What should an ERP for a fabrication shop cover?
A fabrication shop runs on paper that arrives from outside and people who work away from the office. Five things to check in any ERP:
- Does it take customer purchase orders without retyping?
- Does a won quotation become an order?
- Can it make the papers you send: quotation, proforma, tax invoice, challan?
- Does it show who owes you, and for how long?
- Can the owner see all of it from a phone?
How Fab ERP handles each one
- Purchase orders: Fab ERP reads any mailbox that works over IMAP, including Gmail, Yahoo and Outlook. Mail files itself into folders, a review row shows what was read, and the order is made when you press Accept. Anything it is unsure of waits for a person.
- Quotation to order: a won quotation becomes an order, and the order runs from purchase order to dispatch.
- Documents: quotations, proforma invoices, tax invoices, credit and debit notes and challans are made in Fab ERP, with a WhatsApp share. Creating a tax invoice is for admins only.
- Dues: the clients ledger lists dues by age, most overdue first, with statements and a credit limit per customer.
- On the phone: Fab ERP opens in a phone browser and can be added to the home screen, with a PIN lock.
- Fabio, the built-in assistant, answers questions from your own books.
If you keep your books in Tally
A read-only connector, set up with you, reads your vouchers, ledgers, GST figures and party dues. It never writes to Tally, and your accountant works in Tally as before.
Who Fab ERP is not for
Fab ERP does not file returns, work out wages, read or write CAD drawings, nest sheets or program machines. It is not your books either: Tally or your accountant stays the record. A plant that needs production planning with machine scheduling, or full material planning across many sites, should choose a larger system built for that.
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Every account starts with a 14-day trial. Prices for Silver and Gold are on the pricing page, monthly and plus 18% GST.
Questions
What is Fab ERP?
Fab ERP is an ERP for Indian fabrication businesses. It files purchase orders from your email for review, lists customer dues by age, makes quotations, proformas, invoices and challans, and has an assistant called Fabio.
How does Fab ERP read purchase orders from email?
It connects to your mailbox (Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook or any IMAP mailbox) and shows each purchase order as a review row with item, material, thickness, dimensions, quantity, rate, value and deadline, each with a confidence score. You check it and press Accept, and the order is made. Anything unsure waits for a person.
How do I see which customers owe me money?
Open the clients ledger. It lists dues by age, most overdue first, with statements, credit limits and 60+ days ageing.
What does Fab ERP not do?
It does not file returns, work out wages, read or write CAD drawings, nest sheets or program machines, and it is not a replacement for your accounts.
Is there a free trial?
Yes. Every account starts with a 14-day trial.