
  • Workforce & Scheduling
    • Daily Operations
      • Shift Calendars
      • Timesheets
    • People
      • Labours
      • Labour Titles
      • Labour Group
      • Crews and Shift Rotations
    • Schedule Rules
      • Shifts
      • Work Calendars
      • Holidays
  • CRM
    • Introduction to CRM
    • Forecast Dashboard
    • CRM Pipeline and Enquiry Management
    • CRM Customers
    • CRM Analytics
    • CRM Settings
  • Projects
    • Customer & Project Basics
      • Customers
      • Create New Project
      • Overview
      • Details
      • Buildings
    • Documents & Communication
      • Folder Structure
      • Documents
      • Messages
    • Phases, Items & Revisions
      • Phases
      • Phases Explorer
      • Schemas for Excel and CSV Import
      • Phases Explorer: Manual Item Entry, Drawing Validation, and Smart Allocation
      • Revisions: Bulk Paint Update & Selective Item Deletion
    • Routing & Production
      • Routing Setup
      • Tracking
    • Project Quality Control
      • Quality Control
    • Project Shipping
      • Shipping Status
      • Shipping
    • Site Completion
      • Erection
  • Production Execution
    • Production
    • Production Access
    • Production Logs
    • Revert & Refabricate Items in Production
  • Tasks Managment
    • Task Manager
    • Task Templates
    • Task Schedule View
  • Quality Control
    • Inspections
    • Quality Control Access
  • Shipping & Delivery
    • Shipping Yard
    • Shipping Calendar
  • Maintenance
    • Maintenance Workstations
    • Maintenance Orders
    • Maintenance parts cost analytics
    • Maintenance Plans
    • Planning Calendar
  • Insights, Reports & AI
    • Dashboards
    • Reports
    • Connecting Fabritec with AI Assistants: Claude AI and ChatGPT
    • Productivity
      • Workstation Productivity
      • Andon Board
      • Labour Productivity
      • Production Stage Productivity
  • Fabritec Workflow
    • Fabritec Project Lifecycle workflow
    • Fabritec Dashboards and Reports workflow
    • Production Setup & User Management Workflow
  1. Getting Started

Introductions

Welcome to the Fabritec Documentation Center — your primary reference for understanding the Fabritec platform and how to configure and use it to gain clear, structured control over your manufacturing operations.
Fabritec is a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) built specifically for project-based, job-based, and sales-order manufacturing, where Excel sheets, paperwork, whiteboards, WhatsApp updates, and verbal follow-ups become difficult to control as projects, teams, machines, and delivery commitments increase.
Fabritec does not focus on one material or one type of factory — it addresses a broader operational control problem.
When sales opportunities, planning, workforce schedules, drawings, production stages, machine availability, quality checks, shipping, and site progress are managed separately, visibility disappears and problems are discovered too late.
Fabritec creates a connected Single Source of Truth across the commercial and operational lifecycle — from the first enquiry and production plan to manufacturing, shipping, delivery, and site erection.
Instead of relying on separate systems and manual follow-ups, Fabritec connects:
Sales CRM & Pipeline
Production Planning & Scheduling
Workforce & Shift Scheduling
Projects, BOMs, Documents & Revisions
Routing & Production Setup
Production Tracking
Quality Control & Rework
Maintenance & Workstation Uptime
Shipping Yard, Shipping & Delivery
Erection & Site Progress
Productivity Analytics & Andon
Dashboards & Reports
AI-Supported Operational Insights
This documentation is designed to help you:
Understand how Fabritec works across the full manufacturing lifecycle
Configure the system to match your real factory structure and operating model
Manage sales opportunities, projects, resources, machines, and production from connected data
Control complex production workflows without depending on manual follow-up
Track production, quality, shipping, delivery, and erection progress
Measure workstation, labour, and production-stage performance
Gain real-time visibility instead of relying on assumptions
Use operational data to identify risks, bottlenecks, priorities, and exceptions earlier
Inside the Documentation Center, you’ll find practical guides, step-by-step workflows, best practices, and real-world examples designed around project-based manufacturing operations.

🏗 What Is Fabritec?#

Fabritec is a purpose-built Manufacturing Execution System for manufacturers whose work depends on multiple connected commercial and operational processes.
It is designed for operations that rely on:
Enquiries, tenders, and project-based sales opportunities
Complex Bills of Materials (BOMs)
Drawings and frequent revisions
Multiple production stages and Workstations
Production planning and changing priorities
Skilled labour, shifts, crews, and Work Calendars
Machine and Workstation availability
Quality inspection checkpoints
Shipping readiness and dispatch coordination
Delivery commitments
Site erection or installation progress
Real-time productivity and management reporting
Fabritec is suitable for manufacturers in industries such as:
Steel and metal fabrication
Aluminum fabrication
Precast concrete manufacturing
Industrial job shops and custom manufacturing
Woodworking and joinery
Modular and offsite construction
What connects these industries is not the material.
It is the execution model.
They manage multiple jobs or projects, work from drawings and BOMs, move items through several stages, depend on people and machines, and must deliver against real customer commitments.
Fabritec connects these activities inside one structured operational system.

🎬 Quick Intro Video#

Core Fabritec Capabilities#

Sales CRM & Pipeline Control#

Manage enquiries, opportunities, tenders, customers, prospects, commercial information, expected award dates, probabilities, and pipeline forecasts.
When an opportunity is won, it can move into the project execution workflow without requiring teams to recreate the commercial context manually.

Production Planning & Scheduling#

Plan upcoming work using real project and production information.
Fabritec helps planning teams review priorities, workloads, stages, Workstations, schedules, and production requirements while keeping the plan connected to actual execution.

Workforce & Shift Scheduling#

Manage the people required to execute the production plan.
Fabritec supports:
Work Calendars
Shifts and Rotations
Crews
Holidays and leave visibility
Labour scheduling
Workstation assignments
Schedule exceptions
This gives planning and operations teams clearer visibility into whether the required people are actually available for planned work.

BOM, Drawings & Revision Control#

Keep manufacturing information connected to execution.
Fabritec allows teams to manage:
Project structures
Buildings
Phases
Revisions
Assemblies and Parts
BOM information
Drawings
Supporting files
Controlled releases to Production and Shipping
This reduces the risk of production teams working from incomplete or outdated information.

Production Setup & Routing#

Configure how the factory actually operates.
Production Setup allows teams to define elements such as:
Production Stages
Workstations
Routes
Categories
Labour Titles
Factory operating structures
This creates the production model used by planning, tracking, capacity, workforce, maintenance, and reporting.

Real-Time Production Tracking#

Track items as they move through their required production stages.
Teams can monitor progress by:
Project
Phase
Item
Production Stage
Workstation
This provides real execution visibility instead of relying on supervisor calls or manually prepared status reports.

Quality Control & Rework#

Connect inspections directly to production.
Fabritec supports structured QC workflows so teams can:
Perform inspections
Record results
Approve or reject work
Track quality issues
Manage rework
Maintain traceability between production and quality activity
This helps quality problems become part of the operational workflow instead of remaining disconnected records.

Maintenance & Workstation Uptime#

Manage equipment maintenance alongside production operations.
Fabritec supports:
Preventive Maintenance
Breakdown Maintenance
Corrective Maintenance
Inspections
Maintenance Planning
Maintenance Orders
Workstation uptime and downtime visibility
Maintenance activity can also be classified by its impact on production, helping planning and operations teams understand when equipment availability may affect execution.

Shipping Yard, Shipping & Delivery#

Maintain visibility after production is completed.
Fabritec connects production readiness with:
Shipping Yard activity
Shipment preparation
Dispatch
In-transit status
Delivery confirmation
This creates a controlled handoff between factory execution and site delivery.

Erection & Site Progress#

For projects that include site installation or erection, Fabritec extends visibility beyond delivery.
Teams can track items through statuses such as:
Production → Shipping Yard → In Transit → Delivered but not erected → Erected
Fabritec can track:
Delivered quantities
Erected quantities
Remaining quantities
Erection progress
This connects factory, logistics, project, and site teams using the same project data.

Productivity & Andon#

Fabritec converts production activity into measurable performance information.
Productivity can be reviewed across:
Workstations
Labour
Production Stages
Teams can analyze workload, output, timesheets, exceptions, resource allocation, stage flow, and performance over time.
The Andon Board provides a live operational view of shop-floor exceptions and stoppages that require attention.

Dashboards & Reports#

Fabritec provides dashboards and reports that turn operational activity into management visibility.
Depending on the available module and permissions, teams can review information related to:
Projects
Planning
Production
Productivity
Quality
Workforce
Maintenance
Shipping
Delivery
Erection
CRM and pipeline performance
The objective is to help teams make decisions using current system data instead of manually collecting updates from multiple departments.

AI-Supported Operational Intelligence#

Fabritec operational data can support AI-assisted analysis such as:
Identifying risks
Detecting bottlenecks
Reviewing priorities
Summarizing project or production progress
Reviewing operational exceptions
Preparing management summaries
Understanding available CRM, production, QC, shipping, and project information faster
Fabritec can also connect with supported AI assistants such as Claude AI and ChatGPT using MCP-based integrations.
The AI assistant follows the permissions of the connected Fabritec user.
Fabritec remains the source of truth.
AI helps users search, summarize, compare, and understand approved Fabritec data more quickly.

⚙️ Why Do Factories Choose Fabritec?#

Connect planning with real execution#

A production plan is only useful when it reflects what is actually happening.
Fabritec connects planned work with production progress, workforce availability, Workstations, maintenance activity, quality status, and delivery requirements.

Gain real-time visibility instead of guessing#

Know what is happening across projects, stages, Workstations, quality, shipping, and site progress without waiting for manually prepared updates.

Reduce rework and hidden losses#

Connect approved drawings, revisions, production activity, QC checkpoints, rework records, maintenance events, and operational exceptions.
This gives teams better traceability when something goes wrong and helps issues become visible earlier.

Improve coordination across departments#

Fabritec creates a shared operational flow across:
Sales → Engineering → Planning → Workforce → Production → Quality → Maintenance → Logistics → Site Teams → Management
Each team works from connected information instead of maintaining separate versions of the operation.

Protect production capacity#

Production capacity depends on more than machines.
It also depends on:
Workforce availability
Workstation availability
Maintenance schedules
Current production load
Quality and rework requirements
Changing project priorities
Fabritec brings these factors closer to the planning and execution process.

Control delivery beyond the factory#

Shipping an item does not always mean the operational responsibility is finished.
Fabritec can continue tracking:
Ready for Shipping → Shipping Yard → Shipped → Delivered → Erected
This gives project and site teams clearer visibility into what has actually reached the customer or work site and what remains.

Measure performance with operational data#

Instead of relying only on assumptions about which machine, worker, or stage is performing well or creating a bottleneck, Fabritec provides productivity information based on actual system activity.

Scale without returning to manual follow-up#

As projects, employees, Workstations, customers, and production activity increase, Fabritec provides a structured environment for managing complexity without creating more spreadsheets and informal trackers.

Provide reliable customer and management updates#

Use current Fabritec information to prepare clearer project, production, shipping, delivery, erection, and commercial updates.
This makes reporting less dependent on collecting information manually from several teams.
Fabritec does not replace your accounting, finance, payroll, or general HR systems.
It can work alongside ERP and other business systems where required.
Fabritec focuses on controlling the commercial and manufacturing execution chain — from opportunity and planning through production, delivery, and site progress.

🚀 How Do You Get Started with Fabritec?#

Getting started with Fabritec follows a structured sequence.
The exact workflow depends on the modules your organization uses, but a typical setup includes:
1.
Configure your Company Profile and system preferences.
2.
Define your factory structure under Production Setup.
3.
Configure Production Stages, Workstations, Routes, Categories, and Labour Titles.
4.
Create users and configure Roles & Permissions.
5.
Configure Workforce, Work Calendars, shifts, crews, and scheduling rules where required.
6.
Configure Maintenance plans and Workstation maintenance requirements where required.
7.
Set up your CRM pipeline if your organization manages enquiries and tenders in Fabritec.
8.
Create a new Project directly, or convert a Won CRM opportunity into a Project.
9.
Create the required Buildings and Phases.
10.
Add and manage Revisions, Items, BOM data, Drawings, and Files through Phases Explorer.
11.
Configure Routing and prepare the Phase for production.
12.
Plan and schedule production.
13.
Release work and begin Production Tracking.
14.
Perform required Quality Control inspections and manage rework.
15.
Move completed items through Shipping Yard, Shipping, and Delivery.
16.
Track Erection when the Project includes site installation.
17.
Review Productivity, Andon, Dashboards, Reports, and AI-supported insights to understand performance and operational priorities.
This Documentation Center will guide you through each workflow step by step.

📚 What Will You Find in This Documentation?#

The Fabritec Help Center covers the major areas of the platform, including:
Getting Started
Company & System Setup
User Management, Roles & Permissions
CRM & Sales Pipeline
Project Structure & Management
Phases Explorer
BOM, Drawings & Revisions
Production Setup & Routing
Production Planning & Scheduling
Workforce & Shift Scheduling
Task Management
Production Execution & Tracking
Quality Control & Rework
Maintenance & Workstation Uptime
Shipping Yard
Shipping & Delivery
Erection & Site Progress
Productivity Analytics
Andon Board
Dashboards & Reports
AI Integration & Operational Intelligence

📘 Fabritec Help Center#

The Fabritec Help Center is designed to help you understand and control real operational workflows, not simply explain buttons and screens.
Each article connects the system functionality to the process it supports.
Whether you are managing enquiries, planning factory capacity, assigning labour, tracking production, inspecting quality, maintaining equipment, preparing shipments, monitoring site erection, or reviewing management performance, the Help Center provides practical guidance for using Fabritec correctly.

Who Can Benefit from the Help Center?#

The documentation supports the different teams involved across the manufacturing lifecycle, including:
Factory owners and executive leadership
General and operations managers
Sales and Business Development teams
Planning and production planning teams
Workforce and scheduling teams
Production managers and supervisors
Shop-floor operators
Technical office and detailing teams
Project managers
QC managers, engineers, and inspectors
Maintenance managers and technicians
Shipping, logistics, and yard supervisors
Site and erection teams
Productivity and continuous-improvement teams
System administrators
Content is written in a practical, factory-applicable style rather than theoretical software documentation.

How Is the Help Center Organized?#

To make learning easier, the documentation is divided into sections that follow the way Fabritec is used across the business:

Getting Started#

Account setup, navigation, company configuration, users, roles, and basic system preparation.

CRM & Sales Pipeline#

Enquiries, opportunities, customers, prospects, tenders, forecasting, commercial activity, and Won Opportunity-to-Project handoff.

Project Structure#

Projects → Buildings → Phases → Revisions and the information that defines each project.

Production Setup#

Production Stages, Workstations, Routes, Categories, Labour Titles, and the structures that define how your factory operates.

Phases Explorer#

Revision management, item and BOM preparation, spreadsheet import, drawings, files, validation, and controlled release.

Planning & Scheduling#

Production schedules, priorities, capacity, workload, and planning based on current operational information.

Workforce#

Labour, Work Calendars, shifts, rotations, crews, holidays, Timesheets, and workforce scheduling.

Production & Tracking#

Real-time item progress, production stages, Workstations, status updates, and execution history.

Quality Control#

Inspections, approvals, rejections, QC issues, and rework.

Maintenance#

Preventive plans, maintenance orders, planning, breakdowns, inspections, Workstation maintenance, uptime, and downtime.

Shipping & Delivery#

Shipping Yard activity, shipment preparation, dispatch, transit, delivery confirmation, and related operational controls.

Erection#

Delivered, erected, and remaining quantities, site installation updates, and erection progress.

Productivity & Andon#

Workstation, Labour, and Production Stage productivity, Timesheets, exceptions, and live Andon monitoring.

Dashboards & Reports#

Operational and management reporting across projects, production, productivity, shipping, quality, and other supported areas.

AI Integration#

AI-supported operational insights and connecting Fabritec with supported AI assistants such as Claude AI and ChatGPT.

🎯 What Will You Achieve Using Fabritec?#

By using Fabritec and following this documentation, your teams will be able to:
Build a connected flow from sales opportunity to project execution
Plan work using current production, workforce, and Workstation information
Maintain controlled BOM, drawing, and revision data
Track production progress in real time
Improve coordination between planning, production, quality, maintenance, logistics, and site teams
Manage QC and rework with clear traceability
Plan preventive maintenance and understand Workstation downtime
Track shipping readiness, dispatch, delivery, and erection progress
Measure productivity across Workstations, Labour, and Production Stages
Identify operational exceptions and bottlenecks earlier
Build management and customer updates from current system data
Use AI-supported tools to understand approved Fabritec information faster
Reduce dependency on disconnected spreadsheets, paper records, and verbal follow-up
The goal is simple:
Give every team the information they need to understand what should happen, what is happening, what requires attention, and what comes next.

🔗 Related Guides#

How to Create a New Project
Production Setup Overview
How Routing Works in Fabritec
Introduction to Phase Explorer
Modified at 2026-09-01 12:31:15
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