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ERP for furniture, cabinetry, and millwork: estimate vs. actual on every job
Custom furniture, cabinetry, and millwork are won or lost in the estimate. Materials, sheet yield, labor hours, and what the job actually earned are often three copies of the same work: the quote, the floor, and the invoice.
MFGMAX Furniture builds the estimate from materials, labor, and overhead, then compares it with what was recorded. You can see where materials are and which job used them. The job is planned, in progress, on hold, or complete. Labor hours and job margin are visible while the job is still open.
MFGMAX was built so owners can see what the job really cost, what it earned, and where the cash is. Accounting can stay in QuickBooks. A phased start can introduce the job record without replacing the books.
What stays on one record
- Build the estimate from materials, labor, and overhead, then compare it with what was recorded
- See where materials are, and which job used them
- Follow the job as planned, in progress, on hold, or complete
- See labor hours and job margin while the job is still open
How a job runs in MFGMAX
1. Estimate from materials, labor, and overhead
The estimate is the number the job will be compared with. If it lives only in a proposal file, the floor cannot tell you when the job has passed it.
2. Issue material to the job
You can see where materials are and which job used them, including sheet goods and hardware that are easy to lose in a remnant pile.
3. Record hours while the job is open
Labor hours post to the job before it is installed and invoiced. An overrun is visible while the crew is still on it.
4. Watch margin before the job closes
Job revenue and recorded cost stay together. The difference between the estimate and the actual is a fact you can still act on.
5. Use this job on the next estimate
The next similar job is estimated from what this one recorded, not from a number nobody updated after the last install.
A normal week
The estimator prices a kitchen from a sheet yield that the shop has not hit in months. The job is released. The offcuts tell a different story. Nobody compares them until the job is invoiced.
Hours are collected on paper and typed in on Friday. By then the crew has already spent the extra day. The customer’s price was set on Tuesday.
Materials for two jobs sit in the same rack. One job is charged. The other looks more profitable than it was. The mistake is a memory.
MFGMAX keeps the estimate, the materials, the hours, and the margin on the same job, and follows that job as planned, in progress, on hold, or complete.
Who it is for
- Custom furniture manufacturers
- Office and commercial furniture producers
- Cabinet and woodworking shops
- Architectural millwork businesses
- Reception desk and conference table manufacturers
- Hospitality and retail fixture manufacturers
Questions owners ask
- Which jobs need attention?
- Where are actual costs exceeding estimates?
- What inventory is available for upcoming production?
- What is driving changes in profitability?
The copilot answers from your own records. How the AI copilot works.
Integrations
MFGMAX holds the batch or job, the lots or materials, and the actual cost. Accounting can stay in QuickBooks, or in another system you already close. Inventory, quality, shipping, payroll, and other plant software can connect the same way. What moves, and when, is shown before you commit. Your accountant still closes the books.
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Questions
What stays on one job in MFGMAX Furniture?
The estimate, the materials, the hours, and what the job earned stay on the same job. On that same record: Build the estimate from materials, labor, and overhead, then compare it with what was recorded See where materials are, and which job used them Follow the job as planned, in progress, on hold, or complete See labor hours and job margin while the job is still open The point is that sales, the floor, and finance are not each keeping a private copy.
When does the cost become visible?
The cost is on the open job, not in a report after the shipment or the invoice. See labor hours and job margin while the job is still open If the number shows up only at close, the price and the schedule have already moved on.
Do we have to leave QuickBooks?
MFGMAX holds the batch or job, the lots or materials, and the actual cost. Accounting can stay in QuickBooks, or in another system you already close. Inventory, quality, shipping, payroll, and other plant software can connect the same way. What moves, and when, is shown before you commit. Your accountant still closes the books.
What can the AI copilot answer?
The copilot answers from the records already in MFGMAX, not from a general guess. Owners ask things like: Which jobs need attention? Where are actual costs exceeding estimates? What inventory is available for upcoming production? What is driving changes in profitability? If the record was never written, the copilot cannot invent it.
What does MFGMAX not replace?
MFGMAX keeps the job, the inventory, the price, and the balance on one record. Your accountant still closes the books. This is the history of what changed, not an audit opinion.
How does an evaluation start?
Bring one open job. We walk through it in MFGMAX and show what the record would look like. The start is one process, not every screen at once. QuickBooks stays. Integrations are shown before you commit.