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Project Estimating, Planning and Management Software

Here are some products to help you manage your woodworking projects as well as an entire woodworking operation. The feature set includes invoicing, job costing, inventory management, cut list generation, payroll management, shop floor scheduling, planning, and monitoring of work processes in a production environment.

Alliance Millsoft Assistant
Estimating package designed specifically for architectural millwork and commercial cabinetwork companies. Employs a "dynamic" pricing model with labor and markup curving. Alliance Millsoft.  Windows.

BenchFab
Manufacturing software that produces layouts, cutting lists, invoices and delivery dockets. Full range of bench enhancements like Bow Forming, Splash backs & Check-outs. Integrates with Ardis optimizer. WoodSoft Pty Ltd.  Windows.

Business Master
An integrated manufacturing suite for small to medium sized businesses that handles sales orders, invoicing, job costing, inventory, cutlists, bills of materials, attendance and payroll management, and other manufacturing-related issues. Master Solutions.  Windows.

Cabinets Plus!
Cabinet design application with a full-featured accounting module. It maintains a database of shop inventory, generates materials lists for ordering cabinet project materials, and produces a project cost summary report broken down into Sheet Goods, Dimensioned Lumber, Rough Lumber and other materials. KoeSoft Construction Software. Windows.

CompanionCabinet - Business management software that integrates with your cabinet design and accounting software. Imports kitchen drawings for rapid order creation and labor calculation. Synchronizes with your accounting software for easy tracking and billing. Automatically applies the multipliers for customers to all the items on the order as well as your supplier's cost factors. The entire order is priced including estimated gross profit, labor, delivery, and tax. CompanionCabinet Software LLC. Windows.

Component/Summary Sheet Free
Excel spreadsheet that computes costs and material requirements for cabinetmakers. Component sheet is for listing components, dimensions and time. Summary sheet is for summing selected groups and setting waste variables. Lars Gandarve. Windows.

The Connected Wood System
Helps woodworkers make wood selections, learn and date furniture styles, keep shop inventory, create board cut lists, and generate project instructions. Connected Lines.  Windows.

Cutweb
An online pay-per-use nesting, collaboration and data exchange service that manage your production anywhere an Internet connection is available. Upload your cutlist, let Cutweb do its nesting/optimization thing and then download cutting layouts at your leisure. String SRL.

FlexiCABS Production Planner
Facilitates the production planning process at all levels, drawing upon an extensive library and database which has been specifically designed for cabinet manufacturing environments. Features include: cutting lists, 200+ cabinet library, materials & hardware catalogs, quote generation, calculation of job times, and retrieval of cabinet data from external sources. FlexiCABS Software, Australia.

Friedman Enterprise Software
Solutions that focus on the dimensional configuration needs of the building & home products manufacturing industry. With Friedman's web-enabled business management solution, manufacturers can share data across the enterprise to deliver accurate quotes, reduce operating costs, and shorten time-to-market. Friedman Corp.

inSight
An integrated enterprise solution for the woodworking industry that handles order configuration, planning and scheduling, and shop floor execution. Generates item numbers, bill of materials, cut lists, order entry, production control, etc. Virtual Systems International.  Windows.

Linkwood Software
Specialized software for the woodworking industry, including, order entry, computer aided design, inventory, cut listing, panel optimization, CNC, as well as part and product labeling. Linkwood.  Windows.

My Scroll Saw Projects
Created especially for woodworkers who concentrate on scroll saw Fretwork and/or Intarsia creations. This application provides the woodworker with the capability to document and maintain complete records of all of their patterns, scroll saw creations, power equipment, customers, and vendors, etc.

Product Planner
Bill-of-materials system covering parts, products, subassemblies, costs, drawings and build times. Handles both standard and custom built products including cabinets, casework, furniture, windows and doors. Integrates with Cut Planner and QuikTrak components. Pattern Systems International.  Windows.

ProjectPAK
A comprehensive job management package that integrates estimating, bidding, contact management, takeoff, quotation, order entry, purchasing, invoicing, job costing, and project management. TradeSoft Inc.  Windows.

SIM*plicity
Fully integrated manufacturing business system. Includes product engineering and costing, sales management, order processing, inventory control, purchasing and shop floor control modules that work with existing computerized tools to control your manufacturing business from quotation to cash. Feldman Engineering Corporation.  Windows.

ShopView
Simple drawing viewer for fast track projects. Merges plans, elevations, sections and specifications into a single application. Allows viewing of drawing files without needing to learn AutoCAD. Links with takeoff estimating software. plogic Solutions Ltd.  Windows.

Take Off
Drag and drop estimating software that systematizes many of the repetitive components of the take off and estimating process. Features include viewing of "what if” scenarios and analysis of individual processes such as edge banding, boring, etc., to identify bottlenecks. People Logic.  Windows.

Trakware Systems
An integrated series of manufacturing applications for small shops -   job costing, materials planning, shop scheduling, inventory tracking, profitability and productivity measurement, progress tracking, and goal setting. Trakware Systems, Inc.

Winsys
Software for handling the day-to-day functions of running a window and door fabrication operation: order entry, product line maintenance, material optimization, shipping, and so on. Windflite Computer Systems.  Windows.

Woodman
Produces estimates and production documentation specifically for the woodworking industry: quotes, sales order processing, stock control job costing, cut lists, materials summary, and many more. Comes in three versions: Junior, Simplex, Universal. (Metric only). Woodman Software Ltd., DOS.

Woodworker's Estimate Helper
Assists in deriving accurate price quotes for projects by taking you through a sequence of steps to calculate lumber, hardware, labor, and other costs. George Ziegler.  Windows.

Woodwork for Windows
Software for the wood veneer industry that uses wireless, satellite, intranet and Internet technology incorporating handheld computers and PDA’s to provide inventory, work-in-process, and finished goods tracking with instant production, yield and cost information available for pricing and profitability analysis. TimberSoft Inc.  Windows.

Woodworking Price Estimator  Free
An online wizard that walks you through the process of creating a cost estimate for a woodworking project that can be printed directly from your Web browser. Simple but powerful! Bridgewood Design.  Online utility.

20-20 Giza
Sales and planning software that improves the way you work. Handles quotes, sales presentations, client feedback and more.  20-20 Technologies.  Windows.

WorkingArtist
An application for helping artists and craftspeople manage their business. Catalogs artwork, manages contacts, creates consignment memos and invoices, tracks show entries and projects, creates mail and price lists, and manages other marketing tasks. Software for Artists.  Windows.