ERP for Fabrication & Sheet Metal
Cut, bend, weld, finish — one cloud platform for Indian fab shops. Weight-based material costing, MRP, manufacturing orders with capacity planning, drawing revisions, MTC traceability and GST e-invoicing.
Why fabrication shops lose margin in spreadsheets
Fabrication is a multi-step business: the same drawing becomes a part only after it is cut, bent, welded, ground and finished — often with steps outsourced. Material is the biggest cost and it is bought by weight but cut by dimension. Tally and Excel can invoice the job, but they can’t cost it before you quote, and that is where the margin leaks:
Weight-based material cost
Sheet, plate, bar and section are priced per kg but cut to size. Quoting from rough estimates over- or under-prices every job.
OEMup: exact weight-based material costing per part. Try the free metal weight calculator →Delivery dates you can’t keep
Machines and bays get double-booked because nobody can see what the shop is already committed to. Then the promised date slips.
OEMup: manufacturing orders planned against workstations, with capacity planning. Production module →Buying steel job by job
Plate and section get ordered from memory — so a bay sits idle waiting for material, or cash sits dead in the yard.
OEMup: MRP nets job demand against stock and open POs, plus reorder alerts. MRP software →Drawing revisions & MTC
Make-to-order work changes by revision, and structural jobs need mill test certificates and weld traceability.
OEMup: versioned BOMs for revisions + batch/material traceability with MTC. See how →One platform, raw sheet to dispatch
OEMup covers the whole fab-shop workflow — one product, India-first GST defaults, no per-machine installs:
- Weight-based material costing (sheet, plate, bar, section)
- Capacity planning & workstation management
- Project / make-to-order with drawing revisions
- Quotation → SO → Manufacturing Order → Dispatch
- Procurement, RFQ & vendor quote comparison
- MRP — what to buy and build, by when
- Material & weld traceability with MTC
- Offcut / scrap tracking & yield
- GST: e-invoice, e-way bill, GSTR-1/3B/9
- HRMS, attendance & shop-floor payroll
- Stock reservations & reorder alerts
- Cloud access on mobile, desk and shop floor
Comparing systems? See the honest OEMup vs Tally comparison or the 5 best Tally alternatives for Indian manufacturers.
Fabrication ERP — FAQ
How do fabrication shops cost a job accurately?
Start with the weight of every part — sheet, plate, bar, section — rolled up through the assembly along with bought-out and consumable costs. OEMup computes weight-based material cost and rolls it up through multi-level BOMs into a job cost you can quote from.
Can OEMup plan shop-floor capacity for a fab job?
Yes — manufacturing orders are planned against your workstations with capacity planning, so you can see what each machine and bay is committed to before you promise a date.
Can OEMup tell me what steel to buy for a job?
Yes — MRP explodes your jobs through their BOMs, nets plate, section and bought-out demand against stock, reservations and open POs, and tells you what to buy and what to make, by when.
Can OEMup manage drawing revisions and project work?
Yes — versioned BOMs for drawing revisions and make-to-order projects, so the right revision flows to the floor and into costing.
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See OEMup cost your next fab job
Book a free 30-minute demo — bring one drawing and we’ll cost it by weight, build its BOM, and show the MRP + GST flow. Or leave your details and we’ll send pricing for your team size.