Metal Fabrication Scheduling Software
Finite capacity scheduling for fab shops: cut, form, weld, and finish — sequenced across machines and welders, with realistic lead times and on-time delivery you can actually promise.
Metal Fabrication Scheduling Challenges
Metal fabrication is one of the most demanding scheduling environments in manufacturing. Multi-stage routings cross laser, plasma, press brake, weld, and finish. Operators are certification-constrained. Outside processing creates multi-week round trips. And every job is different. Most ERP scheduling modules were not designed for this — and it shows.
- Multi-stage routings (cut → form → weld → finish) on different work centers
- Sequence-dependent setups on press brakes and laser tables
- Certification-constrained welders limit who can run which jobs
- Outside processing (heat treat, plating, paint) breaks the routing flow
- Material nesting batches multiple jobs into one cut program
- Customer expedites force daily reschedules across the entire floor
How RMDB Serves Metal Fabricators
RMDB schedules every stage of fabrication as a first-class operation. It honors machine constraints, welder certifications, outside-processing windows, and sequence-dependent setups in a single Gantt view. Planners get a feasible schedule the shop floor can actually execute, not a theoretical sequence that ignores welder availability.
- Finite capacity scheduling across multi-stage routings
- Welder certification matrices for skill-constrained scheduling
- Sequence-dependent setup time modeling on brakes and lasers
- Outside processing (heat treat, plate, paint) as scheduled operations
- Drag-and-drop Gantt for instant rescheduling and what-if
- Integrates with JobBOSS, Global Shop, ProShop, Epicor, Sage, and more
- Realistic delivery dates based on real shop capacity
- One-time license — no per-user monthly fees
Proven Results in Fabrication Manufacturing
30% → 90%
On-time shipping percentage improvement
Repair Shop Customer
5 Days
From kickoff to first live finite-capacity schedule
Standard Implementation
Multi-Stage
Cut, form, weld, and finish in one Gantt schedule
Typical Fab Shop Use Case
$5K
One-time license — no per-user subscription fees
Pricing Starting Point
Frequently Asked Questions
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Get a live demo with your real fabrication routings. See finite capacity scheduling across cut, form, weld, and finish — running on your actual jobs.