For metal fabrication
Who welds, when,
on which machine?
Railings, gates, steel construction, facades: 20 parallel orders, 8 stations, certified welders, external powder coating and assembly dates with an aerial work platform. Gantway shows you daily where the chain holds — and where it threatens to break.
Gantway digital desk — orders grouped by station, utilization with traffic-light colors
Plasma, laser, saw, press brake, welding stations, assembly — each station with its own utilization display in real time.
A typical metal fabrication operation
This is what reality
in the workshop looks like.
With Excel and a calendar you lose the overview the moment an order becomes time-critical or a welder is out. Gantway maps exactly this structure.
Das Problem
Five problems
that hold metal fabricators up every day.
Who is even allowed to weld this order?
Stainless TIG, MAG structural steel, crane license for heavy components — certified employees aren't freely interchangeable. When two large orders land on the same qualification holder, the plan breaks down. And no one saw it three weeks earlier.
The powder coater doesn't stick to your schedule.
The external slot is fixed: deliver, wait 10 days, pick up. If a part comes into the paint room a day late, the assembly date shifts by a week. Production is the last to find out.
Laser or plasma — who goes first?
Several orders wait for the same machine. Who decides which order gets pulled forward? Without transparency on utilization and deadlines, the loudest decides — not the logic.
Scaffolding up, component missing by 40 minutes.
Assembly appointments with scaffolders, electricians or the client are coordinated externally. Who ensures the component is at the vehicle on time? The chain always breaks at the most inconspicuous point.
Last-minute structural correction.
A dimension changes after the structural engineer's approval. New cutting list, new material item, changed welding documentation. Without a clear task structure, the outdated list keeps running quietly — right up to assembly.
Wie Gantway hilft
Six features
that make the difference in metal fabrication.
Station utilization with traffic-light colors in Gantway
Utilization per station — with traffic-light colors.
The digital desk shows per day how heavily each machine and each employee is loaded. Green, yellow, red — at a glance. No more estimating which order still fits on the laser.
View the digital deskEmployee pool for assigning via drag & drop
Qualification check: who is allowed to TIG-weld?
Gantway knows each employee's welder certificates (MAG, TIG, MIG), crane license and class C driver's license. When scheduling, you see immediately whether the right qualification holder is available — before the order fails.
View the qualification featureStation overload as a conflict marker
Conflict engine: bottleneck noticed before it burns.
Two orders, one TIG welder, the same week — Gantway spots the conflict immediately and prioritizes by P0/P1/P2. You resolve in minutes what otherwise only comes up on Friday afternoon.
View the conflict engineTasks with status badges inside an order
Powder-coater slot as its own planning step.
External surface treatment is its own task in the order — with delivery date, pickup date and a responsible person. If the slot shifts, you see immediately which assembly dates are affected by it.
View order managementPlanned and actual values as KPI tiles in controlling
Pre- and post-costing with machine hourly rate.
Laser, plasma, press brake — each machine has its own hourly rate. Gantway calculates production costs, material costs and outside services in a single view. After the order you see whether the margin held.
View costingTime clock with a large clock-in button
Time clock mobile — even on the site.
Fitters capture working time straight from the smartphone, without driving back to the office. Analysis compliant with the German Working Hours Act, travel times bookable separately. Post-costing basis without manual transfer.
View time trackingUSP for metal fabrication
Qualification match
in workshop planning.
In metal fabrication, employees are not interchangeable. Stainless TIG, MAG structural steel, crane license, structural engineer authorization — these certificates decide who is allowed to carry out an order. Gantway makes this dependency visible before it becomes a problem.
Gantway Gantt — orders with powder-coating slot and employee utilization
Certificates stored, not in people's heads
Welder qualifications (MAG, TIG, MIG), crane license and class C driver's license are stored in the employee profile. No more calling the foreman to ask: "Who is actually allowed to do this?"
Scheduling warning for a missing qualification
As soon as you schedule an employee without the matching certificate onto a qualification-required task, Gantway flags it. That costs 2 seconds — instead of 2 hours of rescheduling on Thursday.
Bottleneck view: how many TIG welders are free this week?
The digital desk shows, filterable by qualification, which certified employees still have capacity in which week. Vacation and already-scheduled orders are factored in directly.
Validity dates for certificates
Welder certificates have expiry dates. Gantway can alert you in good time — before an expired certificate only comes up at the quality inspection.
Was das in Zahlen heißt
Marge, Auslastung, Termine —
an einem Ort.
Machine hourly rate per machine, labor by qualification, materials tracked exactly — margin becomes a number, not a gut feeling.
- Machine hourly rate per machine
- Planned/actual color-coded by order
- Baseline freezable for fixed prices
Gantway controlling — planned/actual per order with machine hourly rate and variances
FAQ
Frequently asked questions. Answered briefly.
Which software is suitable for order planning in metal fabrication?
Gantway models the metalwork flow as a chain: cutting, welding, surface treatment, installation — every task knows its predecessors. When one step shifts, downstream dates recalculate automatically, and scheduling conflicts are reported with a suggested fix.
Can I write quotes with Gantway — and what happens on acceptance?
Yes. You calculate the quote, send it as a PDF, and the customer accepts it through a secure portal. Acceptance automatically creates the order — no retyping.
Quotes & customer portal in detail How do I keep track of steel and purchased parts?
Stock, requirements from orders and purchase orders converge in one record. Every task shows whether its material has arrived — and on goods receipt, waiting tasks are released automatically.
Materials & procurement in detail What does planning software for a metal fabrication business cost?
Gantway comes in three plans, billed by active accounts — schedule-only employees cost nothing. Test free for 14 days, no credit card.
See pricing How quickly is our business up and running with Gantway?
Gantway runs in the browser — there is no rollout project. First orders and capacities are set up the same day. Want to see it first? A 30-minute demo, bookable online.
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Show us
your next metal fabrication order.
In 15 minutes we'll walk through a real order with you — cutting, welding, powder coating, assembly. You'll see how Gantway checks qualifications, spots bottlenecks and builds external slots into the chain. No obligation, free of charge, tailored to your operation.
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