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Sheet metal ERP software for fabrication and job shops

eManage Sheet Metal ERP is manufacturing and accounts software for fabrication and press shops. It controls sheet and coil stock with nesting and remnants, job routing through cutting, bending, welding and powder coating, scrap per sheet, and job costing against the quote with GST and ITC-04. It is implemented on site by the eManage team from Ludhiana, Punjab.

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Sheet Metal ERP shop floor
  • 500+ plantsRunning eManage since 2000
  • On-site implementationBy our own engineers
  • Support you can callNamed engineer, phone and WhatsApp
  • GST built inE-invoice, e-way bill, ITC-04
THE FLOW

Five steps on eManage, from material in to dispatch

1 COIL & SHEET2 CUTTING3 PRESS & BEND4 WELD & FINISH5 DISPATCH
PLANT FLOW · SHEET METAL ERP
  1. 1 COIL & SHEET Grade · thickness
  2. 2 CUTTING Laser · nesting
  3. 3 PRESS & BEND Dies · strokes
  4. 4 WELD & FINISH Powder · QC
  5. 5 DISPATCH Job work · invoice
eManage CORE ONE DATABASE · GST · PAYROLL
WHY PLANTS SWITCH

Sound familiar? eManage fixes all four

A sheet metal shop wins on material utilisation and loses on untracked scrap, jobs stuck between the press brake and the welding bay, and powder coating sent outside with nobody counting the return. This edition tracks the sheet, the job and the coater.

Sheet utilisation unknown

Nests are cut, but remnants and scrap per sheet are never recorded.

Jobs without routings

Cutting, bending, welding and coating are tracked on whiteboards.

Coating job work untracked

Parts sent for powder coating come back in mixed lots.

Quotes vs actual cost

Jobs are quoted per kilo or per piece, and actual cost is never compared.

Here is how Sheet Metal ERP handles each of these.

WHAT IT HANDLES

eManage covers every control point of a sheet metal unit

8 controls that come built into Sheet Metal ERP, each tied to the same lot, order and ledger.

Illustration: control points covered by Sheet Metal ERP

Sheet & coil stock

Nesting & utilisation

Job routing & BOM

Shop-floor WIP

Welding & fabrication

Powder coating & job work

Scrap by sheet

Job costing & GST

FREE DEMO

See eManage Sheet Metal ERP with your own data

Send a few real documents before the call. An implementation engineer who knows your trade runs them through eManage, online or at your plant.

In the demo we show

  • A sheet issued to a nest with remnant return
  • A fabrication job through four operations
  • Parts sent for powder coating
  • Job cost against your quote
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WHAT CHANGES

What changes on the floor with eManage

The people and machines stay the same. Each movement is recorded where it happens, so the owner reads a screen instead of waiting for the month-end register.

Swipe the table sideways to see the eManage column.

Registers and Excel compared with eManage Sheet Metal ERP
Area Running on registers / Excel Running on eManage Sheet Metal ERP
Sheet issue Sheets taken from the rack; remnants left on the floor Issued against the nest; remnants back to stock with their size
Utilisation Known only inside the CAM software, if anyone looks Nest result recorded per job; utilisation and skeleton weight
Job status Supervisor walks to the press brake to ask Job card scanned at each operation; WIP by bay
Powder coating Challan book; returns counted from memory Challan, receipt, shortage and ITC-04 per coater
Job cost Worked out after invoicing, if the quote is questioned Material, hours, coating and scrap credit against the quote
ON THE FLOOR

How eManage Sheet Metal ERP works, stage by stage

Material & nesting

Sheet issued to the nest, remnant back to stock

  1. 1

    Parts are nested on sheets of the right material and thickness. The nest records sheets used, utilisation and expected skeleton weight.

  2. 2

    Sheets are issued to the laser against the nest. Usable remnants return to stock with their size, and skeleton scrap is weighed.

  3. 3

    Material consumed per job is compared with the quote. A thin margin is caught on the first batch, not at invoicing.

Utilisation and scrap per sheet

Sheet Metal ERP, Sheet issued to the nest, remnant back to stock

Fabrication floor

Cut, bend, weld and coat on one job card

  1. 1

    Cut parts move on a job card through every operation. Punching, bending and welding each record quantity passed, rejected and the operator.

  2. 2

    Welding records welder, process and consumables. Rework is logged against the job, so it is costed rather than hidden.

  3. 3

    Powder coating goes out on a job-work challan by job and colour. In-house coating runs as an operation; the receipt closes the stage.

Operation-wise WIP with rework costed

Sheet Metal ERP, Cut, bend, weld and coat on one job card

Assembly & dispatch

Hardware fitted, job costed, invoice from the dispatch

  1. 1

    Assembly consumes coated parts and hardware from the BOM. Final inspection passes the job or sends it back for rework.

  2. 2

    The job cost sheet closes at dispatch. Actual sheet consumed, machine hours, coating and scrap credit are set against the quoted price.

  3. 3

    Dispatch creates the e-invoice and e-way bill. Customer-owned material on job work is billed as conversion charges with ITC-04 maintained.

Job cost against quote at dispatch

Sheet Metal ERP, Hardware fitted, job costed, invoice from the dispatch
REPORTS

eManage reports the owner reads every morning

Built from the floor's own entries, so they are current when you open them, on the desktop or the phone.

Sheet utilisation

Nest yield, remnants and scrap by sheet and job.

Coil and sheet stock

Stock by grade, thickness, size and heat.

Job-wise WIP

Jobs at cutting, bending, welding, coating and assembly.

Coating register

Parts at each coater with colour and quantity.

Rework by operation

Rework and rejection costed by operation and reason.

Job cost vs quote

Material, labour, coating and scrap against the quoted price.

FIRST 90 DAYS

Your first quarter on eManage

  1. Remnants back in stockUsable offcuts recorded and reused instead of scrapped.
  2. Every job on one cardCut, bend, weld and coat tracked against the same job.
  3. Jobs costed at dispatchActual cost compared with the quote as the job ships.

EMANAGE SHEET METAL ERP

plants running eManage
500+
industry editions
12
years building one product line
26+
implemented on site by our own engineers
100%
GO-LIVE

eManage goes live in about six weeks, on site

How implementation works
  1. Week 1 Process study
  2. Weeks 2–3 Configuration
  3. Week 4 Data migration
  4. Weeks 4–5 Training by role
  5. Week 6 Go-live on site
  6. After Named support engineer

Floor apps that work with Sheet Metal ERP

eGate AppGate passes, QR & vehicle log eWarehouse AppRacks, stock & tag printing eDoc Approval AppPO & challan sign-off on mobile

FAQ

eManage Sheet Metal ERP questions

Something specific to your unit? Ask an implementation lead.

Guides for sheet metal owners

What is manufacturing ERP? ERP implementation, step by step How much does ERP cost?
Customers send their own sheets for job work. Can we track it?

Yes. Customer-owned sheets are received on their challan and held as their stock by material and thickness. Jobs consume from it, scrap and remnants are reported per customer, and conversion charges are billed per job with ITC-04 maintained from the challans. Your own sheet stock is never mixed with theirs.

Does the system do nesting, or do we use our own software?

You nest in your CAM software. eManage records the nest result, that is sheets used, parts cut, utilisation and skeleton weight, against the job, so material and scrap are accounted without re-entry. If the same sheet carries parts for several jobs, the sheet cost is split across them by area.

Can we import masters from Tally and quotes from Excel?

Yes. Party, item and ledger masters with opening balances are imported from Tally, and part lists, routings and open quotes are loaded from Excel at go-live. Shops that keep Tally for final accounts export sale and purchase vouchers from eManage. The ledger mapping is done on site during implementation.

We are a 25-person job shop with one laser and two press brakes. Is it worth it?

Yes. Job cards, sheet issue and scrap weighing run from one terminal, and the job cost report is usually the first thing owners use every day. Larger shops add a terminal per bay and the eWarehouse app for sheet and remnant stock. Go-live for a shop of this size is typically 4 to 6 weeks on site.

What does Sheet Metal ERP cost?

Pricing depends on the number of users, the modules you switch on and whether you run it on the cloud or your own server. It is quoted as a licence plus a one-time implementation fee after a demo on your own quotes and travel cards. Call +91 98156 23402 or write to info@emanage.in for a quote.

Can we quote a new job from the system?

Yes. A quote is built from the part's routing: sheet area at the current material rate, machine hours per operation, coating cost and hardware, plus the scrap allowance you set. When the job runs, the actual cost sheet sits beside the quote, so the next quote for a similar part starts from real numbers.

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Sheet Metal ERP demo

Bring a quote and a nest report. We run them on eManage.

We will issue the sheets, run the job through bending, welding and coating on eManage and show the job cost against your quote.

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12 editions
26+ years
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