Everything a metal shop actually needs.

A Kanban view of every job from quote to shipped — built around how shops actually move work through the floor.

• Statuses: quoting → drawing → material ordered → ready to build → in build → on hold → completed.
• Link jobs to QuickBooks invoice numbers and customers.
• Auto-refreshing board for shop-floor TVs and tablets (configurable 10–300s).
• Archive without deleting — your history stays intact.

Shop staff log hours to the job they’re actually on. Managers review and approve before payroll.

• Pick a job, choose labor type, save. Built for thumbs and gloves.
• “My jobs” surfaces what staff are assigned to first.
• Manager review queue with pending/approved status per entry.
• Labor types and hourly rates configurable per shop.

The drawing pinned to the wall, the photo from the shop floor, the STEP from the customer — all attached to the job, visible to the people who need them.

• PDF, DWG, STEP for drawings; JPG / PNG / HEIC for shop photos.
• Uploader name and timestamp on every file.
• Shop staff see drawings on jobs they’re assigned to — without seeing pricing.
• Signed-URL access; files aren’t publicly addressable.

Sheets, bars, hardware, consumables, finished parts — tracked the way a shop actually buys and uses material.

• Photo thumbnails, SKU lookup, quantity on hand, low-stock alerts.
• Categories and locations for departments, bins, racks.
• Immutable stock movement log: every adjustment leaves a trail.
• Archive old items instead of deleting them.

Draft, submit, and track supplier orders with a status workflow that matches how POs really move.

• draft → submitted → partially received → received.
• Branded PO PDFs emailed to suppliers from your shop’s name.
• On-order quantities calculated automatically.
• Suppliers and manufacturers tracked separately for multi-sourcing.

Drop a supplier invoice, quote, or packing slip. MetalShopHQ AI reads it. You review and commit.

• Accepts PDF, JPG, PNG, WebP up to 20 MB.
• Extracts supplier name, document number, and total.
• Status flow: uploading → extracting → review → committed.
• Always human-in-the-loop. You see the extraction before anything saves.

Honest note: OCR on heavily scanned/handwritten documents is hit-or-miss. Type-set supplier PDFs work best.

The right person finds out when something needs them — without an inbox flood.

• Job assignments, time entry reviews, picked-up jobs.
• Unread count at a glance, filter to unread or full history.
• In-app and email (more channels coming).

Everyone sees what they should — and nobody sees what they shouldn’t.

• Owner — full control, manages team, rates, settings.
• Purchaser — jobs, customers, suppliers, POs, costs, AI ingest.
• Operator — adjusts inventory, uploads job files; sees no costs.
• Shop Staff — sees assigned jobs, drawings, photos; logs own time; no costs.
• Viewer — read-only across the shop.