For machine shops and metal fabricators
Production planning for metalworking shops.
Cutting, machining, welding and finishing, every order through its steps. Operators record setup and run time at the machine, material is reserved when the order comes in, and you see which job is stuck where without walking the floor.
- Free plan · No credit card
- Your data isolated and encrypted
- Set up in minutes, not months
Sound familiar?
Where a job shop loses its day
A rush job arrives and nobody can say which promised orders it pushes back.
The laser switches from stainless to mild steel and back again all day.
Setup and run times live in someone's head, so every quote is a guess.
What ManuHive does
From drawing to delivery, step by step
For shops that run many different jobs through the same few machines.
Your steps, machine by machine
Define the steps once (cut, machine, weld, finish) and every order follows them. You see each order's current step and machine live, and a stuck job shows on everyone's screen.
Setup and run time from the machine
Operators start, pause and finish each step on the machine screen, with setup and run time recorded separately. After a few jobs you know what a part really takes.
- Basic plan
Know what a rush job costs you
Before you promise a date, the order form shows when the job can really finish from each machine's queue and working hours. Change a promised order and you see which others move.
- Basic plan
Fewer material changeovers
Tag each product with its material and tooling and enter the changeover minutes per machine. Optimize then groups jobs that share them, aluminium before mild steel, shared tools back to back.
Quotes from real run times
Quotes take labour time from past runs of the same products, go out as a PDF or a link, and turn into work orders without retyping when the customer says yes.
What each job really cost
Give each machine an hourly rate. Every order shows its cost from the time it spent on each machine and the material it consumed.
Getting started
Set up for a metal shop in one sitting
Choose metalworking when you sign up. You name your own products, steps and machines. ManuHive suggests the usual steps and adds the two facts that decide a machine's changeovers.
Usual steps, one tap to add
- 1Cutting
- 2Machining
- 3Welding
- 4Finishing
Facts on every product
- Material
- The metal a product is made from. Switching material on a machine counts as a changeover.
- Tooling
- The set of tools a product needs. Two jobs that share their tools cost nothing to switch between.
Material order, yours to change
- Stainless
- Aluminium
- Brass
- Copper
- Mild Steel
Common questions
Start with your first work order today
Free plan, no credit card, no setup call.