Raw material inventory software

Stop finding out you are short when the job reaches the saw.

MRPLight keeps a count of what you buy, takes material off it when a job starts, and tells you which open jobs the shelf cannot cover.

Usage records itself

A product's recipe lists what one unit takes. When the floor scans a job in, that material leaves the count. Nobody fills in a usage sheet at the end of the shift.

Short jobs flagged ahead of time

Stock is handed to open jobs in due-date order. A job the shelf cannot cover is listed with exactly what it lacks, while there is still time to order.

  • On hand, needed by open jobs, and free to promise for every material
  • Reorder points, with a suggested quantity
  • A reorder list grouped by supplier, with a button to mark it received

Counts that keep their history

When you count a shelf and the number is different, the difference is kept as its own line. Shrink and miscounts show up in the material's history, with who counted and when.

Cost follows the last delivery

Receive a delivery at a new price and the material's cost updates. Product costs and job costs follow from the recipe, so you see a price rise in your margins the day it arrives.

Questions

Any unit of measure?

Yes. Sheets, feet, pounds, gallons, rolls, each. A material has one unit, and recipes are written in it.

Can I import my current list?

Paste it from a spreadsheet: name, unit, on hand, reorder point, cost, supplier. Existing names are skipped, so pasting twice is safe.

Does it track finished goods?

It tracks jobs through to shipping, including finished jobs waiting on the rest of an order. A separate finished-goods stock count is not included today.

More: job shop tracking, simple mrp, job costing, or pricing.

Walk through a working shop before you talk to anyone.

The demo shop has eleven weeks of jobs, scans and material in it. Nothing to install and no form to fill in.