Own factory, outside vendor or both
Each cut list says who makes it: your own factory or an outside vendor. Your factory gets a manufacturing order with the boards it will use; a vendor gets the panel list and the drawings by email. Mix both on one project, and the project moves on only when every cut list is made.
PLANSFrom Growth
The problem it solves
- Some jobs go to your own factory and some to a partner, and nobody can say which panels are where.
- The partner factory gets a PDF and a phone call, and the date needed is lost in WhatsApp.
- Your factory starts cutting before the boards are in stock, because nobody turned the cut list into an order.
- Installation is booked while half the panels are still not made.
How it works
- On the cut list, choose Made By: Our Factory, or A Vendor and the vendor. Set Needed By.
- Build and check the cut list, then press Release.
- For a vendor: they get a message by email with the panel list (CSV) and the drawings of every panel (DXF zip) attached. It gives the panel count and the date needed.
- For your factory with SmartMy Manufacturing: a manufacturing order for Modular furniture is made, one unit per box. Each board that has a stock product is a material in sheets. The order shows on the cut list.
- When the panels are made, press Made. A cut list with a manufacturing order becomes Made by itself once the order is done.
- The project's Production stage waits until every cut list of the project is made, by your factory or a vendor.
Everything it does
Who makes it
- Made By: Our Factory (to start with) or A Vendor, per cut list
- One project can have several cut lists, some for your factory and some for vendors; each cut list takes every box of its design
- Needed By date, sent to the vendor and put on the manufacturing order as its deadline
- Filter In the Factory: every cut list released and not made yet
Your own factory (with SmartMy Manufacturing)
- On release: one manufacturing order per cut list for the product Modular furniture, quantity the number of boxes
- Its materials: each board of the Boards tab that has a Stock Product, in sheets after nesting
- Stock Product: set on each board material, the product it is bought and kept in stock as
- Made by itself when the order is done (checked every hour)
- Back to Draft or Cancel cancels an order not yet done; releasing again makes a new one
- A cut list whose order is done cannot go back
Your own factory (without Manufacturing)
- Release, print the labels and the files, and press Made when the panels are made
- No stock or manufacturing order is made
An outside vendor
- On release: a message to the vendor with the CSV and the DXF zip, the panel count and the date needed
- The message and the files stay on the cut list's chatter, so you can see what was sent
- Press Made when the vendor delivers
- Not built: a vendor page for cut lists; the vendor confirms by reply or phone
Who uses it
Factory managerChooses who makes each cut list, releases it and marks it made.
Production plannerWorks the manufacturing orders in SmartMy Manufacturing and keeps the boards in stock.
Outside vendorGets the panel list and drawings by email and cuts to the date needed.
Project managerSees which cut lists are still in the factory before booking installation.
Where you use it
- Web: Interiors > Projects > Factory > Cut Lists (Made By, Release, Made)
- With SmartMy Manufacturing: the manufacturing order, linked from the cut list
- Email: the vendor's copy of the files
- Not on a vendor page: the vendor page is for furniture and fittings purchase orders, not cut lists
What you control
Settings
- Made By per cut list: Our Factory to start with
- Stock Product on each board material (with Manufacturing)
- The project stage that waits for every cut list: Production, with the check Every cut list made
Notifications
- Vendor: an email with the files on release
- No notification event for the factory; the manufacturing order is the factory's work list
Works with
SmartMy ManufacturingReleasing a cut list for Our Factory makes the manufacturing order with the boards as material, and its completion marks the cut list Made.
Questions
Can one kitchen go to our factory and the wardrobes to a vendor?
Yes, if they are separate designs of the project, each with its own cut list and Made By. A cut list takes every box of its design; picking some boxes of one design for a vendor is not built. The project waits until every cut list is made.Do we need SmartMy Manufacturing?
No. Without it, release to your factory and press Made when done. With it, you also get the manufacturing order and the boards taken from stock.Does the vendor get a login or a page?
Not for cut lists. The vendor gets the files by email. A vendor page exists for furniture and fittings orders, where the vendor confirms and gives the ship date.Are the boards bought for us?
No purchase order is made from the cut list. The manufacturing order shows the sheets needed, and you buy them through your normal purchasing.Related features
MEASURE AND MAKECut lists, nesting and CNC files from the approved designThe design the client approved becomes the cut list. Every panel has its cut size, edges, grain, groove, drilling and a barcode label; each board gets its sheets after nesting. The panel list goes out as a CSV, and each panel as a DXF drawing for your CNC or panel saw.MEASURE AND MAKEPurchasingOrder the furniture, lights and fittings the client approved from their vendors in one step: one purchase order per vendor and project. The vendor confirms and gives ship dates and tracking on their own page, late deliveries are flagged, and nothing is received without an inspection photo.PROJECTSProject stages held by roles, with checksEvery home moves from Site Measurement to Handed Over through stages, each held by a role such as the designer or the site supervisor. A project leaves a stage only when its check passes, for example the measurement sheet approved or every cut list made. The client reads in their app what each stage means.DESIGN3D designer with a price on every boxDraw the rooms wall by wall and put your own kitchen and wardrobe boxes on the walls. Each box shows in 3D with its materials, its price and anything wrong with it. The client turns the design on their phone, tries other material sets with their prices, and approves.ESTIMATING AND SELLINGMaterials, box kinds and parts rulesSet up your boards, finishes, edge bands, hardware and labour with dated rates. Describe how each kind of box is built: its parts by formula, its hardware and its sizes allowed. Every box in an estimate or a design is then priced from the materials it uses, with your overhead and margin.
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