Manufacturing Inventory — Stop Production Line Shutdowns
You win the job, cut the list, and find out at the saw that you are three sheets short. Every custom build starts with knowing what is actually on the rack.
Common challenges.
Common inventory challenges in custom & job shops
You find out you're short at the saw
The cut list calls for fourteen sheets of 3/4 ply. The rack has nine. Nobody knew until someone went to pull them, and now a booked job waits on a supplier run that should have been placed last week.
The stock is there, but it's already spoken for
You have sixty board feet of walnut. Two jobs on the floor need forty each. On paper you are fine; in reality you are twenty short, and you will discover that on whichever job reaches the machine second.
You quoted it months ago and bought it today
Custom work is quoted long before it is built. Material moves in between, and the difference comes straight out of the job. If nobody wrote down what the sheet actually cost when it landed, the margin on that job is a guess.
You don't need SAP. You need to know what you have.
Full MRP suites are priced and scoped for factories with a production line and a planner to run it. You have a shop, a cut list, and jobs that are all different. The tool should match that.
How InventoryQuick helps.
Purpose-built features for custom & job shops
Work Orders & Cutlist (MRP) Enterprise $349+
Create a work order for the job with per-line attributes (length, width, profile). Import the cutlist from Excel or CSV. The system nets the materials against what is on the rack and tracks committed-vs-available, so 'what is actually free for next week' is one click.
The PO writes itself Enterprise $349+
When the job is short, IQ groups what you need by supplier and drafts the purchase order with the line items pre-filled. Nothing goes to a supplier until you say so — IQ never sends on its own.
Raw Materials Tracking
Track sheet goods, hardware, and consumables separately from finished work. Set minimum levels and get alerts before the rack is empty.
Project-Driven Forecasting Enterprise $349+
Demand forecasting that knows about your active jobs, not just historical sales. Reorder recommendations factor in committed material for upcoming production runs.
Barcode Scanning
Scan materials as they arrive or get consumed in production. Update stock instantly from your phone — no desktop required.
Purchase Order Management
Create POs for your material suppliers, track expected deliveries, and receive inventory when shipments arrive.
Real-world use cases.
Import the cutlist for a booked job and the system raises the work order with committed demand on every line
See what is committed to jobs on the floor versus what is genuinely free to cut into
Scan incoming material shipments against purchase orders to verify deliveries
Set reorder points on the sheet goods and hardware you use on every job, so the rack never runs dry mid-build
Record what the material actually cost when it landed, so the margin on a job you quoted months ago is a number and not a guess
Simple, flat-rate pricing.
Flat per-tier pricing. Business covers 15 users with no per-user fees.
Every feature on this page is unlocked during the 7-day trial. After that, the ones marked Enterprise $349+ need the Enterprise plan or higher — the rest work on any paid plan.
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