SuitableCABINETMAKER

The better way to run your cabinet or fabrication business.

Is your business as profitable as you want it to be? No? 

Have you improved the production capacity of your shop, but not your office systems?

As one business owner put it, “I had a Ferrari in my shop but a horse and buggy in my office.”
                                                                      John Hyopponen - St. Germain’s Casework Co

Your business is like a relay race:

You need to have hand-offs from different functions

How can you have even, controlled growth with Ferrari systems for production and only “horse and buggy” approaches to all of the other business management systems. 

The Suitable Solution

The Suitable Solutions systems are designed especially for the cabinet, woodworking and countertop industries. They integrate the “best of the breed” software programs and “state of the art” hardware from companies you can trust, combined with innovative implementation and training options to put you in command of your business as never before.

Discover Your Profit Cycle and Harness Its Power

Only Suitable Solutions streamlines and ties together in a single solution your company’s estimating, data collection, production, accounting, and analysis processes - the “Profit Cycle” - that is responsible for your business’ health. The faster and easier you can accomplish all of your business management tasks, the more profitable you are going to be. And the better information you have, about profitability, job costs vs. budget and other critical performance indicators, the better able you will be to make construction improvements in your business practices and become even more successful.

You enter information only once, all functions are linked to provide the information you need for the next task and also to produce a variety of detailed reports that will help you confidently make rapid, informed business decisions.

Perhaps best of all, the Suitable Solutions integrated software and hardware systems provide comprehensive and customizable feature sets, which can help you solve the specific challenges of Cabinet Makers, Woodworkers and Fabricators.

• One foot in manufacturing and one foot in construction - Designed for cabinet makers and fabricators who live one foot in manufacturing, as they manufacture their product in the shop, and the other foot in construction, as they deal with field installation and the requirements of their contractor clients. 

• “Project” based - Everything in the Suitable Solutions systems is focused on managing one of a kind, unique and custom products or a specific job.
  • On the other hand, “traditional” manufacturing (MRP/ERP) software systems are “product” based not “project” based.  They focus on manufacturing “widgets” for inventory.  A job is not a job the way you mean it – they see it as is a collection of “widgets” processed at one time. 
  • Generic accounting solutions are more customer-centered, not project centered.  They may do an O.K. job of general accounting functions, but they will not adequately handle job cost accounting and other special construction-type features you might need.

• Produces, maintains and tracks production documents - budget, bill of materials, purchase orders, committed cost, percent complete, cost to complete, hours to complete, job cost labor report, assembly list, work order, scheduled hours by task and employee.

• Produces, maintains and tracks subcontractor documents - change orders, progress billing, and preliminary lien information and notices, certified payroll.  All of these necessary documents are not available from MRP (manufacturing) software systems.

• Produces, maintains and tracks construction documents - Many cabinet and fabrication companies also do construction work.  This system easily manages construction documentation - subcontracts, secondary payees with joint checks, change orders, punch list, transmittals, submittals, and daily field reports.

Software and Hardware Companies You Can Trust

• Intuit - the eighth largest software company in the world and the respected the makers of QuickBooks and Quicken.
• Sage – also a very large software company, producers of Master Builder, Peachtree, AccPac and other well-known accounting packages.
• Tractivity - innovators in profit boosting, productivity hardware and software servicing the Cabinet and Fabricator industry for the last six (6) years.
• Zoom Integrated Technologies -  with over 18 years industry experience, has collaborated with some of the most successful fabricators in the nation (read about them) to produce truly revolutionary software tools for millwork, cabinet makers and fabricators. 

“Best of the Breed” Software

     Zoom zEstimator is the only system which meets all fabricators’ needs

• Ease of use – Salespeople can learn to use zEstimator with an hour of training, not days or weeks; one hour.
• Speed – Salespeople can create complete quotes in minutes, which used to take hours.
• Multiple product lines for multiple items on one quote - Quote a kitchen counter in several materials or price groups, a kitchen island in other materials and a bathroom counter, also in multiple material choices, all together on one quote.
• Accuracy  - Important details are automatically calculated “out of sight” in the background to insure that pricing is accurate.
• Ability to link to drawing/cut-list/project management software.
• Networking/exporting capability - Ability to link to office software.
• Fast and easy setup - For a limited time only, Suitable will set-up your zEstimator system for you for free!  This is a fantastic offer. 
• Expert training and support .
• Grows with your business needs.
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z-Scheduler: The best system available for fabricators

• Developed specifically for sub-contractor and fabricator industries.
• Created from many years of experience of the fabrication industry and with the help of leading fabricators, this is an amazing system.
• It has both job and resource schedules and provides flexible scheduling in multiple formats. 
• It is tightly integrated with Sage Master Builder.  
• There is simply nothing else like it available anywhere else.
• The easiest scheduler to learn and use.
• Compare estimated to actual and factor for accuracy.

·         Sage Master Builder - this software is the accounting and business management “engine” of the Suitable Solutions “Suitable Cabinetmaker” and “Suitable Fabricator” systems. The core software includes accounting (GL, AR, AP and Payroll), project management (budgets, proposals, purchase orders, subcontracts, change orders, job costing), scheduling, and equipment management.

·         Master Builder Estimating - this “add-on” module makes estimating process easy, fast and accurate.  This module is fully integrated with accounting (GL, AR, AP and Payroll), project management (budgets, proposals, purchase orders, subcontracts, change orders, job costing) and scheduling. Because it combines the best features of a database and a spreadsheet, this module offers one of the easiest-to-use and flexible assembly-based estimating solutions on the market today.

·         Master Builder Inventory - this “add-on” module keeps track of “stock” inventory items and can manage multiple vendors (with different prices) for the same part, Material Safety Data Numbers (MSDN), locations and bin number, reorder quantity, minimum order quantity, package quantity, quantity on hand and unit weight. You can move inventory from one location to another, from one job to another, apply inventory to a job, re-price inventory, post shrinkage, or create finished goods inventory from materials and labor.

·         Master Builder Document Control Module - this “add-on” module will never let you lose track of important project management documents and you will have a complete records of all of the documents connected to the job. You will be able to manage correspondence, keep track of project plans, track the request for information from and to your clients and or vendors, and maintain a “hot list” of all the important documents which need to be reviewed and processed.

·         TracManager - from Tractivity, this software management system processes and reports activity and process costs for jobs, projects, or products so that effective action can be taken to improve profitability.

·            PCTrac, FieldTrac SatelliteTrac and TracTransfer - from Tractivity, a variety of data collection software systems provide for different options for the collection of employee information.  Once collected TracTransfer transfers the information to TracManager for processing and reporting.

·         TracLink MB - from Tractivity, this “intelligent” and configurable link not only provides “two way” communication between TracManager and Master Builder, but is specifically designed to maximize the features and functionality of both software programs.

“State of the Art” Hardware

• MobileTrac - from Tractivity, this “state of the art” handheld electronic timecard is one of the key components of the Tractivity system.  Just prior to beginning a new task, employees enter the job, activity and process information into MobileTrac. MobileTrac stores the information along with a timestamp and the employee continues with their work undisrupted. Since it is convenient and easy to use, employee compliance is extremely high, resulting in the most accurate job, activity and process information.
• Dell Computers and Hardware -
• Innovative Implementation and Training
• “Live” online one-on-one implementation and training.
• “Live” online group implementation and training.
• Onsite implementation and training.
• Live Seminars.
• Excellent Technical Support.
• Broaden your management solution with custom third-party applications that solve related business tasks. Many applications are available today: dozens more are on the way.

Services
Much more than simply software products, Suitable Solutions is the centerpiece of a cabinet making or fabricating management solutions that include access to exceptional services before, during, and after your purchase.

• Expert needs analysis for your business.
• System configuration.
• Sales and installation services.
• Remote or on-site, group or individual training.
• Custom solutions and reports.
• Business monitoring and Support.
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