Welding shop management software: every job, welder and weld on one board
EZIIL is welding shop management software for custom steel and metal fabrication shops with 10 to 150 people. The office plans work against the weld bay’s real capacity while welders report from a phone, tablet or shop PC. Every job then shows who did each operation, when, and how long it took.
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From €120 / $140
A month, priced by team size, not per user.
Any screen
Welders report on a phone, tablet or shared shop PC.
EN 1090 shops
Used by customers certified to EXC3 and EXC4.
One module first
Starter first, then BOM and production when you’re ready.
Is it welded yet? Four questions the office can’t answer without walking the floor
In a lot of fab shops, the weld bay is where a job drops out of sight. Steel goes in, an assembly comes out, and in between the only record is a paper traveler and the welder’s memory.
| The question | How you find out today | In EZIIL |
|---|---|---|
| Is the main beam for job 221 welded yet? | Walk over and ask | The weld operation shows as finished, with the time |
| Who welded it, and when? | Find the paper traveler, if it came back | The welder’s name and the start and finish times are on the report |
| How many weld hours has the job used against the quote? | Wait for Friday’s timesheets | Planned against reported hours, while the job is open |
| Can we take a rush job next week? | Ask the foreman | Weld bay hours against capacity, week by week |
“The only thing I could monitor from my desk was finished, packed parts. If I wanted anything more, the only way was to walk into production and either look at the physical work order or ask the operators.”
What EZIIL records about every welded assembly
EZIIL builds a record for each assembly while the shop works. Steel is booked in with its heat number and mill certificate. Each operation, from cutting to inspection, is reported by the person who did it, and the assembly’s history opens from the job. EN 1090 shops use it to answer traceability questions without digging through paper.
The record is only as accurate as what your team books in and reports: EZIIL keeps the link between material and certificate, but it doesn’t check one against the other.
B-14 Main beam
Job 221-1, Mezzanine Floor, Unit 7 · Hartwell Construction
- 1Material receivedIPE 300 · heat no. 4471‑22 · mill cert 3.1 attachedWarehouse
- 2Cut and drilledSaw 1 · D. Walker · 14 minProduction
- 3Fit-up and tackA. Novak · 38 minProduction
- 4WeldedA. Novak · 2 h 10 minProduction
- 5Visual inspectionS. Martin · OK · “fillets to drawing”Production
- 6GalvanizedOut to the galvanizer 11 Nov · back 14 NovSubcontracting
- 7Packed and shippedDelivery 3 of 4 · 412 kgShipping
A record for each assembly comes with the BOM and production modules. Starter records the same who, when and how long for each operation on the job.
What your welders see at the weld station
Each welder opens the job on a phone, tablet or shop PC, sees the drawing for the part in front of them, and taps start and finish. The hours go straight onto the job, so nobody fills in a timesheet at the end of the week.
- The drawing at the stationThe drawing for the part opens on the screen and zooms. B&W Metall’s welders work with no printed drawings on the bench.
- Start, pause and finish in a tapOn the EZIIL app or in a browser, with an RFID card to sign in if your shop shares one screen.
- Today’s work, in orderPlan welds to a named welder, a welding team or a bay, and each person sees their own list. Production module
- Consumables booked to the jobWelding wire can be booked out of the warehouse with its batch number, to the job and the weld operation, like steel. Warehouse module
- Quantity, comment and photoWhen the weld is done, the welder reports how many and can add a note or a photo for the office.
“Now we can see exactly what the workers are doing in the workshop and how many hours they are spending.” Syed Raza Hashimi, Planner, Control Manager and QA/QC, APS Group
More on shop floor job tracking and how mobile reporting works for fabricators.
Welding and fabrication shops already running this way
5 hours to 20 minutes
B&W Metall’s packing and dispatch paperwork, per project.
Plan welding capacity and see the hours on every job
Is the weld bay full next week?
Starter
Master View adds up the welding hours booked on every job and sets them against the bay’s weekly capacity. A week turns red before it’s overbooked, so you can say yes to a rush job knowing what it pushes back.
“With Master View we can finally see the next three months.” Mike K., Project Manager, UPFab
Weld hours against the estimate
Starter. Welding weight report with BOM
Planned against reported hours for each job and department, while the job is still open, so an overrun shows while there’s time to act. With the BOM module, the welding weight report adds the tonnes welded each month by project.
Made for certified welding shops, alongside your quality system
EZIIL supports EN 1090 and ISO 3834 traceability by keeping the material and work trail for every job: which heat number went into which assembly, who worked on it and when. It records what your team books in and reports, so it is as accurate as the marking in your yard.
- Purchase orderWhat was ordered, for which job.
- Goods receiptHeat number required, mill certificate attached.
- Onto the jobThe batch moves with the material.
- Operation reportedWho, when and how long.
- DeliveryWhat left for site, and when.
Traceability uses the BOM, warehouse and production modules.
“Today our reporting is accurate enough that we don’t need physical archives. If we ever need to look back and see who made a part, we see it in the reported operations.”
- B&W MetallEXC3, ISO 3834-2, ISO 9001
- VMT TehasedEN 1090-1 EXC3, EN ISO 3834-2
- FLI StructuresBS EN 1090 EXC4, 0.1% reported defect rate
Read more on EN 1090 in steel fabrication and the certifications steel fabricators hold.
Welding shop software, a full ERP or spreadsheets?
Spreadsheets cost nothing until a job goes wrong, and a full ERP covers finance and stock but takes months to set up. Welding shop management software like EZIIL sits between them: it runs the jobs and the weld bay, and leaves the accounts to your accounting package.
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| Question | Spreadsheets and paper travelers | Full ERP | EZIIL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Is it welded yet? | Ask on the floor | Often at job level, once someone updates it | Per operation as the welder reports, per assembly with BOM |
| Who worked on it | On the paper traveler, if it comes back | Depends on the shop floor add-ons | Name and time on every report |
| Weld bay capacity | In the foreman’s head | Yes, after a lot of setup | Hours against capacity, week by week |
| Material traceability | Certificates in a folder | Usually included | Heat number at receipt, certificate on the job (warehouse module) |
| Price | Free, plus everyone’s time | Licence plus a long implementation | Flat by team size, from €120 / $140 a month |
| Time to first use | Today | Months | Starter in the first week |
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Is EZIIL the right welding shop software for you?
A good fit if
- You do custom or project-based welding and fabrication: structural steel, misc metals, frames, platforms
- You have 10 to 150 people and many jobs open at once
- Job status lives in spreadsheets, on paper travelers or in one person’s head
- You want to start with one module and grow
Look elsewhere if
- You run high-volume repeat production
- You need robot weld cell programming or weld parameter monitoring
- You’re a mobile welding business that mainly needs quoting and invoicing
- You want automatic scheduling
Starter pricing
| 1 to 15 users | €120 / $140 a month |
|---|---|
| 16 to 50 users | €180 / $210 a month |
| 51 to 150 users | €290 / $338 a month |
| One-off onboarding (setup, training, check-ins) | €300 / $350 |
| Add-on modules and their implementation | Quoted for your shop |
Welding shop software questions
What is welding shop management software?
Welding shop management software, sometimes called welding fabrication software, runs the production side of a welding and fabrication shop. It plans jobs against the weld bay’s capacity, gets drawings to the welders, records who did each operation and how long it took, and shows where every job stands. EZIIL is welding shop management software for custom steel and metal fabricators with 10 to 150 people.
Can I see which welder worked on each assembly?
Yes. Every operation in EZIIL is reported by the person who did it, with start and finish times. With the BOM and production modules, that record sits on each assembly, so you can open one and see who fitted it, welded it and inspected it. In Starter, the same record sits on the job’s operations.
Does EZIIL help with EN 1090 and ISO 3834 traceability?
It supports the traceability side. The heat number is required when steel is booked in, the mill certificate attaches to the goods receipt, and the batch follows the material onto the job. EZIIL records what your team marks and reports. It doesn’t verify material or replace your quality system. Traceability needs the warehouse, BOM and production modules.
Will my welders use it if they don’t sit at a computer?
If they can use a smartphone, they can use EZIIL. At the weld station it’s mostly opening the job and tapping start and finish, on a phone, tablet or shared shop PC with an RFID card to sign in. B&W Metall got every worker reporting, regardless of age or role, with a step-by-step rollout.
Can EZIIL track welding wire batches?
Partly. Welding wire can be set up as a warehouse article with batch numbers and booked out to the job and its weld operation, the same way as steel. The batch isn’t recorded on each welder’s report. This needs the warehouse module.
How much does EZIIL cost, and what is in Starter?
EZIIL Starter costs €120 / $140 a month for 1 to 15 users, €180 / $210 for 16 to 50 and €290 / $338 for 51 to 150, plus a one-off €300 / $350 onboarding. Starter covers projects, Master View capacity planning, mobile reporting and time tracking, and planned against reported hours. BOM, production planning, warehouse and EN 1090 traceability are add-on modules, quoted for your shop.
Does EZIIL replace my accounting or quality system?
No. EZIIL runs production and sits alongside both. Integrations are built and running with Xero, QuickBooks, Microsoft Dynamics and Merit. Your quality manual and records stay where they are; EZIIL keeps the job, material and work records they draw on.
How long does it take to get running?
EZIIL Starter can go live in under a week. You fill in a setup spreadsheet, EZIIL prepares your database, and a kick-off gets you going, with guided sessions in the first month. Modules are added one at a time after that, at your pace.
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EZIIL’s welding shop management software is the same system as our fabrication shop management software, job tracking software, job costing software and fabrication scheduling software. See also the steel fabrication ERP modules and pricing.