ERP for Engineering & Fabrication
Project-based costing for made-to-order work
Fabrication is project work wearing manufacturing clothes. Every job is a one-off against a drawing, material is issued to a project rather than a product, and billing is progressive against milestones. ERP built around repeat production of standard items models almost none of this correctly. We extend our ERP core with project costing for your shop.
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ERP from ₹5,000/month; your industry setup is scoped with you
In the ERP today
Try them yourself in the live demo
- Sales & CRM
- Purchase
- Inventory & warehouse
- Production & planning
- Quality & maintenance
- Finance & GST working
- Reports & dashboards
For engineering & fabrication
Some are in the ERP today, some are built for you: we confirm which
- Project-wise cost accumulation
- Drawing and revision control
- Material nesting and offcut register
- Subcontract and site work
- Progressive billing
- Weight-based estimation
What goes wrong in engineering & fabrication
Costing is per product, not per project
When every job is unique, product-level costing is meaningless. Material, labour and subcontract must accumulate against the project.
Drawing revisions cause rework
Fabrication against a superseded drawing is expensive and common when revisions are circulated by email rather than controlled in the system.
Offcut and scrap are unaccounted
Plate and section cutting generates reusable offcuts that get scrapped because nobody knows they exist.
Site work is invisible
Erection and commissioning labour at the customer site rarely reaches the project cost, so completed jobs look more profitable than they were.
What engineering & fabrication businesses need from an ERP
Some of these are already in the Orus ERP; others are configured or built for your plant. The feature catalogue shows the current status of every feature, and we confirm the rest on a demo call.
Project-wise cost accumulation
Material, labour, machine time, subcontract and site cost all posted against the project, with committed-versus-actual tracking.
Drawing and revision control
Drawings held against the project with revision status, so material is never cut against a superseded version.
Material nesting and offcut register
Cutting plans with offcut dimensions recorded back into stock, making remnant plate usable instead of scrapped.
Subcontract and site work
Machining, galvanising and site erection tracked with their own costs posted to the project.
Progressive billing
Invoicing against completion milestones or measured progress, with retention money tracked to release.
Weight-based estimation
Quotation built from drawing weight and process route, which is how fabrication is actually estimated.
ERP starting at ₹5,000/month
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Businesses that want a working ERP now, tailored to how they operate
Starting at
₹5,000/month
Excludes GST
Our ERP covers sales, purchase, inventory, production, quality, finance and GST working in one system. You can try it in the live demo before talking to us.
The starting price covers
- A core ERP set up for your company
- No fixed per-user pricing limit within the plan
- A configuration sized to your expected users and data volume
- A tailored feature list and written estimate before you commit
Can add to the quote
- Add-on modules: HR & payroll, advanced planning, Orus AI, IoT
- Live integrations: GST portal via a GSP, banks, Tally, payment gateways
- Customisation and new features built for you
- Hosting and infrastructure for larger user counts or data volumes
- Data migration from your current system
Rules your setup has to handle
The statutory requirements we plan for when scoping a engineering & fabrication build. Ask us which are covered by the core today and which are built for you.
We speak your language
Terms we work with when scoping your build.
- Nesting
- Arranging parts on a plate to minimise waste; determines real material consumption.
- Offcut / remnant
- Usable material left after cutting — stock, not scrap, if it is recorded.
- Retention
- A percentage of billing held by the customer until defect liability expires.
- Works contract
- Supply plus installation, with its own GST treatment distinct from a goods sale.
Who this is for
- Structural and heavy fabrication units
- Engineering job shops producing made-to-order components
- Companies supplying equipment with site erection and commissioning
- Fabricators billing progressively against project milestones
Questions from engineering & fabrication buyers
Can it quote from drawing weight?
Yes, as part of your industry build. Estimation is built from material weight plus the process route — cutting, welding, machining, finishing — which is how fabrication quoting actually works, rather than from a bill of materials that does not exist yet.
How is site work captured?
Site teams record labour and material consumption against the project from a phone, including offline. Without this, site cost never reaches the project and margins look better than they are.
Does it handle retention money?
Yes, as part of your industry build. Retention is tracked per project with release due dates, so money held by customers is visible rather than forgotten until someone reconciles ledgers.
See it running with your own data
We will show you the ERP core running, walk through how your industry modules would be built, and tell you honestly where the fit is weak.